Costs and Adoption Rates of Fuel-Saving Technologies for Trailers in the North American On-Road Freight Sector

February 6, 2014

This work is funded by the ClimateWorks Foundation and Energy Foundation. The
authors are very grateful for all of the companies that were generous enough to take the
time out to participate in the interviews for this project. In addition, we are very grateful
for the excellent reviews of the California Air Resources Board, the Environmental
Protection Agency, and Wabash National Corporation. Previous and ongoing collabora

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