Category: Fleets

Madrid Towing Vehicles Switch to CNG

March 12, 2010 – 6:26 pm | Spain, Madrid
Madrid Movilidad tow trucks - yet another application for CNG

Madrid Movilidad tow trucks - yet another application for CNG

Madrid Movilidad SA is contributing further to environmental sustainability for the City of Madrid by commencing a program to replace 71 towing vehicles in its fleet with low-emission vehicles, including 16 that will operate on compressed natural gas (CNG). The replacement program to phase in the new trucks will be completed by the end of this year, part of a seven million Euro program that runs into 2014. The Euro V trucks will meet EEV (Environmentally enhanced vehicle) requirements.

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Natural Gas Buses for Atlanta Coming On Line

March 6, 2010 – 11:34 pm | Source: pbaonline | USA, Atlanta GA

One of the new CNG buses joins the MARTA fleet

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority is rolling out new CNG buses, one at a time, as part of its policy to replace obsolete stock with new environmentally friendly buses. According to a report by pbaonline that policy has set a limit of twelve years or 500,000 miles, whichever comes first. 18 of the new buses are being funded with American Recovery and Reinvestment (ARRA) funds.
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Philippines CNG Bus Plans Expand to Include the Visayas by 2015

March 3, 2010 – 10:42 pm | Philippines, Iloilo City

Buses fuelled by compressed natural gas (CNG) are expected to operate in the Visayas, the central region of the Philippines, by 2015, according to a Philippine Government Information Agency report.  Around 178 buses are expected to be CNG-fueled by 2015 and 1,314 buses by 2030, said Assistant Director Carmencita A. Bariso of the Department of Energy. Implementation will bolster the government’s efforts to attain energy sufficiency and independence from foreign oil.
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Diesel Buses to be Regulated out of Madrid

March 2, 2010 – 1:37 am | Source: NGVA Europe | Spain, Madrid

Madrid is continuing its drive for clean air by preparing to regulate the purchase of new taxis and buses that run on diesel, according to an NGVA Europe report. The action makes the city the first in Europe to act against diesel for environmental reasons and states that while the municipality will not force the purchase of any special equipment, it will be acting against both CO2 and NO2 emissions.
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Stimulus Funds to Benefit Nebraska NGVs

February 19, 2010 – 11:06 am | Source: USA, Nebraska

The US State of Nebraska is set to increase both natural gas infrastructure and natural gas vehicle numbers, thanks to a $650,ooo grant proposal being considered by the Nebraska Environmental Trust. In recognition of the need to stimulate supply and demand if the State is to take advantage of the environmental and economical advantages of natural gas, the two-year grant will assist the Metropolitan Utilities District (MUD) encourage natural gas transportation in the cities of Omaha and Lincoln.
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AT&T Rolls Out 1,000th Alt-Fuel Vehicle – Another NGV

February 19, 2010 – 12:01 am | USA, Dallas TX

AT&T fleet Ford E-250 CNG Econoline

AT&T is celebrating the deployment of its 1,000th alternative-fuel vehicle in its corporate fleet – a E250 CNG Econoline van deployed in Oakland, California. The deployment is part of a $565 million planned investment announced in March 2009 to replace more than 15,000 fleet vehicles with more fuel-efficient models through 2018. More than half of the replacement fleet will be natural gas vehicles.
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Canadian Government and Stakeholders Partner to Develop NGV Roadmap

February 18, 2010 – 4:40 pm | Canada

Heavy transportation sector roadmap development will focus on natural gas for fuel

Canada has long been a leader in the development of advanced technologies for natural gas vehicles and refuelling infrastructure. Now, the Canadian story is about to open another chapter with news this week that government and industry stakeholders will partner to develop a deployment roadmap focusing on the opportunities for natural gas as a cost effective, lower emission fuel for the heavy transportation sector.
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Balearic Islands Receives First Natural Gas Buses

February 12, 2010 – 7:56 pm | Spain, Balearic Islands (Palma)

Iveco Irisbus Citelis CNG buses ready for service in Palma

Twelve Iveco Irisbus buses, delivered to Mallorca in the Balearic Islands at the end of December 2009, are the first buses on the islands to operate on compressed natural gas. Ten of the twelve buses are Citelis ground floor urban CNG 12m models, while the other two are Citelis ground floor urban CNG 18m units. The 26-seat 12-m buses are equipped with 272 hp EEV Iveco Cursor 8 engines. The 310 hp EEV 41-seat 18-m buses have Iveco Cursor 8 engines.
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Melchers-Singapore to Deliver 1000 CNG Taxi Conversions

February 9, 2010 – 3:55 pm | Singapore
Toyota Wish, MY2010

Toyota Wish, MY2010. 1,000 being converted to CNG for taxi operations in Singapore.

Trans-Cab aims for 3000 CNG taxis by mid-2011

C. Melchers GmbH Singapore branch is to provide Trans-Cab Services Pte Ltd with 1,000 Italian-made OMVL kits and German-made Xperion Cylinders for the conversion of their new Toyota Wish 2.0 litre vehicles to CNG bi-fuel taxis. The cylinders are delivered in two sizes (90 liter and 39 liter cylinders) which are both installed in the vehicle. The two Type IV cylinders carry approximately 22 kg of gas, providing an average mileage of 280 km.
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CNG Bill of Fare for Chicago’s Yellow Cabs

February 1, 2010 – 8:17 pm | USA, Chicago

Two new CNG fuelling stations, 100 new CNG taxis to be deployed

Taxi Affiliation Services (TAS), which operates Yellow Cab Chicago, the nation’s oldest and largest continuously operating taxicab fleet, has awarded Clean Energy Fuels Corp. a 10-year contract to build and operate two new CNG fueling stations and sell fuel to the company’s growing CNG taxi fleet. Yellow Cab Chicago and its affiliates plan an initial deployment of 100 new CNG taxis.
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City of Burbank Solid Refuse Fleet is 100% CNG-fuelled

January 30, 2010 – 1:32 am

Immediate fuel price savings

Southern California’s City of Burbank now has a 100-percent CNG-fueled solid refuse fleet, with the addition of a solid waste rear-loader collection truck completing the transition. Reported in Government Fleet, the move to CNG required a significant capital investment, while benefits include lower fuel and maintenance costs and reduced emissions. As David Rodriguez, fleet superintendent, explained, “The City’s stance has always been that we understand the technology costs money, and it’s our responsibility to use our money wisely. We feel it’s more prudent to pay extra initial capital outlay and give our citizens and geographical area better air quality.”  The City is seeing immediate benefits from the switch to CNG, with savings from reduced fuel costs (approx. $1 gallon compared with diesel and gasoline) and lower maintenance costs.
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CNG Collection Trucks Deployed by Orange County Waste Management

January 21, 2010 – 10:41 am | USA, Orange County CA

Waste Management refuse collectionWaste Management of Orange County in California has deployed 12 new compressed natural gas (CNG) collection trucks from its yards in the cities of Santa Ana and Irvine. The trucks were purchased with a grant from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) in an effort to improve air quality in the Southern California region. The company says it has the largest fleet of 100 percent natural gas trucks in the solid waste industry, with the heaviest concentration of natural gas trucks operating at Waste Management of Southern California.
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Port’s Clean Truck Program Shines Bright White for 2010

January 20, 2010 – 2:59 pm | Canada, Vancouver
Clean white trucks symbolise 80% emissions reduction

Clean white trucks symbolise 80% emission reduction by Clean Trucks Program

Pollution reduced almost 80 % – two years ahead of schedule

The Port of Long Beach ushered in 2010 with a major Clean Trucks Program milestone, banning about eight thousand 1993 and older “dirty diesel” trucks and replacing them mostly with the signature white rigs that now service the Port. About 90 percent of all truck engines now meet the strict U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2007 emissions standards, for a pollution reduction of nearly 80 percent since the program began in 2008.
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UPS Deploys 245 New CNG-Powered Trucks

January 19, 2010 – 9:17 pm | USA, Atlanta
UPS now has more than 900 CNG trucks

UPS expects 15% emissions reduction over the cleanest available diesel engines.

“Compressed Natural Gas continues to be a sustainable technology for UPS’s fleet” – Bob Stoffel, UPS Senior VP

UPS has deployed 245 new delivery trucks powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) to cities in Colorado and California. The vehicles are part of UPS’s continued effort to reduce its emissions from the use of fossil fuels like gasoline and diesel and lower its carbon footprint. The trucks, built from scratch as CNG vehicles,  join more than 900 CNG vehicles already in use by UPS worldwide.
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Yellow Cab Adopts CNG in Texas

January 15, 2010 – 3:17 pm

In a bid to cut costs and get front-of-the-line privileges at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, the biggest taxi company in North Texas plans to convert nearly all of its company-owned cabs from gasoline to compressed natural gas, investing more than USD 8 million in conversion costs. Yellow Cab President Jack Bewley believes the change will ultimately lower expenses, in large part because compressed natural gas runs about $1.99 a gallon compared to $2.60 for a gallon of regular gasoline.
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