Spain: dairy company chooses Iveco NGVs for its delivery truck fleet

“The commitment of these companies is crucial for the city to successfully face environmental challenges such as improving air quality and combating climate change. Therefore, it is very important the collaboration of the sectors represented here: distribution, energy and automotive,” said de Guindos, who also stressed that CNG has an “outstanding weight” in the network of cleaner fuels and technologies promoted by the Spanish capital.

This new fleet, to be used in the neighborhoods of Salamanca, Princesa, Chamartín and Chamberí, will benefit from the advantages that clean-fuel delivery vehicles have over conventionally fueled ones, such as extending the time of distribution in Priority Residential Areas that can reach up to 24 hours, and permission to deliver in pedestrian streets for units up to 5,000 kg of capacity (instead of 3,500 kg).

It is worth mentioning that 40% of the city’s vehicles run on eco-friendly fuels (1,716 units in total), including 1,000 powered by compressed natural gas. Among these NGVs, there are 418 waste collection trucks and 574 buses of Madrid’s Municipal Transport Company. Besides, there are about 3,200 CNG vehicles in Spain, mainly urban heavy-duty transportation.

Source: City of Madrid