Volvo Trucks With Zero CO2 Engine!
Date: Sep 3rd, 2007 7:38:05 pm - Subscribe
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New innovations for clean and zero gas emission technologies have been brought up by some automakers for the past years in the automotive industry. All these latest technologies are being applied nowadays and I guess it has done a marvelous job in protecting our environment from further disintegration. Today, another earth-friendly technology has been introduced by the one and only Volvo Group! And you know what that is? It's diesel carbon-dioxide free trucks!
The best thing that could ever happen in trucks is all happening! Thanks to the Volvo Group - the first automaker to manufacture seven demonstration trucks that can all be operated without discharging any unwanted damaging carbon dioxide! I was in so much delight when read the news from TheAutoChannel.com last week. It’s even more interesting than researching for Saturn head bolts! Anyway, according to the news, these trucks were displayed for the first time today in Stockholm and are outfitted with diesel engines that have been customized to work on seven different kinds of renewable gaseous and liquid fuels.
“Volvo is part of the climate problem, but today we have shown that carbon-dioxide free transports are a possibility and that we as a vehicle manufacturer both can and will be part for the solution to the climate issue,” says Leif Johansson, the CEO of the Volvo Group.
Volvo’s own 9-liter engines that have been particularly customized by the Group’s engineers have been packed in Volvo’s seven Volvo FM trucks to demonstrate the chances of carbon-dioxide-free transport. Over 14 percent of total global carbon-dioxide emissions will come from the transport sector according to the generally exposed Stern report, with road transport accounting for a sum of 10 percent.
“As one of the world’s largest manufacturers of heavy trucks, diesel engines and buses, the Volvo Group is part of the climate problem,” says Johansson. “But environmental issues are one of the areas which we have assigned the very highest priority, and based on our resources and knowledge, we both can and will be part of the solution.”
“The diesel engine is an extremely efficient energy converter that is perfectly suited to many different renewable fuels, liquid or gaseous. With our know-how in engine technology and our large volumes, we can manufacture engines for several different renewable fuels, and also create possibilities for carbon-dioxide-free transports in such other product areas as buses, construction equipment and boats,” says Jan-Eric Sundgren, a member of Volvo Group Management and Senior Vice President for Public and Environmental Affairs.
“With these vehicles, we have shown that Volvo is ready, that we possess the technology and the resources for carbon-dioxide-free transport, but we cannot do this alone. We also require large-scale production of renewable fuels and putting such production in operation requires extensive investments in research and development, and also well-defined, common guidelines from authorities in as many countries as possible,” adds Leif Johansson.
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