![[Valid Atom 1.0]](valid-atom.png "Validate my Atom 1.0 feed")
Comments - Canada - Hybrid Power, European Style
Paccar's European subsidiary DAF Trucks scored a ‘International Truck of the Year 2007’
Toronto,Ont.,CAN -Todays' Trucking, by Rolf Lockwood -Sept 27, 2006: -- Amidst the noisy hubbub of the largest truck show on earth, it can be hard to find a common theme. This year's 61st version of the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in Hannover, Germany, was no exception, but the future of hybrid power was my own point of focus. I discovered that it's not such a big deal in Europe as it is here, despite fuel prices that make ours seem puny, but that's not to say the hybrid idea was ignored... Leading that charge was Japan's Mitsubishi Fuso, now firmly part of the DaimlerChrysler empire and with its quality issues well behind it. The company showed its ready-for-market Canter Eco-Hybrid truck to the Europeans for the first time, though it wasn't the little truck's first public appearance. That came earlier this year at two U.S. shows as the company tried to gauge North American interest in the diesel/electric-powered truck. It's almost certain that we'll see it here, possibly even in the Sterling 360, a badge-engineered version of the class 3/4 Canter... One last note from IAA, namely that Paccar's European subsidiary DAF Trucks scored a significant victory there. Its flagship vehicle, the XF105, was named the ‘International Truck of the Year 2007’ as voted by a jury of European truck journalists. Introduced last year and manufactured since January, the XF105 is equipped with the all new 12.9-liter Paccar engine, developed and produced by DAF... North Americans may see this engine in Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks in the near future. The inline six is equipped with an SCR exhaust gas aftertreatment system in European form, meeting both the new Euro 4 and coming-in-2009 Euro 5 emission standards...
posted by Unknown @ 2:43 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home