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CHARITABLE TRUSTS Contact: Jason Wynne Senior Associate, Clean Energy Initiative The Pew Charitable Trusts Email: jwynne@pewtrusts.org

The Pew Charitable Trusts Testimony on Proposed Phase 2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles August 

### 181h, 

### 2015 Long Beach, California Thank you for the opportunity to provide comment today on the Phase 

### 2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles. My name is Jason Wynne and I am a Senior Associate with The Pew Charitable Trusts' Clean Energy Initiative. Pew is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving public policy, informing the public and invigorating civic life. The clean energy initiative has supported prior fuel economy standards promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for passenger and light-duty vehicles. We commend the agencies' latest efforts to set ambitious and achievable efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Improving the efficiency of America' s transportation vehicles is good for our economy, our national security, and our environment. The sensibility of these efforts is reflected in the fact that more than 

### 300 businesses and organizations signed a letter of support for the agencies to develop strong standards that will cut oil consumption, reduce fuel costs for companies that rely on trucks, and decrease emissions across America's roads and highways. 1 This group of signers includes fleet owners, truck component manufacturers, alternative fuel producers, and companies whose products are shipped via freight- demonstrating the broad range of industry stakeholders who want to save money and fuel and reduce emissions from these vehicles. While medium- and heavy-duty vehicles make up a small portion of traffic on the road, they are the second largest and fastest growing segment of the U

.S. transportation sector in terms of emissions and energy use. Establishing smart and affordable standards will facil itate a more sustainable trajectory for this expanding industry

. The standards under consideration today will help do just that- saving vehicle owners 

### $170 billion on fuel costs, reducing harmful carbon pollution by nearly 

### 1 billion metric tons, and reducing oil consumption by up to 

### 1.8 billion barrels- more than a year's worth of US imports from OPEC. 2

1 Th e Pew Charitable Trusts. Stakeholders Call for More Energy-Efficient Trucks. http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/news-room/news/2015/05/28/stakeholders-call -for-more-energy-efficienttrucks 2 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Cutting Carbon Pollution , Improving Fuel Efficiency, Saving Money, and Supporting Innovation for Trucks. http://www.epa.gov/otag/climate/documents/420f15900

.pdfSetting fuel efficiency and emissions standards for these vehicles also will help spur new technology innovations in this sector. The Department of Energy's "SuperTruck" program demonstrates that dramatic changes in fuel economy are possible for Class 8 tractor-trailers. These "SuperTrucks" can achieve over 10 miles per gallon under real -wo rld conditions- up from today's 6 miles per gallon rating for heavy-duty trucks. 3 Through public-private partnerships as well as research and development, we can help bring new advanced vehicle technologies to the marketplace in a cost-competitive way. The International Council on Clean Transportation reports that other countries including China and Japan are looking to strengthen efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty veh icles- providing U.S. entrepreneurs an opportunity to develop new technologies here in the U.S. and export to countries to meet their next pol icy goa ls. 4 While collectively the proposed Phase 2 standards will yield $230 billion in societal benefits, some industry experts have noted that even stronge r standards are feasible and could achieve up to 40% greater efficiency among these vehicles by 2025, as compared to 2010 levels. 5 We encourage the EPA and NHTSA to consider the information provided by these experts and look for opporitunies to strengthen the proposed standards. Furthermore, we ask that the EPA and NHTSA continue working with the Department of Energy and its national laboratories to support public programs that will help facilitate advanced vehicle technologies in the marketplace. Thank you, again, for the opportun ity to testify and I am happy to address any questions you may have.

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.S. Department of Energy. SuperTruck M aking Leaps in Fuel Efficiency. http://energy.gov/eere/articles/supertruck-making-leaps-fuel-efficiency 4 The International Council on Clean Transportation. Policies to reduce fuel consumption, air pollution, and carbon emissions from vehicles in G20 nations. http ://theicct.org/policies-reduce-fuel-consumption -air-pollution-and carbon-emissions-vehicles-g20-nations 5 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Cutting Carbon Po ll ution, Improving Fuel Efficiency, Saving Money, and Supporting Innovation for Trucks

. http://www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/documents/420f15900.pdf; American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy. Big Fuel Savings Available in New Trucks http:// aceee.org/files/pdf/fact-sheet/truck-savings-0614.pdf