Blimey it must have been a really windy day when the snapper took this picture! Never mind knocking the camera over, it's almost blown over the building behind it...but what's it all about? well click through here to read about Iveco's bio-methane Daily and that loveable rumpled genial Mayor of London Boris Johnson!
And here he is with that bloke from the telly, Quentin whatsisname, standing behind him. Anyroadup, word reaches Biglorryblog that all eyes were on Iveco's natural gas powered Daily light commercial at the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership's exhibition earlier this week, as Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, stopped to talk to Iveco and Gasrec about the benefits of Liquid Biomethane (LBM). Well let's face it what else was he going to be doing eh?
Hosted on the southern side of the River Thames between City Hall and Tower Bridge, Iveco and Gasrec jointly displayed a 6.5 tonne Daily to highlight the partnership between the two organisations, which last month (May 2009) saw Gasrec named as Iveco's preferred supplier of LBM. Taking pride of place at the event was the same Daily 65C14G cage tipper which has just completed a highly successful six month trial on recycling and street cleansing operations for Camden Council, during which time it recorded a 62 per cent saving in CO² over diesel engined equivalents, whilst highlighting the suitability of LBM as a high quality fuel.
Boris Johnson dedicated part of his tour of the show to viewing the Daily and speaking directly with David Burkem (that's him above on the far left), commercial development director at Iveco UK and Doug Leaf (on the far right), development manager at Gasrec. Commenting about the exhibition, David tells Biglorryblog: "The Mayor of London was extremely positive about the potential use of LBM. It's a technology that he wasn't fully aware of but was very keen to find out more."
"Our recent trial has highlighted that running a natural gas powered Daily on LBM offers fleet operators a serious and renewable alternative for applications where vehicles operate on a regular back-to-base cycle. As a direct result we are currently in discussions with several key operators about the potential of running gas powered Dailys on LBM, with right-hand drive production being geared- up at our plant in Suzarra to support the UK market."
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