Biography - Thailand Automotive Institute

Development of Sustainable Transportation Technology
Mr. Nick Leach
Director, Vehicle Sale Support Asia
Sale & Service Management, Scania (Hong Kong) Limited
E-mail: nick.leach@scania.com.hk
Abstracts
Scania specializes in producing trucks, buses and coaches for heavy duty road transportation. Society
needs road transport of goods and people so it is critical that this type of transportation can be sustainable.
The goal must be to minimize the impact on the environment throughout the complete transport process. This
includes not only the vehicle itself but also how it is used.
The harmful emissions from a heavy duty vehicle fall into two categories, emissions felt at the roadside and
those contributing to global warming leading to climate change. Engine and exhaust after-treatment technology
has moved on so far and so quickly that the emissions felt at the roadside can be virtually zero. The
technology used to achieve this will be presented including comparisons between Euro VI and earlier emissions
standards.
Emissions adding to the generation of global warming can be addressed in three ways – less transport
through smarter transport solutions, increased energy efficiency to get more motive power from the fuel, and the
use of bio-fuels. The challenges and opportunities for each of these will be presented including a summary of
today’s bio-fuels and their advantages and disadvantages.
Biography
Mr. Nick Leach has an engineering background and has worked for the Swedish
heavy duty vehicle manufacturer, Scania, for 37 years. As well as time spent in the
Scania Head Office in Sweden, he has managed their Bus and Coach Division in the
UK, held the position of Marketing Director in South Africa, and been responsible for
Scania’s activities in Queensland, Australia. He is currently based in Hong Kong as
the Director for Vehicle Sales Support in the Asian Region. Scania actively works
towards sustainability in heavy duty road transport and Nick is passionate about this
area of the business.
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