DETROIT, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC)
confirmed today that it has received EPA certification for its 12.7 and 14.0
liter Series 60 on-highway engines. The Series 60 engine is fully certified
to the new 2.5 g/hp-hr NOx + NMHC standard and does not require an
aftertreatment device of any kind. In addition, two different families of the
Series 50 urban bus engines have received emission certification. Detroit
Diesel is the only manufacturer to have both diesel and natural gas urban bus
engines emission certified and available. DDC has also submitted a
certification application for a Series 50 urban bus engine equipped with a
particulate filter. Once certified, this will be the only heavy duty diesel
engine certified to the most stringent California particulate standard of 0.01
g/hp-hr.
"As we had previously announced, the Series 60 will be equipped with
Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR). During the week of October 8, the new
tooling and test equipment was installed. We will begin a comprehensive
training program for our production workforce starting October 14th,"
according to Mark Bara, Senior Vice President - On Highway Engines.
The Series 60 engine with EGR offers truckers the best combination of a
popular and proven product that is fully certified to the new standards. The
Series 60 engine with EGR requires no changes in maintenance procedures and
recommended oil change intervals remain as they were. In fact, with eight
million miles of testing to date, the wear rates of piston rings and cylinder
liners of the EGR Series 60 engines are proving to be much reduced compared to
previous engines without EGR. Cylinder kit wear has been significantly
reduced which should result in even longer life to overhaul than the current
Series 60, already well-known for its durability.
There are over 650,000 Series 60 engines in operation and the engine has
been the most popular heavy-duty engine in NAFTA for the past eleven years in
a row.
The Series 60 with EGR features a new low profile gear train and other
lighter-weight components to offset the weight increase of the EGR components.
The EGR Series 60 engine actually weighs 65 pounds less than the non-EGR
version. The engine weighs just 2,585 pounds, making it the lightest of the
big bore engines.
Detroit Diesel Corporation, headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, is engaged
in the design, manufacture, sale and service of heavy-duty diesel and
alternative fuel engines, automotive diesel engines and engine-related
products. The company offers a complete line of engines from 22 to 13,000
horsepower for the on-highway, off-road and automotive markets and is a
QS-9000 certified company. Detroit Diesel services these markets directly and
through a worldwide network of more than 2,700 authorized distributor and
dealer locations. Detroit Diesel is a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler AG, the
world's leading manufacturer of heavy-duty diesel truck engines. Within
DaimlerChrysler AG, DDC is part of the Powersystems Business Unit.
SOURCE Detroit Diesel Corporation
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CONTACT:
Sheree Greenhalge of Detroit Diesel
Corporation, +1-313-592-5170, fax: +1-313-592-8176, or E-mail:
sheree.greenhalge@detroitdiesel.com
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