High fuel prices impacting public sector fleets and increasingly frugally minded retail buyers are encouraging Mercedes-Benz to introduce more Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered cars in India.
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The Economic Times reported that Mercedes has already imported a couple of CNG-compatible cars in Delhi and Mumbai and plans to bring its globally-successful CNG sedans to India.
“We have some cars running on CNG in India. It’s a successful technology and has been developed over the years. We are also trying the bio-diesel option on the E Class saloon here. If these extensive trials are successful, we shall introduce these cars in India too,” said a Daimler India senior executive.
It has already launched its B class B170 NGT and the E 200 CNG sedans in the US and Europe and plans to extend them to India. For its new CNG range in India, Mercedes is banking on institutional sales where vehicles ply largely on CNG technology, the report says.
