NATURAL GAS FLEETS A RARE SIGHT IN UK, BUT GROWING SLOWLY
October 1st, 2010
BY EMMA JACKSON, MAGGIE DESCHAMPS
THERE are many good reasons for fleets to use natural gas powered vans running on compressed or liquefied natural gas (CNG/LNG). However, so far, British fleets have yet to be convinced and the market is tiny. The big question is whether it will grow.
Natural gas vehicles (NGVs) reduce environmentally harmful emissions and have lower equivalent fuel costs than petrol or diesel and lower maintenance costs, since natural gas burns so cleanly. And major European manufacturers make them - notably Fiat.
Yet the UK is a particularly ...
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