Seat maintains its commitment to natural gas vehicles

January 16, 2015. Just over a year, in December 2013, Seat signed an agreement with Gas Natural Fenosa to develop vehicles propelled by compressed natural gas (CNG).

   Today, this young project has already obtained the first results: in 2014, the brand produced a total of 3.926 vehicles to CNG, 1.914 Mii models, 1.612 units of Leon 5P and since mid-May, 400 cars of Leon ST. Of these, Seat sold 3.493 in Europe, but in Spain only came to market 93 (22 Mii and 71 Leon 5P).

   Besides Seat, Skoda – another brand of Volkswagen group- also manufactures an Octavia model powered by natural gas. But there are others, such as Fiat and Mercedes-Benz, which also opt for this technology. Fiat produces the Punto model and Mercedes does the same with vehicles of Class B and E.

   On the other hand, there are currently 38 CNG filling stations in Spain (plus another five open soon), of which 22 are operated by Gas Natural Fenosa.

(Quoted from:www.gnvmagazine.com)