WALKER — After logging more than 3.5 million miles over the past four decades, George Rowden is looking forward to getting behind the wheel of Meijer's new fleet of near-zero emissions trucks.
"What's exciting about these new trucks is they will help create a better future for my 17 grandchildren (and one great-grandchild)," Rowden said.
Meijer began taking delivery today of the nation's first fleet of the trucks, which meet the new Environmental Protect Agency's 2010 standards, from Daimler Trucks North America that feature near-zero emissions technology.
Meijer purchased 75 Freightliner Cascadia trucks equipped with DD13 engines that represent a family of new fuel efficient, reduced-emission engines developed by Redmond-based Detroit Diesel in collaboration with the Department of Energy 21st Century Truck Partnership program.
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