KAMAZ has adapted a 13-liter engine for shipbuilding

KAMAZ specialists have adapted their 13-liter diesel engine for use in shipbuilding. Sergey Kogogin, CEO of the Naberezhnye Chelny auto giant, told Russian President Vladimir Putin about this on May 5.

Such engines are used on heavy dump trucks and tractors, which are usually operated in the Far North and Siberia. According to Kogogin, last year the company carried out a "rejuvenation", that is, the adaptation of a large motor for use on ships. He noted that this can be considered import substitution — Swedish Volvo Penta units are mainly used in the world.

The head of KAMAZ shared that the engineers had upgraded the engine and increased the power. Previously, its volume was 12 liters, now it is 13 liters. The output has been increased to 560 hp, the torque has also increased, and the duration of the repair and maintenance interval has increased.

"If we take diesel engines, there is not only the automotive sector, it is agricultural machinery, they are installed on diesel locomotives, they are used in the energy sector as distributed energy, electric generators," Kogogin said.

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During the conversation with Kogogin, Putin said that the Russian automotive industry is going through difficult times, but KAMAZ is successfully coping with them.

At the end of March, it became known that KAMAZ was studying the transition to a one-day work week starting on June 1, and the company's production plan for this year could be reduced.