Ryder invests £25m in Euro-5s for 2014
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By Justin Stanton
RYDER HAS invested more than £25m in Euro-5 trucks to be supplied under Euro-6 derogation rules in 2014.
"We're trying to give people choice," said Ryder Europe vice-president and MD David Hunt. "At some point, there is no choice, there is only Euro-6, but we still have choice, because we have available, and have ordered more Euro-5 product." Ryder's fleet will also benefit from several hundred new and refurbished trailers arriving in 2014. Its preparations for Euro-6 have been thorough: it has demonstrators from Daf, Iveco and Mercedes-Benz; has sent a UK team to its US parent to see how trucks have fared there under EPA 10 (the US equivalent to Euro-6 that was introduced in 2010); and, with Daimler's
support, Ryder technicians have compared an EPA 10 Freightliner with a Euro-6 Mercedes. Hunt estimates that Ryder has invested more than £500,000 in upgrading its workshop diagnostics and that each technician will receive an additional week and a half's
training (on top of regular training) to service the new technology. While some Ryder customers have shown interest in Euro-6, Hunt said: "Is anyone out there looking at purchasing? No, they're not."
• See Motor Transport 01113 January for more on Ryder.