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Scania key to MotoGP success
Scania says it provides a cleaner, greener option when it comes to moving the MotoGP circusTransporting the MotoGP World Championship paddock around the world is no easy task, a variety of logistical and transportation partners performing their own critical job in the process. Scania is one of the most crucial partners, supplying the trucks needed to help the paddock get around.
Both MotoGP organiser Dorna and Scania are striving to keep their products as environmentally friendly as possible, with HVO – or Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil – the latest step in the pair's sustainability plans.
HVO offers a CO2 reduction of up to 90 per cent and boasts improved performance over the diesel alternative. It can be used across the full line of Scania heavy trucks – exactly the same kind as used to transport the MotoGP paddock. Every new Scania truck is already also an HVO truck. The entire process of creating HVO is almost CO2 neutral and the fuel can be stored cold, again reducing the carbon footprint.
Making the MotoGP World Championship as green and sustainable as possible is a major goal for Dorna, which is pleased with the steps being taken by Scania. Both parties are eager to continue working together with this new sustainability adventure, highlighting the MotoGP World Championship as one of the most forward thinking and progressive.
"Scania want to take the lead in the shift towards sustainable transport – which is surely what the future needs and will hold," says Jacob Tharna, Director, Presales, Marketing and Sales Support, at Scania Ibérica.
"We are happy and proud to partner with Dorna in this project, showing that sustainable solutions are available here and now given a close cooperation between vehicle provider, transporter and fuel provider.
"HVO is the perfect solution in this case, with stable operations and a 'diesel-like' need. Given each case, solutions offering greener transports are already available. Dorna is the first company to try this solution in Spain with Scania and we greatly appreciate the initiative, showing that we share a vision to reduce the environmental impact of heavy transports."
Pau Serracanta, Managing Director/Commercial Area, Dorna, says the collaboration works on many fronts.
"We are very pleased to be working on this initiative with Scania," he said.
"Scania is already a great partner to work with and it is very reassuring to see that we have similar goals in terms of sustainability. Advancing technology is important for the World Championship, not just the technology on the bikes but also all around the paddock.
"Environmental innovations are something we are always striving to achieve; the HVO initiative with Scania is great and one of the many steps we're taking. It fits perfectly with the FIM's Ride Green sustainability campaign in which we already participate."
Locally, Scania Australia is also on the front foot with products that minimise environmental impact. The brand was one of the first to bring Euro 6 compliant prime movers to Australia, when it brought a shipment of five such P-series models to our shores in October 2014, destined for freight specialist TNT.
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