AdBlue manufacturer DPG Australia is delivering its Euroblue Adblue product with one of Australia’s first new generation Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks.
DPG Australia manufactures and distributes more than 12 million litres of Euroblue AdBlue per year from its manufacturing facilities in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Townsville, Darwin and Perth.
The firm recently took delivery of a new 2663 Actros with MirrorCam at Daimler Trucks Laverton.
The Actros meets stringent Euro 6 emission standards, which aligns with DPG Australia’s environmental goals.
The company ordered the new generation truck with the optional MirrorCam after purchasing a previous model Actros three months prior.
DPG Australia managing director Gavin Chapman says he’s impressed with the truck’s efficiency.
“It replaced an eight-year-old truck from a different European brand, and straight away we were saving a couple of grand a month,” he says. “The fuel economy is just brilliant.”
Chapman says the driver feedback was also excellent, so he decided to take a look at the new generation Actros, which has just launched in Australia.
“We got into a new Actros demo and we were just so impressed by improvements that had been made,” he says.
The new Actros introduces the multimedia cockpit system, which consists of two large customisable tablet screens and predictive powertrain control, which uses topographic map data to help the truck anticipate terrain and select the optimum shift pattern and engine response for maximum fuel economy.
It also introduces the fifth-generation of Mercedes-Benz active brake assist, a radar/camera system, which can now automatically perform full emergency braking for vehicles and pedestrians. Mercedes-Benz has included the ABA system as standard specification in Australia for 10 years, and the tradition continues with the new truck.
Chapman says the MirrorCam system is getting good driver feedback.
“The driver says it takes a while to get used to MirrorCam because it is so new, but that it is very much worthwhile. He says it is 100 times better than regular mirrors in the rain and in the dark,” Chapman says.
Chapman purchased both Mercedes-Benz trucks from 2019 Mercedes-Benz Salesman of the Year, Tom Balaji, at Daimler Trucks Laverton, citing excellent service and sharp pricing.
The Daimler Trucks Laverton team also organised the build-up of the truck, which is sure to draw attention with a stunning black, blue and silver colour scheme inspired by the Mercedes-Benz AMG F1 team.
“Daimler Trucks Huntingwood decked-out one of their Actros demos in the colour scheme and it looked so good that I wanted that for our truck,” Chapman says.
DPG Australia delivers Euroblue Adbule in bulk to major transport companies as well as some petrol retail locations, but also offers AdBlue in a range of smaller sizes ranging from 1000 litre IBCs down to five litre containers.
