Volvo Says It’s Close to Choosing SCR to Meet 2010 Standards

OSEMONT, Ill. — Volvo Powertrain North America, which supplies heavy-duty engines to Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks, said it was on the verge of choosing selective catalytic reduction technology to meet new U.S. emission standards for nitrogen oxide that go into effect in 2010.

Volvo Powertrain is “95% of the way to saying SCR is the answer,” Anthony Greszler, the engine maker’s vice president of advanced engineering, said here at the 2005 SAE Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress and Exhibition, Nov. 1-4.

Greszler said Volvo Powertrain will make a final decision on SCR “early next year,” after additional discussions with the Environmental Protection Agency. “We are working closely with EPA on . . . emissions safeguards,” and infrastructure issues such as the availability of urea, needed to make SCR work, at retail fueling stations.