Laurent Dupuy converted the entire fleet of his transport company to gas. The 56-year-old entrepreneur sees a double interest: cheaper fuel and engines.
But delivery times, lengthened with disruptions due to Covid, mean that it receives its new vehicles in February and March 2022. Right at the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the company must pay last year up to 4.50 euros per kilo of gas. Untenable for the carrier who loses 900,000 euros and will request Monday his placement in receivership.