Program focuses on Public and Private Fleet Managers – Las Vegas, May 9-12
Program highlights have been announced for the 16th AFVi Alternative Fuels & Vehicles National Conference and Expo (AF&V 2010), to be held in Las Vegas from May 9-12. AF&V 2010 attendee focus is on public and private fleet managers, with a “Fleet Day’ [...]
Tag Archives: Alternative Fuels
“Fleet Day” a Major Feature of AF&V 2010
March 12, 2010 – 6:28 pm
USA, Las Vegas NV
Ohio Alternative Fuel Program ($29M) Cleared to Go
February 24, 2010 – 12:25 pm
USA, Ohio
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has cleared Clean Fuels Ohio to begin its work with the Ohio Advanced Transportation Partnership (OATP), reports Green Car Congress. The project will carry out more than $29 million in alternative fuel vehicle and infrastructure projects—the largest single investment in advanced transportation energy infrastructure and vehicle technology in the [...]
AT&T Rolls Out 1,000th Alt-Fuel Vehicle – Another NGV
February 19, 2010 – 12:01 am
USA, Dallas TX
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 [...]
NGV 2010 Program Published – NGVs Creating Revolution in Transport
February 18, 2010 – 9:27 pm
More 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 [...]
Phuket MOU Promotes Alternative Energy Use
February 16, 2010 – 1:36 am
Source: Phuket News
Thailand, Phuket
Dr Wannarat Channukul, Thailand’s Energy Minister, has presided over an Energy Saving MOU signing between Phuket Governor, Wichai Praisa-ngob and representatives from the Ministry of Energy. Phuket News reports that the MOU aims to reduce CO2 emissions by promoting alternative energy sources, encouraging biogas production from refuse, promoting natural gas as a vehicle fuel and [...]
GasHighWay Project’s First International ‘Renewable Mobility’ Seminar
December 17, 2009 – 12:13 pm
GasHighWay Seminar: A Trans-European Road to Renewable Mobility – 28th January 2010, Malmö, Sweden.
NGVA Europe has announced details for the first international seminar of the GasHighWay project (www.gashighway.net). It will focus on NG/biomethane as a vehicle fuel and will present real best practice cases from across Europe.
The preliminary seminar program is available here.
European Commission Moves Toward Transport White Paper for Next Decade
December 3, 2009 – 8:32 am
Europe
The European Commission has hosted a high-level conference in Brussels on the future of the European transport system, with IANGV’s European affiliate NGVA Europe participating as a representative of the regional NGV industry. The November 20th event marked the closing of two public consultations that the Commission launched in June 2009 with its Communication ‘A [...]
Volvo Breakthrough! V70 2.5 AFV Bi-Fuel Now Available in Sweden
December 2, 2009 – 2:23 am
Conversion endorsed by Volvo
Almost three years after the withdrawal of Volvo’s popular bi-fuel CNG/gasoline range, Volvo drivers in Sweden can purchase bi-fuel models off the showroom floor again. The company is backing conversions from Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFV), a privately-owned Gothenburg based company, which has started converting the Volvo V70 model into a bi-fuel version, [...]
OMV’s CNG-Powered Austrian Rally Campaign Succeeds Beyond Expectation: 2nd Overall
November 12, 2009 – 5:20 pm
“…the future will belong to gas powered cars…” (Manfred Stohl – former Group N World Rally Champion)
Austria’s OMV CNG Rally team is all smiles having closed off the 2009 Austrian Rally Championship in 2nd position overall, sealing the Vice-Champion position with a fourth place in the season closer, the Waldviertel Rally. This season was the [...]
US National Academy of Sciences Report Highlights Benefits of NGVs
November 8, 2009 – 7:54 am
Source: NGVAmerica
USA
Electric and plug-in electric vehicles worse than gasoline on emissions pollutants
Last month, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released a report that attempts to evaluate the externalities associated with energy production and use in the U.S. The report, entitled Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use, was prepared at the request [...]
Spain’s Gas Natural Participates in Alternative Vehicle and Fuel Show
November 8, 2009 – 12:41 am
Spain, Valladolid
Spanish energy company, Gas Natural has taken part in the first Valladolid Alternative Vehicle and Fuel Show, held in north-central Spain earlier in November. The company offered a technical seminar and sponsored the “Cubo de experiencias” zone, where companies, SMEs and private users were able to discuss their experiences of using alternative fuels in vehicles. [...]
Toyota Surfrider Camry Hybrid CNG
November 2, 2009 – 2:34 am
USA
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 [...]
2009 Provides Plenty of Highlights for NGV Industry
The natural gas industry as a whole has been an arena of exciting developments in 2009, delivering in a raft of areas despite the gloomy economic uncertainty that heralded the year’s start.
How that gloom has impacted upon the NGV industry isn’t clear at this point and won’t be until year-end vehicle numbers are collected. Mixed [...]