Today's clean diesel technology offers not only economic advantages, but also benefits for the environment, public health and safety. International Truck and Engine Corporation is confident that its heritage of innovation will deliver solutions that meet both customer requirements and the needs of a cleaner environment. Industry is working with the federal government to push emissions even lower. By 2004, diesel truck NOx emissions will be reduced an additional 50 percent from current levels. They also use approximately 40 to 60 percent less fuel per mile than gasoline engines.
Diesel engines produce considerably fewer hydrocarbons than gasoline engines.
Other important factors in achieving cleaner air include cleaner diesel fuels, including those with lower sulfur content and more effective after-treatment devices, such as new oxidation catalytic converters and NOx absorbers. International is cooperating with qualified researchers in government and the private sector to support good science on diesel emissions. The company is participating in research efforts with U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board, the Science Review Panel of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, the Health Effects Institute, the External Science Advisory Committee on the National Environmental Respiratory Center, and the California Air Resources Board. Diesel is not explosive, has low flammability and is not stored under pressure.