Agco has announced a new engine that can run on recycled and potentially green fuels. The Core75 power unit – that features in the recently released Fendt 700 Vario Gen 7 – can provide almost carbon neutral operation and has a futureproof design that may see it further developed to run on hydrogen or become an electric hybrid.
“Today, the primary challenge of product development is to get rid of the fossil carbon, or at least to radically reduce it,” Agco Power’s director of engineering, Kari Aaltonen, said. “During the past couple of decades, Agco Power has managed to reduce the emissions of the most harmful particulates and nitrogen oxide down to a fraction of the level they were a decade ago. The new engine is compatible with the renewable hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuels, enabling up to a 90 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.”
When run on HVO fuels, Agco Power diesel engines are already close to carbon neutral. However, the Core75 engine has been designed to be compatible with future fuels such as hydrogen, ethanol, methanol, and biogas – and could potentially operate as an electric hybrid with further development.
“The Agco Power Core75 delivers 1,450Nm of torque, the highest in its power class. The engine is designed to offer peak torque at 1,300rpm instead of the more typical 1,500rpm,” Mr Aaltonen added. “This low-speed concept provides the best fuel economy in the market today in its power class – 188g/kWh.”
The first in a planned wider range, the Core75 is a 7.5-litre, 223kW unit designed for improved torque, fuel economy and reliability. It is more robust, despite having fewer parts, and this simplified design makes it more reliable and easier to service.
It also meets even the most stringent emissions standards thanks to an advanced emission after-treatment system that removes the need for an exhaust gas circulation.
