TRUCKS EMISSIONS TESTING * Sweden: Scania reveals real world emissions testing
* Truckmaker says emissions monitoring has occurred in traffic for last three years
-- As the Volkswagen emissions scandal has grown to encompass other automotive brands within the group, truck maker Scania has revealed the real world emissions testing that the company uses to ensure Euro 6 compliance in its heavy trucks... The company uses three trailer mounted mobile test laboratories to monitor emissions on public roads... From 2013 onwards, heavy vehicle emissions are required to be carried out in normal every day traffic conditions. The trucks being tested are also loaded to 50- 60 per cent of their rated payload... For the test, a lab trailer is hooked up to a prime mover. It is then connected to the vehicle’s on-board diagnostics system and an exhaust gas analyser is mounted on the exhaust...
(Photo: Scania emissions test engineer Sven Andersson) -- Södertälje, Sweden - ATN (Australia) - 17 Nov 2015
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