UD Trucks and its sole distributor partner in Malaysia, Tan Chong Industrial Equipment Sdn Bhd (TCIE) unveiled the new Euro 5 range of their Quester (heavy-duty) and Croner (medium-duty) trucks. While the key feature is the new Euro5 engines in these trucks, the 2023 upgrade for the Malaysian models also includes features that will improve uptime, efficiency, and optimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for truck owners, all while lowering the vehicle’s environmental impact.
UD Trucks states that the new Euro 5 Quester and Croner are UD Trucks’ first models designed specifically for markets outside of Japan. The range has recently been introduced in fast-growing and emerging marketsglobally, as many countries are moving to adopt more stringent international emission standards in a bid to curb pollution and improve air quality notably due to pressure to meet Environmental, Social and Governmental (ESG).
It all ties in with UD Trucks’ Better Life motto, which is to be better for the planet, people, and growth. Better Life drives the integration of sustainability across all of the company’s operations and processes to realize lower environmental impact, higher customer satisfaction, higher profitability, and a better place for people to work and live.
Steve Hedouin, Managing Director Hub Malaysia, UD Trucks said “The introduction of our new Euro 5 Quester and Croner is a significant evolution driven by UD Trucks’ corporate purpose of creating Better Life through more efficient and cleaner emission trucks that the world needs today, for a sustainable future.”
“With air pollution being one of the biggest health threats and the transport sector facing increasing environmental pressure and business challenges, this is an era where sustainable logistics has become even more critical than ever before. As industry players, we need to embrace and make positive changes to reduce emissions and future-proof our business operations. The new Euro 5 Quester and Croner give customers the leverage they can depend on for furthering their business productivity, all while minimizing their environmental impact and helping them stay competitive.”
The new Euro 5 range features the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology to significantly boost environmental protection and fuel economy. With it, nitrogen oxides are now 60% less and particulate matter emissions 80% less, than current Euro 3 levels. Compared with Euro 4 levels, nitrogen oxides are 43% less. Moreover, Euro 5 engines also have a lower fuel consumption and CO² emissions than an equivalent Euro 3 truck.
UD Trucks is the first truck manufacturer to introduce the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology back in 2004, and this technology is proven to be more reliable when compared to other emission control technologies for reducing nitrogen oxides emission.
The SCR technology also delivers improved fuel efficiency and total cost of ownership with lower maintenance requirements, compared to other available emission control technologies, as well as higher power and torque through optimized combustion without increasing the size of the engine.
Business uptime is also enhanced with improved service intervals and less time required for maintenance. This is further supported by the availability of AdBlue, a safe-to-use diesel exhaust fluid used in vehicles with SCR technology to reduce harmful gases from being released into the atmosphere, at all TCIE’s 26 branches and dealers throughout Malaysia.
With cleaner and more robust engine configuration and lower sensitivity to sulfur content in fuel, the SCR technology contributes to longer engine life and reduced environmental pollution.
Aside from featuring a Euro 5 system with SCR technology, the new range of Quester and Croner also features a new instrument cluster with real-time fuel coaching. This enhancement provides drivers with immediate and specific feedback on driving techniques that are more fuel efficient.
Say Teck Ming, Chief Operating Officer of TCIE shared, “The offering of the new Euro 5 range reflects TCIE’s and UD Trucks’ shared commitment in supporting Malaysia’s environmental, social and governance agenda and in meeting the needs of modern transport operators in a changing world environment. Leveraging on TCIE’s strengths, the new Euro 5 Quester and Croner trucks will be produced as CKD under our manufacturing facility. With TCIE’s wide dealership and service network nationwide, we are excited and ready to help our customers transition their fleet to the cleaner emission and more efficient Euro 5 Quester and Croner.
“The new Euro 5 range offers all of the additional advantages to help our customers go the extra mile efficiently and responsibly whilst retaining all other existing benefits that Quester and Croner have been delivering.”
Quester combines excellent fuel efficiency with durability, connectedness and business-ready with the innovative UD Telematics, and good fuel efficiency and safety with numerous features including the ESCOT automated manual transmission. Meanwhile with Croner, it offers reliability and versatility through a wide and customizable model offering to suit specific applications, fuel efficiency with its aerodynamic cab design that reduces the drag coefficient, drivability with the Allison automatic transmission, and superior ergonomics, cab space and comfort for the driver.
In our opinion, the upgrade to Euro 5 engines allow UD Trucks to actually sell trucks with the latest in engine technology. The previous range of Euro3 or 4 trucks usually aren't the latest in engines for all manufacturers these days. The design and machine tolerances are essentially from something in the early 2000s or earlier. The newer engines are designed from the start to run on diesel with less contaminants, have better tuning of their ECUs, have tighter and modern manufacturing tolerances and more. All of these allow better combustion which actually allows fuel savings and less harmful emissions. So it is better for the operators and drivers who have to sometimes stand outside their idling trucks aside from the overall impact on the environment.
Some may say that AdBlue adds to the overall cost, but according to UD Trucks and from what I've heard from other industry players, the cost of adding AdBlue is small and most likely is negated by the fact that the new engines are more fuel efficient vs. the earlier Euro 3 or 4 engines. As mentioned, these are newly tech engines and are more efficient. So the addition of AdBlue every few hundred litres of diesel is offset by the better consumption overall.
On the same note, the SCR or AdBlue based system has no particulate filter to change. These filters are actually expensive if a vehicle runs the EGR based system. So there is a removal of one cost and the addition of another which in the long run could be cheaper.
Furthermore, a cleaner engine means less deposits or carbon in the cylinders. Which may make the engine last longer too
For more information on the new Euro 5 range, head over to https://www.udtrucks.com and watch the digital reveal film at https://www.udtrucksdriveforbetter.com
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