KYIV. Sept 3 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Public joint-stock company AvtoKrAZ (Kremenchuk, Poltava region), the only Ukrainian producer of heavy trucks, as a part of adaptation of new engines for its trucks, has started mounting Ford-Ecotorq engines rated at 360 hp meeting Euro-5 emission standard to mass-produced trucks, the company said in a press release on Tuesday.
The company said that the KrAZ-63221 mass-produced chassis intended for conversion into special vehicles are powered with the Ford-Ecotorq turbocharged engine.
Previously the engines made by this manufacturer were mounted on light armored vehicles as KrAZ-Spartan.
The Ford-Ecotorq 9.0L 360PS engines offering increased horsepower and displacement of 9 liters mounted on the KrAZ trucks are the most compact in their class.
The Ford-Ecotorq 9.0L 360PS engine features extended service life, increased horsepower and torque, reduced fuel and oil consumption, increased intervals between maintenance, quick start at extreme temperatures, direct fuel injection and the electronic control unit.
The company said that that since 2014 AvtoKrAZ has switched over to using engines made by manufacturers from European and CIS countries, sticking to import substitution policies.
“The monthly number of engines that KrAZ placed an order for at [Russia’s] YaMZ is compensated by engines made by Deutz, Cummins, Daimler, Fiat, WEICHAI, and Ford, Toyota,” the press service said.
The press service told Interfax-Ukraine that since 2015 AvtoKrAZ has stopped buying materials and spare parts from Russian manufacturers.
AvtoKrAZ now buys electrics in Poland and Belarus, bearings in Poland, Turkey and India, flat steel – in Poland and the Czech Republic, the company is working on supplies from China, metal goods are bought in Kryvy Rih, and Zaporizhstal almost covers supplies of Russia’s Novolipetsk steel works in full.
“All contracts were terminated under the initiative of Russia,” the press service said.
AvtoKrAZ makes 33 basic vehicle models, and more than 260 modifications and trim levels for civilian and military vehicles.
