Austrian Post buys 50 natural gas vehicles for deliveries

Austrian Post has bought 50 natural gas-powered vehicles from Volkswagen in a move towards reducing emissions from its delivery fleet.

The first 20 VW Caddy Ecofuel vans are being put into operation in Styria this month, and the remaining 30 will be introduced into service in other regions of the country by the end of the year, the postal group said.

By using the vehicles, the group will reduce its CO2 emissions by 67 tones a year. The move is being supported by the Austrian government’s financial program to encourage companies to operate an environmentally-friendly commercial fleet.

“The new natural gas vans are an important further step by the company in its environmental policy and an important contribution towards optimizing all our logistics activities taking environment and sustainability aspects into account,” commented board member Walter Hitziger.

Austrian Post operates the largest commercial fleet in Austria, with 200 trucks, 6,000 vans and cars, and about 1,200 mopeds.

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