USA, Washington
Kenworth Truck Company has received the 2007 Industry Innovation Award for alternative fuel trucks at the Alternative Fuels & Vehicle National Conference and Expo held last week in Anaheim, Calif. The award was presented by the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute and honors companies that collaboratively identify solutions to help overcome obstacles to clean transportation alternatives.
Kenworth received the alternative fuel industry’s top innovation award
for the Kenworth T800 liquefied natural gas (LNG) truck shown at the
conference. Kenworth shares the award with its Southern California
dealer Inland Kenworth, Clean Energy and Westport Innovations.
The collaborative effort involved Kenworth T800s which are being placed
into the port markets of Los Angeles and Long Beach, two of the
nation’s busiest ports. The Kenworth T800s are equipped with Westport
Innovations’ LNG fuel system that runs primarily on liquefied natural
gas and is installed on the Cummins 15-liter engine. The result is
reduced emissions and less reliance on diesel fuel by running the
cleaner LNG fuel.
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