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Weichai Power launches new engine

By Su Yue (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2006-11-02 08:24

Weichai Power Co Ltd launched its newly-developed high-speed diesel engine, the WD12, on October 20. This is China's first 12-liter 480 horsepower engine with independent intellectual property rights.

The 12-liter high-speed diesel engine is the core component for large commercial vehicles and engineering equipment. China has a total number of 1.6 million units of such engines currently in use. However, the above-12-liter-displacement and 380-horsepower diesel engine market has been dominated by foreign suppliers for a long time.

The WD12 high-capacity diesel engine was developed by the European Research Center of Weichai Power after five years of research. The engine has passed tests under all kinds of extreme conditions.

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The full text is available in the November Issue ofAutoChina.