With 50 fixed journeys with methane-fueled vehicles exclusively, the City Council, by means of the Municipal Transport Company (EMT), today launched the new 177 bus route consisting of 8-meter buses. Service starting tomorrow, the vehicles will cover the way between Plaza de Castilla and Marqués de Viana, in order to provide public transport to La Ventilla.

This percentage represents 1,104 NGVs: 671 of them belong to the city-owned bus operator EMT, 418 are waste collection trucks and 15 are Madrid Mobility’s cranes. In recent years, the City Council has also boosted a new refuelling network, which is soon to reach 16 CNG stations, including 7 public-access facilities. "This new installations will facilitate the use of natural gas as a fuel for institutions, corporations and individuals," Mayor Ana Botella said last week, at the opening of the annual meeting of the Spanish Natural Gas Association (Sedigas).

The list made by the Center of Automotive Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen includes the following CNG-powered models, from the first until the fifth place: Fiat Punto, Fiat Qubo Natural Power, VW Passat TSI EcoFuel, Opel Zafira Tourer CNG and VW Touran TSI EcoFuel. The Mercedes E 200 NGT and the VW Caddy 2.0 EcoFuel are also ranked in the top 15.

MAN will build and supply the 18-metre long Lion's City G buses to EGO-Ankara. 50 of them will be delivered by September 2012, followed by 25 vehicles every month, so that all the fleet ordered will be in Turkey’s capital by mid 2013. The buses are being produced at MAN's plant in Ankara.