German supermarket chain EDEKA to convert its 700-vehicle fleet to LNG by 2025

Iveco will support the German supermarket chain EDEKA Minden-Hannover with the supply of a total 700 Iveco S-WAY LNG trucks.

May 12, 2023. Iveco will support the German supermarket chain EDEKA Minden-Hannover with the supply of a total 700 Iveco S-WAY LNG trucks to convert the entire company fleet from diesel to liquefied natural gas (LNG) propulsion by 2025.

On its path to a sustainable supply chain, EDEKA has already placed orders for the first 275 Iveco S-WAY LNG trucks in 2022 and 2023, which 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.”

Of the 275 vehicles ordered in 2022 and 2023, 220 are Iveco S-Way LNG 3-axle chassis (AS260S46Y/FS-CM 1LNG) with refrigerated box body. They feature a fully air-suspended 6×2 standard chassis with a technically permissible gross weight of 26 tonnes, an Active Space large-capacity cab, a liftable and steerable third axle, and a 460 hp Cursor 13 gas engine compliant with Euro VI Step E emission standards. A 540-litre LNG tank fitted on the left-hand side can hold at least 195 kilograms of liquid Bio-LNG, enabling a range of up to 800 kilometres.

The remaining 55 trucks ordered are Iveco S-Way LNG tractor units (55 AS440S46TP 1LNG).

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