EPA certifies Cat’s C13 ACERT engine

PEORIA, Ill. (Sept. 3, 2003) — Caterpillar Inc. has received 2004 certification by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the company’s fourth on-highway truck and bus engine — the C13.

Equipped with the company’s original ACERT technology, the engine is popular with general freight, or line-haul truck fleets that carry goods such as home appliances, building materials, and refrigerated foods. Offered in the 335 to 430 horsepower range, the C13 is also used in tanker trucks that serve the oil, petroleum and agricultural industries, as well as vocational-class trucks including dump trucks, refuse haulers and cement mixers.

All Caterpillar on-highway truck and bus engines will be equipped with ACERT technology in the fourth quarter of this year. The technology will also be used as the foundation to meet future emission regulations for the company’s entire diesel engine product line, including construction and mining machines, and power generation units.

Caterpillar is the first engine manufacturer to offer both medium and heavy-duty truck and bus engines that meet EPA’s more stringent 2004 emissions standards.