The Detroit-based automaker operated by Fiat will use compressed natural gas engines to help reduce its corporate CO2 footprint. “The technology is a good way for some diversity in the market in terms of fuel use,” said Lee at the SAE 2011 World Congress.
Chrysler and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne had said last December that engines powered by CNG offer an attractive way to cut emissions because they are cheaper than competing technologies.
It is worth mentioning that Italy’s Fiat SpA, which owns 30 percent of Chrysler and has an 80-percent share of the natural-gas passenger car market in Europe, is Sponsor Bronze of upcoming NGV2011 Berlin, an event of NGVA Europe, hosted by Erdgas Mobil, which will be held in Germany on June 7-9.
