Iveco and Iveco Bus scoop natural gas bus orders

Iveco and Iveco Bus, CNH Industrial's commercial vehicles and passenger bus brands, have been investing in sustainable alternative fuel technologies, including natural gas and have recently recorded a number of significant European orders. Iveco has received an order for 250 natural gas vehicles from French logistics operator the Jacky Perrenot Group. The order includes 200 Stralis NP (Natural Power) and LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) tractor units as well as 50 Stralis NP CNG rigid trucks. Iveco Bus ha
July 26, 2016 Read time: 1 min
4205 Iveco and Iveco Bus, CNH Industrial's commercial vehicles and passenger bus brands, have been investing in sustainable alternative fuel technologies, including natural gas and have recently recorded a number of significant European orders.

Iveco has received an order for 250 natural gas vehicles from French logistics operator the Jacky Perrenot Group. The order includes 200 Stralis NP (Natural Power) and LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) tractor units as well as 50 Stralis NP CNG rigid trucks.

Iveco Bus has also received an order for 80 natural gas buses for the city of Nantes, France from Nantes Métropole and local transport authority Semitan, as well as an order to supply a fleet of 151 Crealis CNG BRT and Urbanway city buses to Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan.

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