New RHD Stralis 6x2 gas-powered tractor expected to boost sales in UK for Iveco
By Jim Gibbins - 1st February 2019
UK – A right hand drive Iveco Stralis NP 460hp 6x2 demonstrator has been in the UK since October 2018. It is the first 44-tonne truck to operate on 100% liquefied natural gas (LNG). Iveco Ltd of Basildon, UK says the Stralis NP series has been designed to be the most sustainable heavy-duty production truck to be engineered in both right-hand and left-hand drive variants. Iveco’s growing Natural Power line-up now extends from 3.5 to 44-tonnes.
Stuart Webster, Iveco UK & Ireland Ltd Business Director, said: “We’ve seen the Stralis NP 4x2 steadily winning orders from major supermarket and logistics fleets running at 40-tonnes this year, but the 6x2 model is by far the most eagerly anticipated new truck we’ve launched for a decade. A 6x2 tractor was absolutely crucial to our strategy for the UK market and means we now have a single-fuel gas-powered tractor available for circa 91% of the domestic heavy truck fleets which need to operate at 44-tonnes.”
