Navistar defends choice of advanced EGR

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Regardless of what path you take to 2010 emissions compliance, it appears you will pay significantly more for the truck. Except for Paccar, which hasn’t announced pricing yet, the truck manufacturers that will rely on selective catalytic reduction (SCR) to reduce NOx from engines have disclosed price increases ranging from $9,000 to $9,800 due to U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency emissions regulations. And Navistar – the lone manufacturer relying solely on advanced exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) – announced that prices for its Class 8 trucks will rise by almost as much due to the steps needed to comply with emissions.
Prices for International trucks equipped with MaxxForce 11 and 13 big bore advanced EGR diesel engines will increase $8,000 with next year’s emissions-mandated change, while prices for trucks equipped with the MaxxForce 7, DT, 9 and 10 will increase $6,000, Navistar said. Increases will come in the form of a nondiscountable surcharge applied to each vehicle’s base price.

“Meeting stricter EPA emissions levels in 2010, unfortunately, comes with a higher price,” said Jack Allen, president of Navistar’s North American Truck Group. “Though we have given our best effort to minimize costs related to the robust design and development of 2010 MaxxForce engines to ensure pricing is manageable for our customers, prices will increase commensurate with our technology path and our effort to remain competitive in the marketplace.” Navistar says its MaxxForce advanced EGR engines feature advancements in fuel injection, improved air intake management, improved electronic calibration and proprietary combustion technology.

Last month, Daimler Trucks North America announced pricing for meeting 2010 standards with its Detroit Diesel BlueTec or Cummins midrange engine emissions technologies. Emissions technology surcharges for vehicles equipped with Detroit Diesel DD15 and DD16 big bore engines, as well as the medium bore DD13, will be $9,000 per vehicle. A surcharge of $7,300 will be added to vehicles equipped with the Cummins ISC8.3 engine, and a $6,700 surcharge will be added to the price of vehicles equipped with Cummins ISB6.7 engines.

Volvo and Mack – both of which will use SCR aftertreatment – already had disclosed emissions-related price increases. Volvo will add $9,600 to truck prices for 2010 trucks; Mack’s price increases will be $9,600 to $9,800.

SCR technology consists of an aftertreatment catalyst system that allows engine exhaust to be treated with diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) that reduces NOx into nitrogen and water.