Volvo notches 300,000th 13-liter
The Volvo Group recently built its 300,000th heavy-duty diesel engine a 500 hp. D13 model assembled at the Volvo Powertrain plant in Hagerstown, MD. It subsequently was placed in a new Volvo VN780 chassis and delivered to Abilene Motor Express of Richmond, VA. Volvo began building its 13-liter engine in Skvde, Sweden, back in 2005. Today, these engines are also assembled in Curitiba, Brazil, as well