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The Cavagna Group launches innovative propane packing valve

The refilling of forklifts and ride-on mowers has been never so quick and safe

Ponte San Marco (BS), Italy, March Four, two thousand fifteen — The Cavagna Group is launching an innovative quick-connect propane-filling valve SNAPFILL. As propane is increasingly used for powering forklifts and ride-on mowers, SNAPFILL will enable the quick and safe refilling of propane cylinders.

SNAPFILL is convenient and reliable:

• quick-connect propane-filling valve

• ordinary, secure connection

SNAPFILL is designed with safety in mind:

• secure connection eliminates cross-threading or partial installation

• minimizes risk of improper treating

SNAPFILL is ergonomical:

• increases safety and convenience for the filler

• reduces chance of repetitive stress injury

SNAPFILL is environmentally-compliant:

• reduces emissions release into atmosphere

• geared to meet fresh environmental regulations

SNAPFILL is UL-approved:

• meets EN12806 standards

• connection profile serves with EN thirteen thousand seven hundred sixty standards.

SNAPFILL will be introduced at the two thousand fifteen NPGA demonstrate in Atlanta, in an area specifically dedicated to innovation.

The Ecomotori Team wins EcoSnowThrophy two thousand fifteen

The two thousand fifteen World Championship FIA Alternative Energies will be an titillating challenge with at least five or six teams to contest at the highest levels .

Among these, the ECOMOTORI Racing Team already achieved the very first win of the season despite the debut with a entire fresh team.

Cavagna Group’s fresh Propane Autogas Nozzle Accessories to modernize refueling

A fresh nozzle for fueling propane vehicles is being touted as being able to “brings autogas refueling into the modern age at the fuel pump.” Staubli‘s fresh Autogas Nozzle is suited for fresh installations, as well as being able to be retrofitted for existing autogas vehicles.

Developed by Cavagna Group, the nozzle accessories feature Euro Nozzle-Acme adaptors as well as the current ACME Nozzle-Euro Pack valves. Adapters permit the transition to happen inbetween the ACME nozzle and the fresh Euro Pack Nozzle and the old Acme pack valve that might be on the vehicle…

The Staubli nozzle is available from industry equipment distributors such as Superior Energy Systems, Bergquist Distributors, and others within the industry. Plans are for the distribution of the nozzle and accessory components are to begin this month. The Alliance AutoGas network will begin installing the fresh connector and using the fresh nozzle for all fresh autogas installations. According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center, there are Two,700 fueling stations in the U.S. alone, in addition to the Alliance’s four hundred sixty fleet locations.

Tucker Perkins, chief business development officer for the Propane Education & Research Council notes, “We want to budge forward promoting this [European] connection to industry customers, and that means getting manufacturers of connectors and adapters involved such as Cavagna Group, as well as the propane industry’s equipment distributors in the United States and Canada.”

Blue N° three released

The brand fresh issue of our magazine has been released, with Cavagna Group’s news and projects.

Cavagna Group inaugurates a fresh showroom in Santiago de Chile

Cavagna Group inaugurates a fresh showroom in Santiago. An elegant exhibition space in the heart of the Chilean capital city

Doors open to customers from Wednesday to Friday to showcase the latest novelties in the field of advanced solutions for gas control.

– Santiago, Chile, November five , two thousand fourteen – The fresh showroom entirely dedicated to Cavagna Group’s product range has been inaugurated at Cenco Kosangas headquarters in Santiago del Chile. The showroom cover one hundred seventy square meters and joints the present production center posted in an area of over 23,800 square meters; the display space has been conceived as a true voyage of discovery the six business Divisons of the group.

In the entrance, the visitor is welcomed into a meeting space in which a wall-mounted LCD screen shows the videoclips produced by the company and leads to the next display area: the gallery is an open space defined by two corners which, assemble some offerings of top technologies for the control of compressed gases, such Industrial, medical, specialty gases.

The exploration of the assortment proceeds into an open space on which open five corners, each of which contains some of the most representative products of LPG Valves and regulators and Automotive suggesting. The next room takes us to an open space in which four podiums, assemble some offerings of the extensive greengear collection in a unique monochromatic combination. Reserved to our South America-based clients , the fresh showroom represents a finish and comprehensive communications instrument, a work in progress intended for a constant exploration of the possibilities and further growth of the Cavagna Group as the real Global supplier of Solutions for Gas control.”.

The opening ceremony was attended among top customers and friends of Cavagna Group, by the Italian MP Hon. Rocco Buttiglione, Mr. Maurizio Manca Managing Director of Cemco Kosangas, Mr. Andrea Rossi, Cavagna Group Sales Director for south America.

The inauguration of the fresh showroom of the Group embarked off the Open House days – to take place from 5th – 7th November – an event through which Cavagna Group will demonstrate off its novelties in the field of advanced solutions.

About Cavagna Group

Since 1949, Cavagna Group has been supplying industries and consumers worldwide, to become today’s leading manufacturer of equipment and fittings for compressed gases, gas storage and control. Cavagna Group offers the most finish and reliable line of products and the most dynamic services to the industry.

The practice and reliability of the Group product range have lead to long lasting co-operations with virtually all major Oil/Gas Companies, producers of compressed gases containers and gas appliance OEMs. Cavagna Group employs approximately one thousand people worldwide. The Group is made up of nine vertically integrated production companies in Italy and nine other ones spread across the five continents. With a distribution network consisting of fifteen fully wielded extra distribution companies, Cavagna Group is now selling in more than one hundred thirty five countries worldwide.

Cavagna Group’s LPG Taxis featured on BPN Magazine Cover

Cavagna Group’s LPG Taxis have been featured on BPN Magazine Cover, October issue.

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Cavagna Group congratulates with Blossman Gas for their fresh RT Center

Cavagna Group congratulates with the friends at Blossman Gas for their fresh Autogas Research and Technology Center and is proud to contribute to the successfull opening with the Propane powered Fiat five hundred and the Enerkit Plus which permits puny engines to run on Propane.

Alternative Fuel World Champions for the third time

The Ecomotori.net five hundred Abarth tooled with Cavagna Group / Bigas Alternative Fuel Systems won the World Championship Alternative Energies for the third consecutive year, making the most winning Abarth of all time.

The Ecomotori.net five hundred Abarth CNG wins, with the rider Massimo Liverani for the third consecutive year the Alternative Energies World Championship 2014, winning the title of World Champ for the Drivers’ and Constructors’ categories.

Third consecutive Italian Alternative Fuels Championship win for our Fiat five hundred Abarth

After the winning everything in the two thousand thirteen season, the ECOMOTORI Racing Team wins, for the third consecutive year, the Italian Alternative Fuels Championship, and are also in pole position to win the World Championship, waiting for the last race that will be held in Greece on 4-5 October.

The Cavagna Group broadens its autogas product range with the launch of its fresh EURO FILLER

Ponte San Marco, Brescia, Italy – July 31, two thousand fourteen – The Cavagna Group has announced a fresh addition to its autogas product range with the launch of the fresh remote packing valve EURO FILLER. The packing valve (1/2” SAE FLARE inlet) permits packing through the use of a low emission quick-connector that meets EN12806 standards.

The Cavagna Group also offers the utter range of EURO FILLER to ACME and ACME to EURO FILLER adapters, regardless of the packing station connection. In addition, the EURO FILLER to ACME adapter includes the Cavagna Group’s patented “safety feature”, which prevents accidental disconnection of the packing gun from the adapter, once it is fully connected to the adapter during refueling operations. In fact, this system, permits the operator to keep the packing gun securely connected during the packing process.

This fresh valve is yet another valuable addition to the Cavagna Group’s broad product range of autogas components, which are in stock and available for instant delivery via North America.

Once again the Cavagna Group has distinguished itself on a global level as a company that is sensitive to the needs of the autogas market and that is always looking to be proactive in its treatment. It is committed to finding solutions that can sate any market request, regardless of the kind of technology to be used, and it always ensures the highest levels of reliability, ease of use and safety.

Since 1949, the Cavagna Group has been supplying industries and consumers worldwide with equipment and fittings for compressed gases, gas storage and gas control. Today, the Cavagna Group offers the most finish and reliable line of products and the most dynamic services available to the industry, affirming its position as one of the world’s leading manufacturers in the field.

The Group’s practice, combined with the reliability of its product range, has led to long-lasting partnerships with virtually all the major oil/gas companies, as well as with producers of compressed gas containers and gas appliance OEMs. The Cavagna Group employs approximately one thousand people worldwide. The Group is made up of nine vertically integrated production companies in Italy, and nine other companies spread out across five continents. With a distribution network consisting of an extra fifteen fully-owned distribution companies, the Cavagna Group is now selling its products in more than one hundred thirty five countries worldwide.More info can be found at: www.cavagnagroup.com

In Milan fresh environmentally-friendly taxis for everybody

Milan is home to the very first versatile and environmentally-friendly taxi service, which is able to accommodate disabled passengers thanks to its low floor. This is the outcome of a partnership inbetween the Cavagna Group, Rolfi Special Trims and Citroen Italy.

Ponte San Marco, Brescia, Italy – July 29, two thousand fourteen – It is called the Citroen Berlingo Freespace For All and it is the very first multi-purpose, eco-friendly taxi that is able to accommodate disabled passengers thanks to its low floor.

Featuring a hybrid bi-fuel engine, this vehicle is the result of a partnership inbetween Rolfi, a company based in Brescia, which specializes in special trims for the disabile; Citroen, the renowned French carmaker; and the Cavagna Group, which provided the technology needed to power the car on LPG, leading to tangible benefits in terms of environmental influence and operating costs.

Both the innovative fuel tank and the fresh low floor of the Citroen Berlingo Freespace For All, has been designed to accomodate the technical features of the original chassis; this permits a ‘”special car” to be created that is actually very similar to a common vehicle for passenger transportation.

Indeed, it is a low-floor Freespace Berlingo that on the outside looks exactly like any vehicle from the series; however, thanks to the technical equipment with which the vehicle is fitted, it permits disabled people to board on a wheelchair in just a few seconds. What’s more, it can quickly comeback to its original 5-seat arrangement when there is not a disabled person on board. In this way, the taxi does not have to sacrifice any seats, which is a considerable advantage for both the taxi driver and for reliable municipal service in general.

The introduction of this fresh kind of taxi truly is a game-changer. Up to now, ecological taxis for people in wheelchairs have been created by adapting raised roofs and internal elevators to existing car models, with results that leave much to be desired: long boarding times for disabled people (which obviously leades to higher taxi fares), a general reduction in the taxi’s interior spaces and the idea that the taxi is exclusively for disabled people, due to the bulky and visible equipment that must be put to use.

Taxi service has already began up with this fresh vehicle in Milan, and as the Expo two thousand fifteen approaches, Milan’s City Council has issued a special notice to all taxi drivers in order to encourage the use to use of eco-friendly vehicles that can accommodate disabled passengers.

Davide Cavagna, the CEO of the Cavagna Group, has this to say about the Citroen Berlingo Freespace For All project: “We determined to come in into this partnership because of our Group’s commitment to the CRM activities, and in particolar to those activities that are able to improve people’s general well-being and, at the same time, protect the environment. No matter how you look at it, LPG remains an ideal choice as an alternative fuel even for taxi service.”

Since 1949, the Cavagna Group has been supplying industries and consumers worldwide with equipment and fittings for compressed gases, gas storage and gas control. Today, the Cavagna Group offers the most accomplish and reliable line of products and the most dynamic services available to the industry, affirming its position as one of the world’s leading manufacturers in the field.

Cavagna Group’s Enerkit availability on the US market announced by Blossmangas

Cavagna Group’s Enerkit availability on the US market has been announced by Blossmangas.

Cavagna Group’s Enerkit featured on Flüssiggas

Cavagna Group’s Enerkit has been featured on Flüssiggas Magazin.

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Cavagna Group’s Enerkit featured on LPGas Magazine

Cavagna Group’s Enerkit has been featured on LPGas Magazine

Cavagna Group on The Gas Vehicles Report

Cavagna Group has been featured on The Gas Vehicles Report

Cavagna Group’s Enerkit featured on BPN

Cavagna Group’s Enerkit has been featured on BPN.

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Cavagna Rolling Out Growth Initiatives

Cavagna Group (Brescia, Italy) comes back to Atlanta this month-not only with its iconic and race winning LPG-fueled Fiat five hundred Abarth that premiered last year- but with its just-introduced ENERKIT line, small-engine products enabling conversions from gasoline to LPG. The target market includes a broad range of applications, from yard trimmers and blowers, to walk-behind mowers and snow blowers. Extra applications include free-standing power generators and water pumps, railing mowers, and industrial vehicles.

ENERKIT is part of a thrust Cavagna is putting on “Greengear” products that include mowers, weed wackers, generators, water pumps, and pressure washers with engine ranges from 30cc to 250cc. Catalogs will be available at the Atlanta demonstrate this month, while the total product line is scheduled for introduction at the 27th World LP Gas Forum in Miami this October. “As an industry playmate we’re promoting the plasticity of fuel sources,” said Rich Darche, president of Cavagna North America. “Our industry, in order to boost gallon sales, needs to sell more products, and Cavagna is very focused on introducing propane-fueled alternatives.”

The roll-out of the ENERKIT line, the company comments, is the result of its Alternative Fuel System Division’s commitment to supporting the enhanced use of LPG, thereby promoting a healthier and greener way of life. By substituting the gasoline carburetor, ENERKIT enables engirres to lightly convertto LPG, suggesting the consumer the instantaneous benefits of proteering the environment and money savings. The conversion provides lower emissions and odor, diminished engirre maintenance, and greater convenience. ENERKIT’s clean connection to an LPG cylinder also eliminates spilled gasoline.

The line features a range of products in two categories, ENERKIT Basic and ENERKIT Plus. ENERKIT Basic is designed for dedicated two and four-stroke engirres from 20cc to 450cc, and is based on an LPG carburetor.

The carburetor is installed inbetween the air filter and the intake manifold, like the traditional gasoline carburetor. Three models are suggested: a kit for handheld contraptions, such as trimmers, fueled by 1-lb cylinders; walk-behind mowers; and free-standing equipment such as generators connected to cylinders.

The ENERKIT Basic carburetor provides pressure reduction through a two-stage regulator to stabilize and ENERKIT Basic ENERKIT Plus vaporize the liquid gas, and adjusts pressure to Ievels required by the engine. A shut-off valve stops fuel supply when the engine is off, and a gas vacuum stage works in tandem with the shut-off valve. A cam and bayonet throttle system opens and closes fuel flow mechanically according to acceleration.

The ENERKIT Plus line converts 250cc to 850cc four-stroke engines, such as on forklifts, railing mowers, and industrial sweepers. Cavagna has developed two configurations: dedicated and bi-fuel. The dedicated system, for installation by original equipment manufacturers only, integrates the functions of gas supply in the LPG mixer, eliminating the carburetor and fuel tank. The bi-fuel configuration, primarily for aftermarket conversions, uses a traditional gas mixer inserted inbetween the air filter and the gasoline carburetor.

ENERKIT Plus is available in vaporphase and Iiquid-phase withdrawal.

As noted, Cavagna’s Fiat five hundred Abarth, converted by the company’s autogas playmate Bigas International Autogas Systems (Calenzano, Italy), will be making a come back engagement in Atlanta this year. The sporty subcompact recently won the very first race of the Italian Alternative Energy Championship in Primiero and San Martino di Castrozza, Italy, which took the vehicle about one hundred seventy five miles over snowy mess roads. The vehicle also won nine special time trials.

The Cavagna-Bigas Abarth also won the 2nd edition of the Tesla Rally in Serbia, the fifth race of the Alternative Energy World Championship.

The feisty Fiat five hundred bested an Alfa Mito and a Toyota Prius. Bigas International produces components and accomplish LPG and CNG automotive systems. The company is UNI EN ISO nine thousand one certified.

Cavagna and Bigas, a global autogas equipment provider, last year formed a strategic partnership in order to consolidate their presence in the autornative industry. Cavagna’s strategic partnership with France-based Siraga, a designer, manufacturer, and installer of equipment for automated packing, refurbishing, treating, and palletizing LPG cylinders, will also be highlighted at the Atlanta convention. Signed late last year, the partnership was aimed at optimizing each companies’ product offerings to the market and creating a business structure to treat the entire supply chain of LPG, both for domestic and industrial use-from equipment to retail stations and service.

The agreement covers sales and marketing in the selected markets of North America, South America, the Middle East, and the Far East. Cavagna Group supplies packing goes and fresh products developed by Siraga’s research and development department, while Cavagna’s applications in residential, industrial, medical, commercial, and alternative fuel markets are open to Siraga. The aim of the partnership was to optimize time, costs, and contracts, enlargening the groups’ global competitiveness and market reach. “Both companies’ products are well matched and create a strong, combined selection of favorable elements for our customers,” said Eric Batise, Siraga general manager. “Together, they can suggest broader accessibility and better coordination among equipment, accessories, and services to the worldwide gas business.”

Added Davide Cavagna, Cavagna Group CEO, “When a partnership inbetween two well-known companies is able to produce such tangible results, that means an improvement of both organizations’ picture and credibility. We are proud to add Siraga’s products …. “

Cavagna North America’s Darche observed that while his company is aggressively pursuing strategic partnerships to broaden its market reach, it remains focused on promoting its regulators and utter range of ASME and DOT valves. Meantime, the Siraga alliance permits it to reach out to marketers seeking to automate their cylinder exchange operations, and to those incorporating autogas into their company profile with Bigas technology offerings.

“Cavagna is absolutely focused on coming up with alternative-fuel products,” he said.

“We are a very progressive company that welcomes fresh ideas and innovations, and we are in this business for the lang pull, with an eye Ten, 15, twenty years down the road. Our planning isn’t just about what is good for our company, but what is good for the propane industry.”

Cavagna Group will be airing on 21st Century Business – Bloomberg International

Multi-Media Productions Inc. (USA) is pleased to announce that Cavagna will be airing on 21st Century Business on Bloomberg International

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Cavagna Group Still Making Top-of-the-Line Valves and Regulators Worldwide

Safety and Innovation Top Cavagna Group’s To-Do List

BOCA RATON FL, April 17, two thousand fourteen – Rino Cavagna and Richard J. Darche of Cavagna Group discuss the importance of safety and innovation within the valve and regulator manufacturing industry with twenty one st Century Television.

Compressed gas applications influence our lives in many ways, from preventing us from overfilling our propane tanks to alerting us when our barbeque tank is running low on fuel. If you’ve ever received oxygen in a hospital setting, the chances are good that you’ve come in contact with a Cavagna product. Thanks largely to this Italian-based valve and regulator manufacturer, controlling the flow of compressed gases has never been safer or lighter for consumers around the globe.

Founded seventy years ago in Italy, Cavagna Group remains a family-run business even today, producing valves and regulators for a multitude of products, including:

Barbeque Cylinders
Oxygen Regulators
Firefighting Gear

Cavagna’s valves and regulators can be found on everything from SCUBA tanks to beverage dispensers. With safety always the top concern, Cavagna Group strives to remain at the head of the class in innovation, design and quality.

A long list of pleased customers marks Cavagna Group’s ever-growing popularity. Thanks to high-quality workmanship and consistent innovation, Cavagna presently distributes products in one hundred twenty different countries around the globe.

21st Century Television, along with Vice President of Programming, J.L. Haber, are antsy to bring you this coverage of the valve and regulator industry:

“Family-owned businesses are the backbone of America.” Haber stated, “We’re glad to share the success of Cavagna Group with our viewers and anticipate a bright future for this valve and regulator manufacturer.”

To learn more about Cavagna please tune in to Bloomberg EMEA ( as pd. prog.) on April 20, two thousand fourteen at 7:00am GMT

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Converted cars and alternative fuels: Italian utter speed ahead!

– Brescia, March 25, two thousand fourteen – A special CNG converted FIAT five hundred Abarth, tooled with the rear and front conversion kits made respectively by Cavagna Group – the Italian world leading manufacturer of equipment and fittings for compressed gases, gas storage and control – and by Bigas – the Italian company which designs and develops alternative fuel components and systems – has just raced for the Italian Ecomotori Racing Team in the “15e Rallye Monte-Carlo des Energies Nouvelles”, the very first race of the FIA Alternative Energy Cup 2014. In the ranking of regularity (the only one that gives points for the World Championship), Massimo Liverani, driver of Ecomotori Racing Team, on FIAT five hundred Abarth tooled with CNG Bigas/Cavagna System, placed 2nd and the car won the combined consumption/regularity classification of the combustion engine category.

Thanks to its agility and reliability, this Cavagna-Bigas converted FIAT five hundred Abarth had already won the Championship in two thousand twelve and 2013. Many years have passed by since the time in which converted cars were slow and less powerful. This good success proves that a “new-conception of converted cars” can have an excellent spectacle.

And, in fact, for several years now car manufacturers have been participating in sporting competitions with gas models (CNG and LPG) and they have suggested cars powered by these alternative fuels.

As far as internal characteristics, CNG is the one of cheapest and greenest fuel.

Comparing with traditional gasoline, the savings with CNG is about 50-60%, in terms of consumption CNG is 70% less, while in terms of fatigued gases it is 52% less. Those numbers, among other considerations, emphasize how much CNG fuel is a excellent benefit to the environment as well.

At last, Italian Institutions are going strongly in the green–eco direction, supporting and promoting the use of alternative fuels in favor of a more ecological mobility.

For this reason, car taxes for green-powered vehicles have been diminished and even eliminated in some Italian Regions. And an inter-ministerial decree will introduce the natural gas supply in self-service mode. In parallel, during these last fifteen years, the CNG cars has tripled: there were 260,000 in one thousand nine hundred ninety seven and there are approximately 750,000 today.

At the same time, the natural gas distributors have enlargened in number: in February, there were over one thousand (European record ), and there will be further enlargening in the coming months.

On this trend, at the official Ecorally Team taking off, in front of the fresh Lombardy Region Headquarters, in Milan, the Region President, Roberto Maroni has stressed the Institutions’ commitment toward alternative fuel and green mobility. “ For this reason, car taxes for green-powered vehicles have been eliminated in Lombardy”, he has commented. A real kicking off point, indeed!

Cavagna Group on European Business Journal

Cavagna Group has been featured on European Business Journal

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The very first EcoRally race endorsed by the president of Lombardy

The president of Lombardy , Roberto Maroni partecipated at the EcoRally opening for the Monte Carlo Race, underlining the importance of the use of alternative energies in everyday mobility.

Read the total press release below ( in italian language ).

Davanti al Palazzo della Regione, Maroni ha inaugurato la partenza di Ecomotori per l’EcoRallye di Monte-Carlo, 1° tappa valida per il campionato Mondiale Energie Alternative.

Milano, eighteen marzo 2014 – Passerella d’onore per le five hundred EcoAbarth a metano del team di EcoMotori, che oggi hanno sfilato in Piazza Città di Lombardia, davanti alla nuova sede delle Regione, alla presenza del Presidente Roberto Maroni e dell’Assessore al Commercio, Turismo e Terziario Alberto Cavalli, per ribadire, grazie a questo “start simbolico”, l’impegno di Regione Lombardia in tema di carburanti a basso impatto ambientale.

“Cogliamo la piacevole occasione di questa inaugurazione per sottolineare gli importanti cambiamenti in atto nel settore dei carburanti alternativi, sia per quanto riguarda la produzione e la distribuzione che per l’utenza, anche grazie agli ecoincentivi promossi da Regione Lombardia” – ha commentato l’Assessore Cavalli – “La presenza di veicoli alimentati in modo alternativo è cresciuta vertiginosamente negli ultimi anni in Italia, determinando una quota del 2% di veicoli a metano e del 3% a Gpl. Ma c’è ancora molto da fare affinché aumenti ulteriormente il numero di produttori e consumatori. Ho presenziato recentemente all’apertura di un nuovo distributore di metano a Roncadelle e in quell’occasione, come oggi, ho ribadito quanto sia importante garantire sempre più lo sviluppo di una mobilità ecologica, anche investendo sul metano biocomposto e su quello liquido”. La parola è poi passata a Nicola Ventura, direttore di Ecomotori – la testata più autorevole del settore – e direttore sportivo del team, che ha commentato: “Sono onorato di poter beneficiare dell’augurio autorevole dell’Assessore cavalli e del Presidente Maroni. La nostra avventura come Ecomotori Racing Team è nata nel 2011 sulla scia di una divertente provocazione e già nel 2012, l’anno del debutto, siamo riusciti ad ottenere la prima posizione sia nel campionato italiano che in quello mondiale. E così nel 2013, nel quale abbiamo ottenuto five vittorie su five competizioni. Mi preme inoltre ricordare e ringraziare la recente collaborazione con il Consorzio Biomotori e la partnership siglata con il nuovo Salone milanese dell’auto, Milano Auto Showcase, del quale saremo orgogliosi di esporre il logo sulla nostra five hundred EcoAbarth”. Ha chiuso, infine, gli interventi il Presidente Roberto Maroni che ha dichiarato: ”Siamo convinti sostenitori della mobilità ecosostenibile. Per questo motivo abbiamo eliminato il bollo auto per i veicoli alimentati ecologicamente. La Pianura Padana è per sua stessa conformazione un’area più soggetta all’inquinamento e ai problemi determinati dalle emissioni dei gas di scarico. A fronte di queste considerazioni, continueremo a rivolgere una particolare attenzione a tutte le politiche green in materia di mobilità”. Il tono ufficiale ha lasciato poi spazio a un finale più giocoso nel quale ha confessato scherzosamente: “Da ragazzo ho avuto una five hundred grigio topo che avrà avuto, sì e no thirty cavalli, mentre queste ne avranno three hundred e mi fanno venire una gran voglia di salirci sopra e ricominciare a correre”. Il Presidente ha già provato nel 2010, durante la “Mille Miglia”, l’ebbrezza di fare il pilota, e sulle battute finali lascia intendere che potremmo avere ancora il piacere di rivederlo alle prese con una competizione, magari proprio su una five hundred EcoAbarth.

Le auto sono poi partite alla volta del Principato di Monaco, dove dal nineteen al twenty three marzo saranno tra le protagoniste più attese dell’Ecorallye di Monte-Carlo, che aprirà il calendario del Mondiale FIA Energie Alternative. «Poche le novità tecniche sulla vettura two thousand fourteen – spiega il direttore sportivo Nicola Ventura – perché non ha senso stravolgere un equilibrio vincente. Per il terzo anno consecutivo abbiamo confermato la scelta tecnica dell’impianto metano di Bigas-Cavagna Group,proseguendo il lavoro di affinamento dell’impianto con piccoli interventi mirati al miglioramento del rendimento generale dell’auto. In particolare abbiamo lavorato su nuovi iniettori più veloci e sulle mappature specifiche per le singole gare».

Ormai da diversi anni le Case costruttrici partecipano a competizioni sportive anche con modelli a gas (metano e GPL) e nelle proprie gamme propongono automobili alimentate con questo tipo di carburanti. In Italia, in particolare, nel giro di fifteen anni il numero di auto a metano è triplicato: erano 260.000 nel one thousand nine hundred ninety seven e sono circa 750.000 oggi. Nel 2013, per quanto riguarda le nuove immatricolazioni, la quota di mercato delle auto a metano è stata pari al Five,19% contro il Three,81% del two thousand twelve e il Two,18% del 2011.

Parallelamente anche il numero di distributori di metano è cresciuto e, lo scorso febbraio, ha superato quota 1.000 (record europeo). La regione con il maggior numero di impianti è l’Emilia Romagna (176), seguita dalla Lombardia (143), dal Veneto (128) e dalla Toscana (96). Agli ultimi posti di questa speciale classifica figurano, invece, la Valle d’Aosta (con un solo impianto), il Molise (Trio distributori) e il Friuli Venezia Giulia (Four), mentre il fanalino di coda è la Sardegna, regione in cui, data l’assenza di metanodotti, non esistono stazioni di rifornimento.

Com’è noto, il metano resta ad oggi uno dei sistemi di alimentazione più economici e green a disposizione. Impressionanti i numeri in questo senso, rispetto alla tradizionale benzina, sia per i consumi, – 70%, che per le immissioni allo scarico (- 52%). In particolare: – ninety two % per gli ossidi d’azoto, – 96% per gli idrocarburi,

-99% per i promotori di ozono, – 23% per i composti aromatici e per quanto concerne l’immissione di anidride carbonica. Numeri che, tra le altre considerazioni, sottolineano quanto l’alimentazione a metano sia anche un gran vantaggio per l’ambiente.

Il numero dei distributori di gas e di metano è destinato ad aumentare ulteriormente nei prossimi mesi: sono attese a giorni, infatti, le ultime firme sul decreto interministeriale che introdurrà, anche se con alcune importanti limitazioni, il rifornimento di metano in modalità self-service non presidiato. Un fortissimo impulso allo sviluppo della rete dei distributori arriverà invece dal biometano. Grazie all’impegno del Consorzio Italiano Biogas è a buon punto il percorso che porterà il biogas, prodotto dalla digestione anaerobica di residui e sottoprodotti di origine animale e vegetale, a diventare biometano, utilizzabile nell’autotrazione. Si stima che dalla filiera delle aziende agricole italiane possa arrivare un forte impulso con diverse centinaia di impianti che potrebbero distribuire biometano per autotrazione.

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