Volvo Trucks’ new combustion engine platform: Superior fuel efficiency and ready for a wide range of alternative fuels

Volvo Trucks’ most fuel efficient engines ever have been launched. The two new 13 litre engines are ready for renewable diesel and gas fuel types, including future hydrogen applications. Both are based on Volvo’s latest in-house developed engine platform.

The combustion engine continues to play an important role in Volvo Truck’s driveline strategy and its new engines offer an attractive combination of more power, lower fuel consumption, lower emissions, lower noise and improved drivability.

The new engine can deliver up to 4% lower fuel consumption versus the engine it is replacing, when using the benefits of the new engine in combination with Volvo Trucks’ latest fuel saving innovations that will now become available to more customers.

The company has developed new engines that will cater for a wide variety of needs and conditions which will also meet or exceed the requirements of new legislation such as emission and noise levels.

‘These all new engines are not only our most fuel efficient powertrains ever, but they will also take our combustion engine into the future,’ said Jan Hjelmgren, head of product management. ‘The flexibility and readiness for all existing diesel and gas fuels but also future hydrogen applications means that we can offer efficient trucks with the possibility of net zero emissions to all our customers globally.’

With a constant focus on improving fuel efficiency, Volvo Trucks has developed one of the most fuel efficient engine generations available on the market. 

Launched in early 2024, the Volvo Aero range cuts fuel consumption by up to 5% compared with the previous model, while the all new in-house developed engines will deliver further fuel savings of up to 4% across a wide range of applications and segments.

The new platform comes with a refined engine brake functionality for increased drivability, new cylinder and turbo designs as well as an updated version of Volvo’s appreciated I-Shift transmission. Both the diesel and gas versions will also offer significantly higher torque levels.

Further, many variants of the diesel version of the new engine are compatible with I-Roll with engine stop/start functionality, which means that more customers can benefit from saving fuel and emissions by being able to turn off the engine and roll downhill.

The company is driving the transition towards fossil free transport to reach its net zero emissions target by 2040 using a three path technology strategy. The approach is built on battery electric, fuel cell electric and combustion engines that run on renewable fuels like green hydrogen, biogas (bio-LNG), biodiesel, and HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil).

The new engine platform is ready for alternative fuels such as biodiesel/B100, HVO, biogas/bio-LNG and green hydrogen.

The D13 engine will come with 380 to 560 hp of power and 1800 to 2900 Nm of torque; the G13 version has 420 to 500 hp and 2400 to 2800 Nm.

The engines will be offered in the Volvo FM, FMX, FH and FH Aero models, with sales beginning during the third quarter of 2026.