Scania engine goes green without traps
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• Scania is poised to become the first truck manufacturer to offer a diesel engine in the UK that will qualify for a £1,000 VED "green rebate" without using a particulate trap.
The Swedish company's P114-340 twin-steer tractor has successfully passed emission tests at the Millbrook proving ground in Bedfordshire. Now Scania expects the Department of Transport to issue it with a certificate of compliance. This will allow Scania to sell any vehicle fitted with the Euro-2, 11-litre DC11-0l engine with a certificate enabling the operator to claim the £1,000 green VED rebate— as long as the truck is run on ultra-low-sulphur diesel.
Scania's technical manager Clive Burnet says: "Scania has always sought to combine maximum operating efficiency with environmental best practice."
Until now the only vehicles qualifying for a green VED rebate have been equipped with particulate traps or CRTs.
it For full details see next week's CM.