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15.7.12

ENGINE & BUSES COMPONENTS

 * Sweden - Volvo introducing new EURO 6 engine

Stockholm,Sweden -Busworld (Belgium) -7 July 2012: -- Volvo is introducing a Euro-6-compliant heavy-duty engine, with NOx emissions lowered by 77% and PM emissions halved compared to Euro 5. The first implementation of the new engine is the D13 460 hp (343 kW) unit. The Volvo D13 for Euro 6 is based on Volvo’s Euro 5 engine. Just like that unit, the new engine is an in-line six cylinder engine with unit injectors and catalytic exhaust treatment (SCR). In order to meet the new emission requirements, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) is also used, as well as a diesel particulate filter (DPF)—systems that Volvo has already been using for several years in the US and Japan...

* Germany - New ZF TRAXON transmission custom-made for EURO 6 and EPA 10

Friedrichshafen,Baden-Württemberg,Germany -Busworld (Belgium) -6 July 2012: ... ZF has developed a new generation of gearboxes, the TraXon, to be used behind the coming Euro 6 engines. The TraXon is a modular transmission which makes the application of several drive units with one basic transmission possible. For example, for the first time, dual-clutch and hybrid modules are used in coaches...  Launching customer for this new transmission line will probably be MAN, who might be offering it starting early next year on their MAN trucks and MAN and Neoplan coaches with Euro 6 engine. The TraXon will not be available for citybuses. The new TraXon transmission weighs nearly as much as the AS Tronic and is a bit shorter...

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