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Detailed explanation-1: -Blue Energy Motors launched India’s first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fuelled green truck at its recently inaugurated plant in Chakan, Pune, on Monday. It introduced the 5528 4x2 truck as the first model.

Detailed explanation-2: -Notes: Blue Energy, a start-up backed by a Singapore-based firm, unveiled India’s first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fuelled green truck near Pune.

Detailed explanation-3: -India’s first Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) fuelled green truck - 5528 4x2 - was launched by Anirudh Bhuwalka, CEO, Blue Energy Motors, in the presence of Gerrit Marx, CEO, Iveco Group, and Sylvain Blaise, President Powertrain Business Unit, Iveco Group, at its recently inaugurated plant in Chakan, Pune.

Detailed explanation-4: -The company broke ground on its first LNG import facility in India, at the Karaikal port in the southern city of Puducherry, in February 2020.

Detailed explanation-5: -what is LNG – liquefied natural gas? LNG is natural gas that has been cooled to –260° F (–162° C), changing it from a gas into a liquid that is 1/600th of its original volume.