Mack, Volvo engines certified by EPA, CARB
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Volvo Trucks North America’s D11 and D13 engines and Mack Trucks’ MP7 and MP8 engines have been certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) as meeting upcoming 2010 diesel emissions standards, considered the most stringent in the world, the companies stated in separate news releases.
This means Volvo heavy-duty trucks will continue their essential service to the nation’s economy, but with a much smaller environmental impact, according to Scott Kress, senior vice president of sales and marketing.
Volvo and Mack stated that they are the first truck manufacturers to have their heavy-duty diesel engines certified for 2010 by both EPA and CARB.
These engines have been fully certified to meet EPA’s stringent standards without the use of emissions credits.
“Achieving certification involved many dedicated employees working for many years,” noted Kevin Flaherty, Mack senior vice president.
“The new Mack engines are so clean that in some areas, the exhaust leaving our trucks will be cleaner than the air going in,” Flaherty said, adding that the EPA 2010 engines also have significantly improved fuel economy. “Mack tested SCR in North America customer fleets for more than two years, accumulating 5 million miles of field testing. … The Mack SCR technology also essentially eliminates active regenerations of the diesel particulate filter (DPF) to save even more fuel and further reduce operating costs.”
“Using selective catalytic reduction (SCR) to reduce NOx, Volvo improved fuel economy and reduced emissions of the greenhouse gas CO2,” added Volvo’s Kress. “This fights global warming and reduces dependence on imported petroleum,” he said.
Kress noted that “We are already building EPA’10 trucks and are fully on track for large-scale production next year, which will help make the air cleaner, use fuel more efficiently and save money for our customers.”
All heavy-duty diesel truck engines produced after Jan. 1, 2010, must meet the new standards. Volvo has extensive experience with SCR technology; the new SCR system was added to the proven Volvo engine platform, which has been used in North America since 2007 and was already well-known for its low emissions and high fuel economy.
“Volvo Trucks has complete confidence in our engines and SCR technology,” Kress said. “We’ve used our global resources to develop leading engine and emission technologies as the standards became increasingly tighter in 2002, 2007 and now 2010. In these challenging times, our customers need very reliable, productive and efficient products, and that is what Volvo’s experience and capability delivered for 2010.”