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MINSK, 26 December (BelTA) – Minsk Motor Plant (MMZ) is ready for the introduction of the Euro-5 emission standard, BelTA learned from the company’s press service.

Diesel engines for trucks, buses, and other heavy vehicles require complicated and expensive systems for neutralizing exhausts in order to observe the Euro-5 environmental standard. MMZ is ready for changes on the transport market of the closest strategic industrial partner — Russia. MMZ now offers batch-produced four-cylinder Euro-5 compliant engines D-245.35E5 with an electronic system for controlling fuel delivery Common Rail and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system for neutralizing exhausts. The engine boasts 177hp with the rated speed of 2,200rpm. The engines have Customs Union certificates, which are valid till 15 August 2020.

MMZ has been shipping these engines to the Belarusian automobile engineering company MAZ since June 2016. The engines have already been tried and tested as part of the manufacturing process and are compliant with all the technical parameters of the European standard. MMZ has made a six-cylinder Euro-5 engine D-262.3E5 with the output of 270/330/360hp with the rated speed of 2,200rpm and the Common Rail and SCR systems and has handed it over to MAZ. Two other diesel engines have been made for MAZ-6430 trucks with the weight of up to 48 tonnes and 52 tonnes. The engines are certified for compliance with the Customs Union’s technical regulation on the safety of wheeled vehicles.

MMZ has also made Euro-5 compliant engines for the Russian automakers PAZ and GAZ. They have Customs Union certificates valid till July 2019. The first engine D-245.9E5 with the output of 136hp with the rated speed of 2200rpm boasts the Common Rail system, an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system, and a particulate filter for buses. MMZ has developed the D-245.7E5 engine for GAZ Company. It boasts the output of 130hp with the rated speed of 2,200rpm. The engine boasts similar approaches to reaching the Euro-5 emission standard.

Emission requirements for vehicles are specified by the Customs Union’s technical regulations. In line with the regulations the Euro-5 standard for cars came into force in Russia on 1 January 2016. The Euro-4 standard stayed in effect for trucks, buses, and off-road cars till 31 December 2017. The Euro-5 standard will be enforced for trucks, buses, and off-road cars in Russia on 1 January 2018.