Frugal FIREPOWER

We must do everything to improve our current solutions

Scania has unveiled a more powerful Euro 6 V8 engine and gearboxes that are lighter in weight and thirst in a major propulsion technology move.

With increasingly clean and efficient internal combustion engines remaining necessary for particular heavy-duty functions for a long while yet, Scania hails the lifting of the DC16 123 V8’s on-road output to 770hp (574kW).

It states that with the new G33 gearbox, “total savings can reach six per cent – or more – under the right conditions”.

“While shifting to fossil-free transport, we must do everything to improve our current solutions,” Scania executive vice president and head of sales and marketing Alexander Vlaskamp