Swedish truck manufacturer Scania has demonstrated its long term commitment to natural gas fueled vehicles with the introduction of a new 410 hp six-cylinder gas engine, designed for demanding and sustainable long-distance and regional transport operations. Using renewable natural gas / biomethane as fuel, CO2 reduction can be as much as 90 percent compared to a similar diesel engine. Read more »
Type Approval Granted to Uprated MAN L51/60DF Marine Engine
MAN Diesel & Turbo’s MAN L51/60DF marine engine successfully passed its Type Approval Test (TAT), which ran from October 17th to 20th at the company’s Augsburg works in Germany, in front of the industry’s main classification societies. The nine-cylinder test engine has an output of 1,150 kW/cylinder at a nominal speed of 500/514 rpm. Read more »
FPT Industrial unveils New Cursor 13 Natural Gas Engine
Specifically designed for heavy duty missions – FPT Industrial’s flagship Natural Gas engine with 460 hp max power is ready for long-haulage commercial missions
100% Natural Gas: FPT Industrial (FPT) has unveiled its newest and most powerful NG engine. The Cursor 13 Natural Gas was presented at the FPT Tech Day 2017 event held in Turin on October 30. FPT describes it as “the most powerful 100% Natural Gas engine available on the on-road segment market today, and is the first purely NG engine on the market specially developed for long-haul missions”. Read more »
Long Beach Transit Upgrades to CWI Near Zero CNG Engines
Long Beach Transit (LBT), a Californian transportation agency focused on the use of clean air technology, has been granted $600,000 grant from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) of the South Coast Air Quality Management District Near Zero Incentive Program for the purchase of 40 “near zero” compressed natural gas (CNG) engines. Read more »
Californian Concrete Mixer Fleet Chooses CNG/RNG
Catalina Pacific®, a CalPortland Company has launched the first part of its Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered concrete mixer truck fleet, which will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) and smog-causing emissions in Southern California. The company commissioned 118 new “Near-Zero Emission” concrete mixer trucks to be in operation by the end of 2017. Read more »
California NGV Coalition Releases New CWI ISX12N Natural Gas Engine Video
Engine to be Certified by CARB to produce 90 percent less NOx than current EPA standard
The California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition (CNGVC) has released a video portraying the power and performance of heavy duty trucks powered by the newest 12 liter natural gas engine offering from Cummins-Westport. The engine is already in use on the road at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Read more »
MAN Flags Gas-Powered Version of New Marine Engine
MAN Diesel and Turbo (MAN) has launched a new four-stroke marine engine, the 45/60CR. Succeeding the MAN 48/60CR, MAN says future derivatives of the new engine will be available powered by dedicated natural gas or dual-fuel (natural gas / marine diesel oil). Read more »
US DOE Releases Notice of Intent for NGV Engine R&D
The U.S. Department of Energy has released a Notice of Intent, DE-FOA-0001812, for medium and heavy duty natural gas vehicle engine research and development. As explained by NGVAmerica, the national trade association dedicated to growing a sustainable NGV market, the program aims to address technical barriers to the adoption of natural gas vehicles. Read more »
Federal-Mogul Launches Valve Rotator for Alt-Fuel Engines
Federal-Mogul Powertrain, a US-headquartered global designer and manufacturer of original equipment powertrain components and systems protection products, will launch a new, smaller version of its proven Rotocap® valve rotator, the first for 4 valve per cylinder light vehicle engines, at this year´s IAA in Frankfurt, Germany. It has application for alt-fuel vehicles, including NGVs. Read more »
NGVAmerica Advocates for NGVs at NREL Research Workshop
NGVAmerica and industry advocates participated at the Natural Gas Vehicle Research Workshop that recently took place at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. There were approximately fifty people in attendance from across the NGV industry and national laboratories. Read more »
