Yesterday Chevrolet announced that it would support IdleAir and its technology, which allows truckers to avoid idling during their rest breaks. Such initiatives by General Motors (GM) and other automakers can help the trucking industry reduce its overall carbon emissions. According to Chevy, the IdleAir technology is critical in meeting its goal to reduce 8 million tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere.

With Chevrolet’s help, IdleAir can further expand access to its engine-idling alternative. The way it works is that a driver pulls into an IdleAir space and installs a reusable plastic window adapter that accepts a unit connecting his or her cab to a heating and cooling air vent, TV, power outlets, internet and other features within the cab. The driver can then shut down the engine, saving fuel, reducing emissions yet keep power on for a big rig’s amenities. We may complain about trucking, but the industry is not going away anytime soon and is important to logistics and our economy.

With amped recycling efforts and new EVs, GM, and Detroit, is certainly on the move.

Learn more in this video, sent to me by Chevy.

[Image credit: GM]

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Leon Kaye is the founder and editor of GreenGoPost.com and its advisory division, GGP Media. Contact him to discuss how he can work with your organization or event. His focus is making the business case for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR). He writes for San Francisco-based Triple Pundit, Inhabitat and now The Guardian, for which he writes about corporate responsibility, water, and green building. He has also written for AIA's Architect Magazine. Leon works out of Fresno and Silicon Valley, California, and when he has free time, he enjoys hiking, gardening, cooking, weightlifting, and planning his next trip to one of the 60 countries he has visited. He has an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business and is also a proud graduate of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) and Cal State-Fresno.