Q&A

At the inaugural North American Commercial Vehicle (NACV) Show in Atlanta this past September, Tenneco executives detailed the company's latest system solutions developed to address two key goals for commercial trucks: reducing criteria pollutants and improving fuel economy.

Chief Technology Officer Dr. Ben Patel shared Tenneco's underlying strategy for how it develops products: “When you think about ‘clean air,’ and think about emission control in general, there is one primary rule-the lowest cost of compliance is always going to win.” And cost is more than just dollar signs, he noted; it includes cost of complexity, value of packaging advantages, weight and other considerations.