British supermarket giant Asda has taken delivery of 202 LNG tractor units from Volvo Trucks, in what is believed to be the single largest order ever placed in the UK for heavy trucks running on renewable fuels.
The supermarket has ambitions to transition its core fleet of 1,000 tractor units from diesel to gas by 2024, after in-house trials showed running on biomethane reduced CO2 emissions by more than 80%.
Sean Clifton, Senior Manager – National Fleets at Asda, said, “At Asda we like to think big, start small and scale fast – and that’s precisely what we’ve accomplished with this move to biomethane.
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