Chrysler to Begin Natural-Gas Truck Sales to Fleets in 2012

"Chrysler Group LLC, the automaker controlled by Fiat SpA, plans to begin selling natural gas- powered pickups in the U.S. this year, said Sergio Marchionne, chief executive officer of both automakers.

'We are going to bring them here, there is no doubt,' Marchionne said yesterday in an interview at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Sales will be, 'limited at first. It depends upon the distribution network.'

Fiat, which owns 58.5 percent of Auburn Hills, Michigan- based Chrysler, has engines using compressed natural gas in Europe. Chrysler executives have said they plan to begin deliveries of vehicles using the technology to the U.S. by 2017."  [Continue reading...]

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