In a press release, IVECO noted that EDEKA had already placed orders for the first 275 IVECO S-WAY LNG trucks in 2022 and 2023.
Those vehicles will join the 80 LNG-powered IVECO trucks operating in its green fleet leveraging its first Bio-LNG filling station on the premises of the EDEKA logistics center in Lauenau, Germany.
“By 2025, we want to convert our entire truck fleet – about 700 vehicles – to IVECO LNG trucks and run 100 per cent on bio-LNG,” said Mark Rosenkranz, spokesman for the board of EDEKA Minden-Hannover. “Our truck fleet is the backbone of all our logistics operations and thus the backbone of food supply in our distribution area. The switch to Bio-LNG is a key lever in reducing our CO2 footprint. In this way, we are fulfilling our social responsibility for more climate protection. This is of paramount importance because our vehicles travel a lot and often through highly congested inner cities. By using bio-LNG, we are helping to significantly improve urban emission levels. In addition, the gas-powered trucks are much quieter than the traditional diesel vehicles.”
Giandomenico Fioretti, Head of Alternative Propulsion at IVECO Truck Business Unit, added:
“Bio-LNG is the only scalable renewable fuel today. With our IVECO S-WAY LNG trucks emission-free road freight transport is a reality now for EDEKA Minden-Hannover, thanks to the advanced technology of our vehicles which contribute to lowering CO2 emissions and noise pollution. Their plan to replace their entire fleet of 700 vehicles with our LNG trucks is also a clear vote of confidence in the natural gas expertise of the IVECO brand, for which we extend our sincere thanks.”
