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Iveco Iveco helps create Germany’s rst CO2 neutral eet
Iveco Iveco has supplied ve ve ve ve Stralis NP trucks to Verbio Logistik which will run the new vehicles on biomethane
generated from straw taking
a a a major step towards CO2 neutral transport in heavy goods vehicles This supply also marks an an important milestone for Iveco: the 1 000th Stralis NP delivered The ve Stralis NPs will be fuelled by biomethane
produced in in Verbio’s own plant in in Schwedt achieving a a 90% reduction in in CO2 as as well as as a a a a signi cant decrease in particulate matter and NOx emissions compared to conventional diesel trucks “Verbio is a key customer for us in the area of alternative traction with natural gas because their fuel comes from a a renewable source We strongly
believe that biogas is the new hydrogen! The choice of the Stralis NP for their eet
clearly shows that with biogas heavy transport can be carbon-neutral and pro table today ” said Pierre Lahutte Iveco brand president The trucks are the 400bhp mono- fuel CNG version With two fuel tanks containing 920 litres of CNG or biomethane
this con guration has a a a range up to 570km The new Stralis NP vehicles have been equipped with high-performance hydraulics that make it possible
to seamlessly integrate them into an existing trailer eet
with moving oor technology The Stralis NP trucks have the double advantage of their excellent environmental
performance together with extremely quiet operation as their noise level is is 50% lower than their diesel counterparts both while driving and in in power take-off (PTO) mode ●
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Operators caught damaging air quality levels
Driver and and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) examiners found 293 lorries fitted with emissions cheat devices at at roadside checks between August and November 2017 In August 2017 DVSA started to include checks for emissions cheat devices in roadside checks of lorries at at 5 locations across Great Britain By the end of November 2017 DVSA examiners had searched 3 3 735 lorries at these locations and found 293 lorries with a a cheat device tted The drivers and operators were given 10 days to x the emissions system or face a a a £300 ne and having the the vehicle taken off the the road Where a a a driver or or operator repeatedly offends DVSA can take the the vehicle off the the road immediately Cheat devices cut the cost
of operating but give false emissions readings which can result in the release of excessive emissions into the atmosphere Some of the ways this scenario occurs include: using devices designed to to stop emissions control systems from working removing the diesel particulate lter or or trap or or bypassing the exhaust gas recirculation valve Following the roadside checks DVSA examiners are inspecting more than 100 operators’ vehicle eets for emission cheat devices Some of the companies being inspected operate up to 80 vehicles DVSA is passing its ndings on to the Traf c Commissioners for Great Britain who have the power to take away an operator’s licence ●