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A better quality of urban life
Everyone is responsible for the environment. We must start
acting as of today. Automobile traffic has become the main cause
of pollution in the atmosphere as well as noise pollution. More
and more local communities are taking measures to promote development
of public transportation that encourages a new generation of vehicles
using a clean alternative fuel.
Because of its intrinsic qualities that combine engine performance,
environmental respect, reliability and cost efficiency, Natural
Gas Fuel (NGV) is able to offer an appropriate response to the new
needs of cities, their inhabitants, and their companies.
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6000 NGV buses in the world
With a hundred of projects
studied, more than 1,400 buses ordered, and nearly 700
buses already running in thirty French cities, NGVs are
dynamic and growing at a fast pace in France. The NGV popularity
can be measured by the 2000 buses already using NGV in Europe and
the 6000 worldwide; this makes NGV the alternative fuel leader in
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Natural
Gas Vehicles in Five Questions
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What is NGV?
NGV (natural gas vehicle) is a substitution fuel for urban
vehicles. Essentially composed of methane (CH4), NGV is the
cleanest hydrocarbon, simply because it only has one carbon
atom, whereas LPG has three, and diesel or petrol fuels have
about ten. During its combustion, there are neither odors,
nor black smoke that deteriorates our urban heritage. In addition
there are no noxious health or cancer causing elements such
as benzene, lead, sulfur, toluene…
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Why use NGV?
NGVs are a solution to the problems of pollution and noise
pollution. Natural gas is an ecological fuel substitution.
Using it to run public transportation vehicles is a direct
answer to what individuals, public officials and elected officials
have asked for in order to improve the quality of urban life.
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What are the advantages of NGV?
Ecological, abundant, safe, and competitive, NGV presents
several undeniable advantages. Because of its intrinsic qualities
combining engine performance, environmental respect, reliability
and competitive pricing, NGV is able to bring an appropriate
answer to the new needs of cities, their inhabitants, and
the companies installed within.
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Is NGV a product for the future?
There are close to 1.5 million vehicles using natural gas
worldwide. In France, NGVs are dynamic and growing at a fast
pace. It is the alternative fuel leader in public transportation.
Worldwide natural gas reserves can guarantee us many long
years of consumption. In France, the diversity of supply sources,
pipeline network interconnections and underground storage
avoid the hazards of road transportation, and ensure the permanence
and security of supplies.
With NGV we are able to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels,
thus contributing to a wider diversity in our energy offers.
Moreover it has a supplementary and important asset: it is
economical, which, added to its ecological characteristics,
makes it a fuel for the future.
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Who uses NGV?
NGV is widely used in Public Transportation with constructers
proposing a large range of vehicles (bus, articulated bus,
minibus.) Currently, half of the cities with more than 200,000
inhabitants have made the choice to innovate by changing to
NGV for their bus fleet. In the waste collection field, all
of the most important waste collection agencies use refuse
collection vehicles running with NGV and fueled by GNVert
filling installations. Concerning commercial vehicles or trucks,
constructors are now proposing a range of new NVG models to
meet today’s new needs of urban communities and companies.
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