This is a letter from Daimler Chrysler concerning the Federal Government's emission program. There are some technical oversights and some unhappy manufacturers. As mentioned before, you can still purchase a brand new pre-emission truck. For more information email msaks@ectts.com.

---------------------------------------------------------- To the Trucking Industry: We had a decade to prepare for 2010 emissions standards and all but one heavy-duty trucking manufacturer invested the time, money and brainpower to develop the best technology to meet stringent new requirements. All but one manufacturer, Navistar, came to the same solution that would best serve you, our trucking industry customers of North America. Although we're competitors, the rest of us understood the importance of the larger cause, and we worked together to do our part to improve air quality for the safety of future generations. How can Navistar claim it's concerned about the environment while its proposed 2010 product spews two and a half times the 2010 NOx standard into the air we breathe every day? Manufacturers, suppliers, government agencies and associations invested time and resources to develop innovations to achieve the emissions goal in spite of economic challenges because we know it's the right thing to do. Navistar is selling thousands of pre-2010 engines, while the rest of the industry is selling EPA 2010-certified products. Navistar apparently has no EPA-compliant emissions technology for 2010 and beyond, at least nothing that does not use credits to achieve compliance. Don't trucking industry customers of North America deserve better? We believe you do. And, as an industry that prides itself on professionalism, integrity and honesty, we have every reason to demand the same of Navistar. Learn more about SCR and watch real customers discuss the benefits of this technology, or see our full-page ad in the August 9th edition of Transport Topics for our complete statement on this issue. Respectfully, Daimler Trucks North America LLC ------------------------------------------ ----------------


- msaks@ectts.com

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- msaks@ectts.com
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Light & Medium Truck | Navistar Says SCR Systems Can Be Defeated

Navistar Says SCR Systems Can Be Defeated

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Navistar Inc. recently attacked competitors’ 2010 selective catalytic control engines on two fronts, telling environmental regulators that pollution controls on the engines could be easily defeated, and telling fleet managers that every gallon of diesel fuel an SCR engine saves will come at the cost of at least that much diesel exhaust fluid consumed. At a joint state-federal workshop in California this month, truck and engine maker Navistar presented a 15-minute video that purported to show drivers of SCR-equipped trucks flouting 2010 emissions regulations by operating heavy- and medium-duty SCR trucks for thousands of miles using water instead of diesel exhaust fluid. Engines with SCR are intended to “de-rate,” or lose power, if their tanks holding the urea-water solution known as DEF are empty. Navistar said that substituting plain water for DEF tricked the tank’s sensors. “Truck owners are paying a substantial price to comply with 2010 NOx requirements. They and the public deserve to know that the new equipment they are purchasing actually works as promised,” said Jack Allen, president of Navistar’s North American truck group. Volvo Group and Cummins Inc., both of which sell SCR engines, participated in the July 20 workshop and said their trucks and engines, which have passed 2010 federal and California emission certification, function properly. In response to the video, Daimler Trucks North America stated its “emissions systems operate as designed, meeting federal and state air-quality standards that reduce particulate matter and nitrogen oxides to near-zero levels without the use of credits. The workshop on SCR compliance was sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board. Navistar asked for the hearing as part of a legal settlement with EPA and CARB when the company objected to regulatory procedures concerning SCR.

Light & Medium Truck | Navistar Says SCR Systems Can Be Defeated

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