Scania receives $8.8M for high-compression engine technology R&D

In Sweden, Scania has been granted to $8.8 million to develop an engine for heavy vehicles that will combine the high energy efficiency of diesel (compression ignition) technology with the more efficient exhaust after-treatment system of Otto (spark ignition) technology. The funds are granted under Sweden’s Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation Initiative and the project will bring together Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Lund University and Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg as well as Scania’s experts.

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