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    New Volvo engine for Euro 6

    Volvo Trucks is now presenting an engine tailored for the tough Euro 6 environmental standards. Nitrogen oxide emissions have dropped by 77 percent and particulate emissions have been halved. First off the mark is Volvo’s D13 460 hp engine, which today powers more than one-third of all Volvo trucks.“The Volvo FH gets a new 460 hp Euro 6 engine optimised for fast, fuel-efficient transportation on good roads. The first trucks with the new engine will be delivered in spring 2013,” says Mats Franzén, Manager of Engine Strategy and Planning at Volvo Trucks. Customer demand for Euro 6 trucks

    UD Trucks and Nissan Motor end collaboration on contract manufacturing of light-duty trucks

    The collaboration between Volvo Group’s Japanese subsidiary UD Trucks  and Nissan Motor on the contract manufacturing of light-duty trucks will expire and the production will end in January 2011. Nissan Motor will then move the production of light-duty trucks to Nissan Shatai, an affiliate company of Nissan Motor.The decision enables UD Trucks to focus more on medium and heavy-duty trucks. UD Trucks will continue to have its own manufacturing operation for light-duty trucks for the export market.  During 2009, UD Trucks produced 6,150 light-duty trucks within

    VE Commercial Vehicles to invest in production of a new medium-duty engine in India

    The Volvo Group’s Indian joint venture company, VE Commercial Vehicles, VECV, is to invest a total of SEK 480 M (INR 2,8 bn) in the production of the Volvo Group’s new global medium-duty engine in India.The investment gives the Volvo Group a complete facility in India for processing and assembling the new medium-duty engine, which will be introduced in the Group’s trucks and buses worldwide in the next few years.“Thanks to the joint venture company with Eicher Motors, we have access to a well-established production and supplier base in India,” says Volvo CEO Leif Johansson. “The Group

    Volvo and Mack engines first to be certified for near-zero emissions of EPA 2010

    Volvo and Mack are the first truck manufacturers to have their engines certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board as meeting upcoming 2010 diesel emissions standards, the most stringent in the world.Volvo and Mack are the first truck manufacturers to have their heavy-duty 11 and 13 liter 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. “This outstanding achievement is yet another testimony to the skills of our engineers on

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