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Article: ULSD, New Engines Generate Concern Within Truck Leasing, Renting Industry

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March 20, 2006
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Truck rental and leasing firms, some of the nation's most robust purchasers of trucking equipment, said they will stage their annual meeting in San Diego March 29-April 1 and begin grappling with ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel and its effect on the new trucks coming out in January, as well as those coming out in 2010.

A spokeswoman for the Truck Renting and Leasing Association said its March 30 morning session will feature a panel discussion on maintenance issues concerning the new fuel and engines. The three experts scheduled to appear are William Charmley, a deputy division director of the Environmental Protection Agency's National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Mich.; ...

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