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Volvo launches biogas-driven trucks

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Facts about Volvo’s gas-powered

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trucks:

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The gas-powered trucks, the Volvo FH and FM, are getting a new power lewvel oaf revious
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The new gas powered Euro6 step E engines are up to 4 per cent more fuel efficient** than the step D enginesDz.
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