Shri Nitin Gadkari Inaugurates India’s First LNG Truck Making Plant

Renowned and acclaimed commercial vehicle maker, Blue Energy Motors opens India’s first Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) fueled green truck manufacturing plant at Chakan, Pune. The facility is a response to the rapidly growing trucking industry in India which is in need of clean energy, and near-zero emission-based trucks. 

The brand will be delivering LNG-fueled, long-haul, heavy-duty trucks with a robust powertrain to help enhance the profitability of fleet owners in India. It plans to launch the LNG-fueled 5528 4×2 tractor as the first model under a strategic partnership with FPT Industrial, the global powertrain brand of Iveco Group, which will be equipping Blue Energy Motors’ trucks with BSVI-compliant engines. 

The brand claims that its trucks have been designed, tested and engineered in accordance with the demanding Indian transport industry’s duty cycles. They are said to deliver best-in-class TCO as well.

Further, thanks to the FPT Industrial powered engines which offer unmatched power delivery, the trucks will have the potential to take on any kind of application. Also, since the engines are built on multipoint stoichiometric combustion engines, best-in-class fuel consumption can also be expected. 

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Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon’ble Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways who inaugurated the facility, said, “It’s a pleasure and pride to launch the first LNG truck in the country. This is the fuel for the future. It’s cost-effective and a changemaker for the transport sector. It is a great alternative to petrol and diesel at a time when we import so much.”

With LNG, there will be savings and we will reduce our logistics cost by 16%, and further bring it down to 10%, which is our target. We are making LNG and CNG from biomass in Maharashtra, Punjab and Haryana. Within 2 years we will have more than 200 capacities in the country. Biofuel is the future and we have a huge potential for export. It’s essential for the economy. The prospects for the industry are great and I am excited about the future, as we move towards reducing pollution.”

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Mr. Anirudh Bhuwalka, CEO, of Blue Energy Motors commented on the announcement of the manufacturing facility: “India’s first LNG truck manufacturing facility in Chakan, Pune, which we inaugurated today, is our first step towards pioneering the green trucking revolution. We at Blue Energy Motors aim to decarbonize the environment by providing an immediate solution and breaking the barriers of economic returns”.

 “We are pleased and proud that Blue Energy Motors has chosen us for this major evolution in Indian commercial transport,” said Sylvain Blaise, President of Iveco Group Powertrain Business Unit. “This agreement is of the utmost importance for FPT Industrial, now and in the

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