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 The
Thai Government has taken delivery of a natural gas powered Mercedes
Benz E200 NGT, on loan from DaimlerChrysler to Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra (left)
for a one year trial period. The loan follows the announcement in July
2005 that DaimlerChrysler plans to commence manufacture of the E200
NGT in Thailand, the first plant outside of Germany to do so.
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The
E200 NGT has generated considerable interest in Asia, with
DaimlerChrysler agents saying they were overwhelmed by the attention
the vehicle got at the ANGVA 2005 Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
(see photos).
The vehicle is already in commercial operation by limousine operators
in Malaysia.
DaimlerChrylser
promotes the E200NGT as ‘the most powerful natural gas sedan on the
market’ and says that natural gas powered vehicles are a key element
of DaimlerChrysler's overall concept for reducing fuel consumption and
CO2 emissions and for safeguarding a sustainable form of mobility.