Iveco steps on the gas with 100,000 natural gas engines

Iveco Group’s powertrain brand FPT Industrial recently produced its 100,000th natural gas (NG) engine, with the landmark achievement taking place at the brand’s manufacturing plant in Bourbon-Lancy, France, home of its large engine manufacturing operations.

The 100,000th NG engine is an XCURSOR 13 NG model for the truck market. This multi-fuel, single-base engine is claimed to offer best-in-class power, torque and braking power.

Moreover, the FPT Industrial says the XCURSOR 13 NG (launched in 2024) offers an eight per cent reduction in CO2 emissions over the previous-generation 13-litre engine, alongside high reliability and a lifetime of up to 1,200,000 km.

With origins dating back to 1874, the Bourbon-Lancy production facility today employs around 1,200 people, and has been producing the heavy range of NG engines since 1997. Since the introduction of the Cursor NG family in 2004, the plant has produced over 45,000 engines (8-9-13-litre models).