* Sweden - Cummins Euro 6 engines tested down to –29C
Kiruna, Sweden -HGV UK -May 1, 2013: -- As part of a three-year development programme, Cummins’ Euro 6 ISB engines have successfully completed cold climate testing in Sweden and Norway. Engineers carried out 6,000 kms of product validation in extreme vehicle operating conditions, with ambient temperatures down to -29C... The four-week test was carried out with an 18 tonne truck powered by an ISB6.7 and a 12 tonne truck powered by an ISB4.5. Both were instrumented to collect engineering data from the engines, aftertreatment system and other related truck components... The testing team was based in Kiruna, Sweden, 145 km north of the Arctic Circle, where the average ambient temperature was expected to be -20C. The area has good roads and workshop facilities to support vehicle testing... Cold starting was achieved down to -29C with standard hardware, proving that the system is robust in all European operating environments...
* Illinois - Navistar shipping MaxxForce 13L engine with SCR
Warrensville,ILL,USA -Fleet Owner -Apr. 29, 2013: -- The first International ProStar tractors with EPA-certified MaxxForce 13L engines and SCR aftertreatment have been shipped, Navistar said... The company added that the units are being shipped ahead of schedule... The first units began shipping last Friday, April 26, from truck manufacturing plants in Escobedo, Mexico, and Springfield, OH... The first International ProStar with SCR was shipped in December 2012. Those units included Cummins ISX 15L engines...
* Germany - Trucking off road with the Unimog and Zetros
(Photo: The Mercedes Benz Unimog U-4000)
Worth,Germany -Fleet Owner, by Jim Mele -May 1, 2013: -- Daimler Truck's, Worth plant, not only produces the entire line of Mercedes-Benz medium- and heavy-duty on-road and vocational vehicles, it’s also the source of the Unimog and Zetros, two trucks with some amazing off-road abilities...
(Photo: In water or land, the 27 ton Zetro can handle side angles up to 45 degrees)
Daimler’s Woerth plant is the largest commercial vehicle plant in the world, with a 1.2-kilometre assembly line. The plant is 2.9 million square metres in size and last year produced 90,000 trucks. It’s staffed by 12,000 employees and about 550 truckloads of parts are shipped into the facility each day. Assembly occurs in a just-in-time fashion, with required parts arriving exactly when they’re needed at specific spots along the production line...
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(Photo: The Mercedes Benz Unimog U-4000) 
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