Mr. Larry A. Robertson at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On March 8th, 2012. See this statement in context.

March 8th, 2012 / 9:15 a.m.

Manager, Vehicle Environmental and Energy Programs, Engineering and Regulatory Affairs, Chrysler Canada Inc.

The first factory-produced natural gas vehicle, or the most recent factory-produced natural gas vehicle, is expected to be available in July.

We at Chrysler had been in the market for about eight years in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but the market dried up from a lack of incentives to keep programs going and lack of fuelling infrastructure.

There seems to be a renewed North American interest in that particular energy source. Chrysler found an opportunity to work on our previous experience and also with our alliance through Fiat to bring the natural gas technology of Fiat back to North America.

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