Over 200 biodiesel trucks bound for Austrian company

Austrian haulier Nothegger Transport (NT) has ordered 220 trucks capable of running on 100% biodiesel from Scania.

There is currently a tax incentive to use biodiesel  in Austria, as well as lower prices at petrol stations, so NT expects this move will cut its operating costs by potentially €4,000 ($5,470) per truck (based on each one driving an average 150,000km a year).

All 220 trucks will comply with current Euro 6 regulations which, among other operational amendments, require reductions in permitted exhaust pipe emissions from 1 January.

The company, which operates 750 trucks overall, also signed a Scania repair and main­tenance contract for all 220 vehicles ordered.