Volvo Trucks North America will meet 2007 emissions standards with a complete family of diesel engines that includes new 11- and 13-liter models, in addition to the 16-liter Volvo D16 introduced earlier this year.
The announcement was made at a Monday, Oct. 17 news conference in Boston during the American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference and Exhibition.
“These new engines are designed to surpass the excellent record of the Volvo D12, while also giving our customers the ability to fine-tune their engine choice, based on their application and other requirements,” said Peter Karlsten, president and CEO of Volvo Trucks North America.
The engines will be available for inspection by customers during the first quarter of 2006.
Volvo also will continue to offer customers the option of Cummins ISX engines, Karlsten said. Currently, about 60 percent of Volvo’s truck customers spec Volvo engines, 40 percent Cummins engines.
The new Volvo engines are designed with both 2007 and 2010 emissions standards in mind, Karlsten said. As previously announced, Volvo will meet federal emissions standards for 2007 with high-performance exhaust gas recirculation and a diesel particulate filter. Whether to use EGR technology in 2010 is still being explored, Karlsten said.
The new family of engines will be easily adaptable to selective catalytic reduction in 2010 if Volvo opts for that technology, Karlsten said.
