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Daimler 360 GRAD - FAKTEN zur Nachhaltigkeit 2008
Daimler Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2008 / Environmental protection, innovation, and safety / Products and product use / Airborne emissions /
BLUETEC technology at Daimler*
BLUETEC technology at Daimler*
BLUETEC technology at Daimler
Cleaner diesel
Extracting maximum performance out of every drop of diesel fuel burned, while at the same time minimizing
pollutant emissions, is a challenge Mercedes-Benz is addressing with its fuel-efficient diesel engines and
revolutionary BLUETEC diesel technology. BLUETEC is a modular exhaust gas treatment system that combines
engineinternal and downstream aftertreatment measures in order to minimize emissions.
Daimler has developed two versions of BLUETEC: In passenger cars like the E 320 BlueTEC and E 300 BlueTEC,
the system comprises an oxidizing catalytic converter, an enhanced DeNOx storage catalytic converter, and a
diesel particulate filter with an SCR (selective catalytic reduction) catalytic converter. The E 320 BlueTEC, which
has been available in the U.S. since the fall of 2006, thus boasts emissions lower than the maximum permitted
by the Bin 8 standard. With consumption of 6.7 liters per 100 kilometers, it’s also the most fuel-efficient vehicle
in its class in the country. The same technology from the E 320 BlueTEC is utilized in the E 300 BlueTEC, which
was launched in Europe in December 2007 and already meets the Euro 5 emission standard, which won’t go into
effect until 2009.