Ashok Leyland 4940 Euro 6 Truck at Auto Expo 2016 Delhi

With BS4 yet to hit Pan India, and many truck variants yet to be migrated to BS4, Ashok Leyland showcased a Euro 6 Tractor, 4940. The product was an eye catcher at Auto Expo for two reasons - it is the first indigenously developed Euro 6 Truck in India and it came at a time when Mr Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transports and Highways and Shipping announced that India would leapfrog to Euro 6 emissions norms by 2020. By 2020, approx $5 billion is expected to be invested by oil companies. Not only with these companies but a high level of technological upgradation is required in auto manufacturing as well. Ashok Leyland was in the forefront when emission levels were upgraded in the past. With its indigenous technology the company was able to achieve this again and again and now has come up with the Euro 6 version of its flagship engine range Neptune. An 8 Litre engine producing 400 HP and 1600 Nm of torque is the engine of the talk here and that is powering the 4940 Euro 6 Tractor. 

ASHOK LEYLAND 4940 EURO 6 TRUCK AT AUTO EXPO 2016 DELHI

Euro 6 norms demands a dramatic reduction in NOx and particulate matter - as low as one-tenth as compared to the existing Euro 3 norms. Achieving these norms require a significant leap in technological capability, and a strong dose of Indian ingenuity and Ashok Leyland has done it with Albonair.

Acknowledgements : Motor India 

Pic Courtesy : Prakash Body Constructions, Nagaon (Assam)