{"id":2000,"date":"2016-09-08T18:52:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T18:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/phase-2-ghg-rule-curtails-glider-kits-for-newer-trucks\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:50:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:50:05","slug":"phase-2-ghg-rule-curtails-glider-kits-for-newer-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/phase-2-ghg-rule-curtails-glider-kits-for-newer-trucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Phase 2 GHG Rule Curtails Glider Kits for Newer Trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

New trucks that are equipped with older engines and drivetrain component, commonly known as glider kits, will for the most part be outlawed by 2021 as part of EPA\u2019s federal Phase 2 Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Economy rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Heavy Duty Trucking reports that the rules stipulate that starting in January of \u201821, glider kits will only be allowed in the U.S. only for their originally intended purpose, which was reclaiming late-model powertrains from wrecked trucks and used primarily as service parts.<\/p>\n

Although they make up a small percentage of new truck sales, glider kits containing older powertrains which don\u2019t fall under the latest EPA mandates, are routinely installed and sold in newer truck models.<\/p>\n

The new rules will phase out gliders over the next four years. Beginning this January, volume production and sales of gliders using \u201cpre-emission\u201d diesels will be greatly curtailed. The EPA and NHTSA said they hope that this won\u2019t spark a \u201cpre-buy\u201d of gliders between now and January, states HDT.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, low-volume builders, including individual truckers, can continue to buy and assemble glider kits using older engines until 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor calendar year 2017, each manufacturer\u2019s combined production of glider kits and\u00a0glider vehicles will be capped at the manufacturer\u2019s highest annual production of glider kits and\u00a0glider vehicles for any year from 2010 to 2014,\u201d the rule states. \u201cAll vehicles within this allowance will remain subject to the existing Phase 1 provisions, including its exemptions.<\/p>\n

The agencies signaled their intentions to regulate glider kits when it proposed GHG Phase 2, stating that it would make glider kits subject to the same GHG limits as new heavy-duty engines.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough glider vehicles would make up only 5% of heavy-duty tractors on the road, their emissions would represent\u00a0about one-third\u00a0<\/em>of all NOx and PM emissions from heavy-duty\u00a0tractors in 2025,\u201d the agencies said. \u201cBy restricting the number of glider vehicles with high polluting engines on the road, these excess PM and NOx emissions will decrease dramatically, leading to substantial public health-related benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAny glider kits or glider vehicles produced beyond this allowance will be subject to the long-term program,\u201d meaning they must use engines that are certified as emissions-legal for the same year the glider kit is built. The phase-down using that calculated cap will last one year, until January 2018.<\/p>\n

Transport Canada and Environment Canada are currently undergoing a similar regulatory process for GHG truck emissions. Both agencies are working closely with the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA), which supports the reduction of GHG emissions from the trucking fleet sector \u2013 but in a manner that does not put our vehicle reliability and durability at risk.<\/p>\n

Specifically, CTA is urging its S.M.A.R.T <\/a>\u00a0approach to GHG regulations. \u00a0The Alliance will continue to discuss these and other related issues with government, including how glider kits are treated in the Canadian rule.<\/p>\n

Read Full HDT story here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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