Snam4Mobility and Avis Budget Group, a world leader in providing mobility solutions, have launched an innovative collaboration aimed at promoting the energy transition in the sector of freight transport across the national territory, by leveraging natural gas and biomethane, alternative fuels capable of reducing pollution and CO2 emissions compared to traditional fuels.
“With this collaboration – explained Daniele Lucà, Senior Vice President of Mobility Solutions and Services at Snam4Mobility – we intend to contribute to spreading low-emission mobility in freight transport and in particular in last mile logistics. Together with Avis Budget Group, we aim to encourage the adoption of natural gas and compressed biomethane vehicles together with innovative solutions for refueling in a private context, with the aim of improving air quality in cities by exploiting efficient and ecological technologies”.
“Avis Budget Group has long been committed to contributing to the creation of a more sustainable transport ecosystem – said Rita Rossi, General Manager Avis Budget Group in Italy–. In addition to a fleet of Euro 6d cars, in recent years we have introduced hybrid and electric vehicles in our fleets to reduce their environmental impact. This partnership with Snam4Mobility allows us to take a further step forward to ensure that our mobility solutions, even for commercial purposes, are less and less polluting”.
By the collaboration with Snam4Mobility, and also thanks to the commercial agreement with RD Mobility, the largest concessionaire in Europe of the CNH Industrial Group and Stellantis, Avis Budget Group aims to offer customers, through its AmicoBlu brand dedicated to the rental of professional vehicles, CNG (compressed natural gas) and Bio-CNG powered vehicles for last mile deliveries. The first AmicoBlu CNG and Bio-CNG vans have already been on the road for a few days. The emissions savings associated with the use of these new vans instead of diesel models are estimated at -33% of CO2 emissions, -75% of nitrogen oxides and -97% of fine particles.
Snam4Mobility and Avis Budget Group also intend to collaborate in the synergistic promotion of eco-sustainable natural gas and biomethane freight transport services also thanks to the innovative FuelMaker compressors produced by Cubogas, a subsidiary of Snam4Mobility, and intended for the refuelling of commercial vehicles and cars in a private context. The goal is to provide customers with smart refuelling solutions suitable for different mobility needs, including professional ones related to the last mile.
Source: Snam