Category: Concept Vehicles

NGV 2010 Program Published – NGVs Creating Revolution in Transport

February 18, 2010 – 9:27 pm

NGV 2010 Rome, Italy, June 8-10More than 70 speakers
25 poster presentations
Early bird registration March 15th

IANGV and NGV System Italia, hosts for the NGV 2010 conference and exhibition in Rome this June, have released conference program details for the event running from June 8-10. Presented under the theme ‘Creating a Revolution in Transport’ the conference will focus on marketing and strategic successes for the industry with technical aspects also catered for in several breakout sessions during the course of the conference. With industry projecting more than 50 million natural gas vehicles (NGVs) to join the current fleet in the next ten years, the conference is already being billed as a launching pad into the most dynamic decade the NGV industry is ever likely to see. 
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Natural Power Fiat 500 Concept Car Will Feature at Geneva Motor Show

February 10, 2010 – 3:44 pm | Source: salon-auto | Switzerland, Geneva
Fiat 500 concept natural gas / biogas 1.4 turbo

Fiat 500 natural gas powered 1.4 turbo concept car

Natural gas/biogas consumption: urban 5.5 kgs/100km, rural 3.3 kgs/100km

CO2 Emissions: Natural gas (90%) / Biogas 10% – 98 g/km

Fiat S.p.A. will introduce the Natural Power Fiat 500 concept car, with its 1.4 litre turbo engine (115 h.p.), at the 80th International Geneva Motor Show (4 to 14 March 2010). Together with a selection of other natural gas turbo vehicles, the Fiat 500 will be on display at the stand of gasmobil ag, the centre of competence operated by the Swiss Natural Gas Association to promote mobility.
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Fiat India Plans 2010 CNG Car(s)

November 17, 2009 – 1:16 pm | Source: The Economic Times | India, Kolkata

Fiat has indicated intentions to enter into India’s burgeoning domestic natural gas vehicle car market, with first product expected sometime in the April-June quarter of 2010. In a statement carried by the Economic Times the company’s president and chief executive Rajeev Kapoor said, “We are working on a few CNG models. The first one will be rolled out in the second quarter next year.” No information has yet been made available on the models under consideration.  “CNG is ultimately going to be a fuel for most commercial applications,” he said, explaining the rationale behind the move.

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UK’s East Midlands Airport Trials Biomethane-Powered Passenger Transfer Bus

November 9, 2009 – 11:48 pm
The trial COBUS 3000 transfer bus fueled with biomethane by Gasrec

The trial COBUS 3000 transfer bus fueled with biomethane by Gasrec

Gasrec, the UK’s first commercial producer of Liquid Biomethane (LBM), is entering into a six -month trial with East Midlands Airport to run a modified Cobus 3000 passenger transfer bus using CNG sourced from liquefied biomethane (LBM). The fuel is produced from decomposing organic waste and is suitable for powering a wide range of commercial vehicles. When LBM is used as a vehicle fuel to displace diesel, it can achieve up to 60 per cent reduction in CO2.
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Toyota Surfrider Camry Hybrid CNG

November 2, 2009 – 2:34 am | USA
The Toyota Surfrider Camry Hybrid

The Toyota Surfrider Camry Hybrid CNG

Gasoline fuel system replaced by CNG system; Range – 250 miles

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) U.S.A., Inc. has partnered with the Surfrider Foundation to create a specially modified Camry Hybrid fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG), reflecting Toyota involvement with environmental awareness. The Toyota Surfrider Camry Hybrid CNG is on display in the Environmental Lifestyle Zone of the Toyota vehicle display at the 2009 SEMA Show. Toyota says the Camry Hybrid CNG pushes the envelope on alternative fuel possibilities and follows the first showing of a Camry CNG hybrid at the LA Motor Show in November last year.
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Biomethane for Saab as Part of Trifuel Project

October 28, 2009 – 10:21 am | Source: ANA | Sweden, Gothenburg
The Saab 9.3 S

The Saab 9.3 Sportcombi can run on biomethane.

ANA Trollhättan AB and Innovatum Teknikpark has presented the new Saab 9-3 Sportcombi 1.8  BioPower with biomethane -  one of three fuels able to be utilised in this vehicle. As well as running on biomethane, it can also operate using ethanol and gasoline. The car was presented to a high level meeting of the EU in Gothenburg late last week. The car is a result of the TRIFUEL project, a development project coordinated by Innovatum Teknikpark, to develop a Swedish middle range vehicle to make use of the country’s growing methane fuelling infrastructure, utlizing biomethane in particular.
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Japanese CNG-Powered Long-Haul HD Truck Test Yields Positive Results

October 23, 2009 – 1:50 am | Japan, Osaka

Japan's first long haul CNG truck - Nissan-Diesel converted by Eco Truck (Osaka)

Japan's first long haul CNG truck - Nissan-Diesel converted by Eco Truck (Osaka)

TOMY and Panasonic Collaborate in Road Testing – 10% CO2 reduction, 90% NOx emission reduction

Panasonic Corporation and TOMY Company, Ltd. today announced the results of six-month on-road trials of a long-haul, heavy-duty truck which was fueled with compressed natural gas (CNG). In the trials, the first in Japan, the two companies partnered with logitics company, Osaka based Eco Truck,  to complete 48 round trips between the Osaka and Tokyo areas from April through September this year using the prototype truck that was developed as part of the Next-Generation Low-Emission Vehicle Development Project organized by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
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Hot Rod Conversion Set to Display CNG Characteristics

September 30, 2009 – 10:27 pm | Source: Green Car Advisor | USA, Phoenix AZ
CNG can be fun, exciting and powerful - Hotrod conversion underway by AFV

CNG can be fun, exciting and powerful - Hotrod conversion underway by AFVTech

Research and development of alternative fuel vehicle and alternative fuel power solutions is the business of AFVTech Inc., based in Phoenix, Arizona. Now it is applying its expertise to the development of a compressed natural gas hot rod based on a 1933 Ford Roadster.
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