Volvo Trucks has unveiled two all-new 13-litre engines – its most fuel-efficient ever – which are ready for renewable diesel and gas fuel types, including future hydrogen applications.
The combustion engine continues to play an important role in Volvo Trucks’ driveline strategy and its latest products offer a combination of more power with reduced fuel consumption, lower emissions, less noise and improved drivability.
The new engine can deliver up to 4% lower fuel consumption versus its predecessor when combined with Volvo Trucks’ latest fuel-saving innovations, which will now become available to more customers.
“These all-new engines are not only our most fuel-efficient powertrains ever, but they will also take our combustion engine into the future,” said Jan Hjelmgren, head of product management at Volvo Trucks.
“The flexibility and readiness for all existing diesel and gas fuels – and also future hydrogen applications – means that we can offer efficient trucks with the possibility of net-zero emissions to all our customers globally.”
In combination with the Volvo FH Aero range – which cuts fuel consumption by up to 5% compared with the standard model – the in-house developed engines will deliver further fuel savings of up to 4%. The new platform comes with a refined engine brake functionality for increased drivability, new cylinder and turbo designs, as well as an updated version of Volvo’s I-Shift transmission. Both the diesel and gas versions will also offer significantly higher torque levels.
Many variants of the diesel version of the new engine are also compatible with Volvo Trucks’ I-Roll with engine stop/start functionality, which means that more customers can save fuel and cut emissions by being able to turn off the engine while driving downhill.
