Navistar International Corp. said Friday it will offer a new engine technology to meet federal and state emission rules by using a new, urea-based system for aftertreatment.
To be known as In-Cylinder Technology Plus, the technology will be available early next year in a 13-liter engine and is planned for a 15-liter engine later, Navistar said in a statement.
The use of urea to control nitrogen oxide emissions moves Navistar toward the selective catalytic reduction, or SCR, technology path used by its competitors, including Volvo AB and Daimler AG.
Navistar, which makes engines and International brand trucks, said that in the meantime it will continue build and sell trucks with engines that are compliant with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules, either by using earned emissions credits, paying non-compliance penalties, or both.
The move was announced in the wake of Navistar’s difficulty in gaining EPA approval for its 13-liter engine using exhaust gas recirculation, or EGR, technology as an aftertreatment.
The new technology “will leverage the investment and advancement we’ve made in clean engine technology while providing immediate certainty for our customers, dealers, employees and investors,” Chairman and CEO Daniel Ustian said.
“We’ve shared our new technology path with the EPA and California Air Resources Board [and] both agencies are encouraged by our plans,” he said in a statement. “We will continue to work with the agencies to ensure that our customers receive uninterrupted deliveries in all 50 states during this transition.”
Navistar, which shook up its top truck and engine management and reported a quarterly loss in early June, said it was not updating its financial outlook.
Navistar, which shook up its top truck and engine management and reported a quarterly loss in early June, said it was not updating its financial outlook.
