IVECO is one of those brands which we do not hear a lot of in Malaysia. The last time the Italian company was officially here was sometime until mid-2017 or there abouts when the company pulled out of the Malaysian market after entering it in an official capacity in early 2015. The reasons for leaving is quite simply the lack of demand due to IVECO and their Malaysian distributors failing to be competitive in terms of pricing. Quite obvious, as they had not started local assembly to capitalise on the lower taxes and excise duties. So the lesson for selling vehicles in Malaysia is - local assembly for competitive pricing. But we've not going to talk about that for now but we are going to show you what the company is up to over at the IAA 2018 Commercial Vehicles Exhibition.
Anyway, IVECO is pushing onward over in Europe. They've recently did something unique at IAA Commercial Vehicles (IAA 2018), which is considered by many as the most important international event in the commercial vehicle industry. The company showcased its full commercial offering of alternative fuel / energy vehicles on a 100% Diesel Free indoor stand thus creating a Low Emission Area at the exhibition hall. They also had an educational display on sustainable transport, alternative fuels and hosted a dedicated Round Table focused on “The energy transition towards a sustainable future” and workshop events in collaboration with industry experts, customers and technical partners, to discuss the energy transition and related topics.
Also present on the stand, and speaking at the press conference, is global energy supplier Shell, which shares IVECO’s belief that de-carbonisation of the transport sector requires a range of fuels and technologies. As part of their collaboration with the brand to promote the development of the electric and natural gas refuelling networks in Germany, Shell is also displaying on the stand a CNG/LNG filling station and an electric charging station.
IVECO’s display at the IAA 2018 shows its solution to sustainable transport, with an energy mix that matches the requirements of the different missions. The brand sees electric propulsion as having an important role to play, especially in high-value missions such as people transport – particularly in low speed, low energy intensity stop-and-go missions in city centres.
The other key energy source is natural gas, which provides a mature solution for sustainable transport of people and goods. Through its display and workshops, IVECO is highlighting the considerable environmental advantage of natural gas, which is able to deliver massive reductions in the most polluting emissions: 90% for NO2, 99% for particulate matter, 10% for CO2 with natural gas which rises as high as 95% with biomethane well to wheel (a source which could be garnered from organic waste from door-to-door collection, green waste, institutional catering and municipal waste as well as from agricultural waste also. A circular economy is what IVECO calls this concept.
Here are some of the highlights of IVECO's 100% Diesel Free stand:
For city centre public transport, IVECO showcased their electric solutions -
The zero-emissions Daily Electric Minibus, which is part of the Daily Blue Power sustainable family of vehicles that was recently crowned “International Van of the Year 2018”. It offers the perfect solution for transport in the typical last mile, stop-and-go city centre missions;
then IVECO also displayed the Heuliez Bus GX ELEC fully electric city bus. The bus features advanced battery technology; and
the new generation of IVECO BUS Crealis In-Motion-Charging (seen above), which combines the electric overhead lines with on-board battery energy storage and in-motion charging. This bus won the Sustainable Bus of the Year 2019 title in the Urban category and the Innovation Award in the Move Green Energy-Environment category at the European 2018 Mobility Exhibition in Paris.
For suburban public transport, IVECO displayed their CNG powered bus - the IVECO BUS Crossway Low Entry Natural Power is also the Sustainable Bus of the Year 2018. This low floor, easy entry city bus has a unique fuel tank design with the tanks integrated into the roof space which enables a range of up to 600 km.
For urban and suburban goods transport, IVECO showcased a few variants of the IVECO Daily Natural Power vehicles (Daily 4X4 seen above). These are part of the Daily Blue Power family where four of them feature the class-exclusive Hi-Matic transmission. The Daily Hi-Matic Natural Power is the first Light Commercial Vehicle equipped with a 3.0 litre CNG engine with an 8-speed automatic gearbox in the industry.
The models on display showcase the wide variety of missions the Daily Blue Power family can cover with its extensive offering: a chassis cab equipped with a Lecapitaine refrigerated box for the rental fleet of Le Petit Forestier (above), the European leader in refrigeration rental; a 7 tonne chassis cab equipped with a Junge platform and curtainsider; a chassis cab equipped by Fassi with a Maxicargo tipper trailer and crane for Ville de Paris; a van equipped with a Kerstner deep cooling fridge in the 40th Anniversary Limited Edition livery and a van equipped for parcel deliveries by Spier with a personalisation designed by Garage Italia Custom to commemorate the Daily’s anniversary.
IVECO believes that CNG/LNG is the technology that meets the combine requirements of efficient transport across longer distances and deliveries in city centres. IVECO is showcasing two Eurocargo focused on municipal applications, both in CNG version and already compliant with EURO VI Step D emissions standards, one year ahead of time.
The above sweeper truck is the result of IVECO’s collaboration with a technological partner to address the emissions of both truck and body: it is equipped with a sweeper body developed by Johnston Engineering that combines the truck’s CNG engine with a hydrostatic transmission, achieving a dramatic reduction in emissions compared to a traditional truck-mounted sweeper, which usually adds a second diesel engine, which is less regulated or even unregulated, to run the sweeping equipment.
IVECO also partnered with Carrier Transicold for an industry first, the brand new 26-tonne 400 hp Stralis NP rigid truck equipped with a Frappa body and featuring Carrier Supra® CNG technology. This is a 100% Natural Gas, 0 % Diesel, 100% Simple truck with refrigerated body. It differs from regular temperature-controlled goods transport, which have two diesel engines – one to power the truck and one to run the cooling group compressor which is actually far less regulated by emissions controls.
The IVECO Stralis NP only uses Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). Both the vehicle and the cooling group run on Stoichiometric natural gas engines equipped with 3-way catalysts. This results in ultra-low NO2 (-90% compared to diesel) and Particulate Matter (-99%) emissions that are well below regulations limits. For CO2 emissions, the reduction is as much as 95% with biomethane.
In the heavy duty sector, IVECO displayed the unique 400 hp Stralis X-Way Natural Power equipped with a CIFA electric concrete mixer that offers a 100% zero Diesel, zero oil solution. The truck runs on bioCNG and is equipped with the Energya hybrid plug-in concrete mixer developed by CIFA. The mixer is operated by an electric engine powered by a lithium battery. It also features a Kinetic Energy Recovery System that recovers the truck’s energy when it is decelerating.
All the vehicles on display by IVECO at IAA 2018 are 100% Diesel Free. Something unique. There were more on display, but these are the few which I think are interesting enough to feature.
Of course, IVECO isn't officially in Malaysia for the time being. I wonder if the company will be back officially. We still have a few IVECO ambulances running around the country as well as some firetrucks if I am not mistaken. The company has some unique products and it is a shame that they aren't here for the moment.
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