US Passes Bill to Fund Building of Hybrid Trucks

US Passes Bill to Fund Building of Hybrid Trucks
October 3, 2008

H.R. 6323, the Heavy Hybrid Truck Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2008, which offers grants to build, test and sell hybrid heavy-duty trucks just passed the US House of Representatives.

This legislation, proposed by Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.). , encourages research on hybrid trucks that could have the potential to use 60% less fuel, especially significant for trucks that idle for hours upon reaching their destinations.

The bill is said to authorize $16 million per year through fiscal 2011. By encouraging the research of technology that reduces fuel consumption and emissions, and exporting vehicles using such technology, the world will feel a ripple effect of a reduction in emissions as well.