FCA, Iveco, Engie partner on promoting LNG as fuel

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), Iveco and Engie joined forces on promoting the use of natural gas-fueled (LNG and CNG) vehicles and infrastructure in Europe.

The companies noted that the government of Wallonia, Belgium, with whom a cooperation has been carried out over recent months, to promote and develop the use of alternative fuels (CNG and LNG mainly) in terms of infrastructure and vehicles, decided that 50 percent of its public vehicles are running on natural gas from January 1, 2017.

The government intends to have a 100 percent of its public vehicles running on natural gas by January 1, 2030, a joint statement by the three companies reveals.

The partnership between FCA, Iveco and Engie has been formalized by a long-term memorandum of understanding, with the aim of cooperating together to offer all stakeholders complete solutions for alternative fuels based on natural gas.

The extensive cooperation set out in the MoU includes several European Countries such as Italy, Romania, France and the Czech Republic and various areas of activities, like in-site fuel stations, R&D collaboration, cooperation with Governments and private stakeholders to develop CNG within the European DAFI, and the European project Connect2LNG.