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LNG Tanks Available as a Factory-Installed Option for Freightliner Cascadia Natural Gas Trucks

May 5, 2014 • Freightliner • Bookmark +

Freightliner Trucks now offers factory-installed liquefied natural gas fuel tanks for the Cascadia 113. This product offering joins the LNG and CNG offerings in the 114SD and the M2 112, which have been available as a factory installed option since 2009.

Constructed of stainless steel, the factory-installed LNG tanks featured on the Cascadia 113 are available in a variety of configurations, with capacity up to 300 LNG gallons – 142 diesel gallon equivalent – giving trucks an approximate range of 600 miles.

Freightliner Trucks also offers factory-installed compressed natural gas tank packages on the Cascadia 113, with capacities of up to 190 DGE.

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