tax, title, and license, inspection and certification for a long haul truck is much more involved than an automobile. For example, a 2019 Volvo VNL might only

tax, title, and license, inspection and certification for a long haul truck is much more involved than an automobile. For example, a 2019 Volvo VNL might only cost 165,000usd. However the total cost in the first year for owning this truck (assuming the person you hired to drive it doesnt wreck it) is more than a Rolls Royce Phantom...close to half a million. The engine also wont realize the actual MPG advertised until its broken in...roughly 10-25k miles. You wont realize the gas savings in the first 10 years, or ever really, so most trucking companies rarely care about new trucks with emissions controls that dont save fuel. They get rebates from the federal government for installing those metal spoilers on trailers anyhow.