Volvo introduces 13-liter natural gas engine

Mar 22, 2013

Updated Mar 27, 2013

Volvo introduced this week at the Mid-America Trucking Show its D13 liquefied natural gas engine in Louisville, Ky. The D13-LNG is the company’s first integrated natural gas engine for the North American market.

It will be a compression-ignited engine and is part of Volvo’s Blue Power natural gas initiative program.

For more on the engine, see CCJ sister site Successful Dealer‘s coverage.

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