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FUEL FACTOID 38 // OWNER OPERATOR // NOVEMBER 2015 NHTSA's trailer standards would be vol- untary from 2018 to 2020, becoming man- datory in 2021. There is no requirement, however, to retire or retrofit older trailers. The standards will only apply to new trail- ers. The types of trailers included in the proposed standards are: • Long (longer than 50 feet) highway box trailers-dry vans • Long highway box trailers -refrigerat- ed vans • Short (50 feet and shorter) highway box trailers-dry vans • Short highway box trailers-refrigerated vans • Non-box highway trailers The EPA estimates that, in 2027 when the standards are fully phased in, heavy-duty vehicles across all classes would achieve the following carbon di- oxide emissions and fuel use reductions: • 24 percent for combination tractors de- signed to pull trailers and move freight when compared to Phase 1 standards • 8 percent for trailers when compared to an average model year 2017 trailer • 16 percent for vocational vehicles when compared to Phase 1 standards • 16 percent for pick-up trucks and light vans when compared to Phase 1 stan- dards President Barack Obama requested the standards be finalized by March 2016. Once posted on the Federal Register, the standards will be open for comment for 60 days. After the comment period, the agen- cies will work to finalize the standards, aiming for the requested March 2016 dead- line. OO