Last month, Navistar announced that it would be entering
into an agreement with Cummins Inc. to combine MaxxForce engines with Cummins’ urea-based
aftertreatment emissions technology: an effort Navistar has dubbed In-Cylinder
Technology Plus (ICT+). However, with
the launch of ICT+ still several months away, Navistar is now offering
customers an interim solution for purchasing new, heavy-duty International commercial
vehicles that meet current CA emissions regulations: International Prostar+
trucks powered by Cummins engines.
Over the past few months, Navistar and Cummins engineers
have been working closely together at Navistar’s base of operation in Lisle,
Illinois to ensure that the marriage between Cummins’ ISX15 engines and
Navistar’s International ProStar+ tractor bodies would meet Navistar’s
stringent quality guidelines. Units were added to Navistar’s test fleet in late
November, and are now in the process of being shipped to dealers nationwide.
PTI’s first ISX15-powered ProStar+ is now available to
customers. “We’re excited that we can now offer a Class 8 International tractor
that meets the increasingly rigorous California
emissions standards,” Dave Angotti, PTI sales manager told InSight. “We can
continue to meet all of our customers’ needs throughout our sales territory.”
Navistar still plans on combining its MaxxForce in-cylinder
engine technology with the Cummins SCR aftertreatment system. ICT+ is scheduled
to enter pilot production in March 2013, with units becoming available to
customers in April 2013. Navistar will also continue to refine its in-cylinder
technology in hopes of pioneering an emissions solution that does not require
aftertreatment technology.
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