DaimlerChrysler to Utilize SCR in Its 2010-Model Engines

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APENBURG, Germany — Top officials of DaimlerChrysler’s truck division said that the company would definitely use selective catalytic reduction technology in its trucks to meet new U.S. emission rules, beginning with the 2010 models.

Andreas Renschler, who runs DaimlerChrysler Commercial Ve-hicles Worldwide, and Dr. Gerald Weber, the unit’s executive vice president, said recent experience in Europe, where SCR-based engines already have been introduced, has strengthened the company’s resolve to use the technology in the United States.

“SCR is the technology choice for all DaimlerChrysler vehicles in the U.S. for 2010,” Weber said at a press conference here late last month.

Renschler, in his first conference with U.S. journalists since he was named to his post in August 2004, said he was “confident . . . that SCR will be recognized as the leading long-term solution for future emission control standards.”

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