July 24, 2026. Colgas, a company belonging to Grupo Empresario Prieto (GEP) and the exclusive representative of Yutong in Argentina, confirmed the import of 250 units powered entirely by compressed natural gas (CNG), with a rear-engine configuration. These buses are expected to arrive in the country within 60 to 90 days. This is one of the largest CNG bus purchase orders registered in the Argentine market in recent years.
The transaction combines lower emissions, noise, and operating costs compared to conventional alternatives, and reinforces GEP’s strategy of supporting the renewal of public and private transportation fleets in various jurisdictions across the country, following the recent delivery of units in Mendoza.
“With these 250 CNG units, we are taking another significant step in the renewal of the country’s fleets. We will support each company in a timely manner,” stated Lucas Petit, Business Director of Grupo Empresario Prieto.
The announcement came during an institutional visit by a group of GEP’s current and potential clients to the Yutong plant in Zhengzhou, China. Representatives from seven bus lines—Nuevos Rumbos, Juan B. Justo, Line 59, Line 42, Line 180, Unión Platense, and Tandilense—toured the production line and saw, among the units nearing completion, the buses that will be shipped to Argentina in the coming weeks.
“For GEP, allowing its clients to see firsthand the manufacturing and quality control process of the units they will add to their fleets, before they even board a ship, is a central part of its business support model and a direct complement to the announcement of the 250 new CNG-powered units,” the company stated in a press release.
