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First Mercedes-Benz Arocs With Euro 6 Reaches The UK

One of if not the most sustainable commercial vehicles in production, the Mercedes-Benz Arocs Euro 6 truck has just stepped for the first time in the UK.
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Featuring both selective catalytic reduction (SCR), which ads ammonia to the exhaust system, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), which uses cooled exhaust gases back into the vehicles' air intake and a diesel particulate filter (DPF) on the exhaust which captures soot particles from the exhaust gas.

“As a major UK construction and infrastructure company, we take on a leadership role in driving forward our industry’s sustainability performance. We believe that working this way is fundamental to the reputation and continuity of our industry. We are making demonstrable progress in the field of sustainability, and our acquisition of these Euro 6 compliant vehicles serves to highlight that.” said Jonathan Hall, plant director for Morgan Sindall, the UK company who leased the first two Arocs Euro 6.

The two trucks were bodies by tipper specialists Thompsons of Blackburn, using the latest all-steel “carry anything” Loadmaster multi-purpose tipper-body.
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Alex handled his first real steering wheel at the age of five (on a field) and started practicing "Scandinavian Flicks" at 14 (on non-public gravel roads). Following his time at the University of Journalism, he landed his first real job at the local franchise of Top Gear magazine a few years before Mircea (Panait). Not long after, Alex entered the New Media realm with the autoevolution.com project.
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