Reinforcements for the world's biggest fleet of CNG buses in Ankara
2012 04 17
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MAN awarded order for 250 articulated CNG buses
MAN will deliver 250 MAN Lion's City G buses with CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) drive to the Turkish transport company EGO-Ankara by 2013. The MAN vehicles are the first natural-gas-powered articulated buses to go into service in Turkey. The first 50 buses will be delivered by September 2012. These will be followed by 25 vehicles every month up to the summer of 2013. An option has also been placed for a further 50 of these buses.
At the beginning of the nineties, EGO-Ankara started converting a large part of its fleet to gas in order to keep the city's air cleaner. Today, with 1,090 MAN Lion's Classic CNG vehicles, the company runs the world's largest fleet of gas-powered buses. The 18-metre long articulated buses that have now been ordered are equipped with four doors and a fold-out ramp for baby carriages and persons in wheelchairs. The vehicles have 36 seats and standing room for 116 passengers and will be built at the MAN plant in Ankara. They are powered by the E28 engine, a particularly eco-friendly 310-hp six-cylinder natural-gas unit. To take some of the load off the driver, EGO-Ankara chose a six-speed automatic transmission.
MAN is a leader in natural-gas buses and has already delivered more than 5,000 natural-gas-powered buses and bus chassis with natural-gas drive. MAN's share of the European market for these buses has averaged over 44 percent over the past eight years. This success is based solidly on MAN's modern natural-gas-fired engines, which are available with five ratings between 220 hp and 310 hp.
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