FPT engines will power the first liquefied natural gas trucks in India

FPT Industrial and Blue Energy Motors have signed an agreement to introduce the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks powered by 6,7 liter FPT engines on Indian roads by the end of 2022.

This agreement is the first step in a potential long-term partnership to leverage the specific characteristics of India's commercial transport market: a total truck fleet of around 3,5 million vehicles and purchasing decisions heavily driven by Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Once the TCO parity threshold with traditional engines is reached, and considering India's increasingly stringent emissions standards (now comparable to Euro VI), adoption of LNG technology is expected to be rapid.

The engines will initially be manufactured at the FPT Industrial factory in Turin, Italy, which specializes in the production of this type of medium-displacement engines and employs more than 2.600 people.

“We are pleased and proud that Blue Energy Motors chose us for this major evolution in Indian commercial transport”, commented Sylvain Blaise, President of the Iveco Group Powertrain Business Unit. “This agreement is of utmost importance to FPT Industrial, now and in the future, as we want our leading technologies to play a key role in supporting the ecological transition of one of the largest vehicle markets in the world.”