The Honda Civic Natural Gas has been named 2012 Green Car of the Year winner by Green Car Journal, which declared mission is to showcase environmental progress in the auto industry, at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The cleanest running internal combustion vehicle certified by the EPA, the all-new 2012 Civic Natural Gas is the [...]
Tag Archives: Alternative Fuels
Honda Civic Natural Gas Named 2012 Green Car of the Year
November 18, 2011 – 10:50 am
Source: USA, Los Angeles CA
Clean Cities Reaches Out Via Internet Radio on Alternative Fuels
November 10, 2011 – 2:30 pm
USA
Antelope Valley (California) Clean Cities program is reaching out beyond city limits with the message on alternative fuels, launching an internet based radio show dedicated to ending oil addiction. Program coordinator Curtis Martin says the content of the one hour weekly show is aimed at national and even international audiences. “Oil addiction is a global [...]
Westport Acquires Alternative Fuel Vehicle Sweden AB
October 12, 2011 – 9:14 pm
Canada, Vancouver BC
Acquisition Marks Westport’s Continued Expansion into Growing Natural Gas Automotive Segment Westport Innovations Inc., a supplier of alternative fuel, low-emissions technologies that allow engines to operate on clean-burning fuels such as natural gas, has acquired Alternative Fuel Vehicle Sweden AB (AFV) of Gothenburg, Sweden for approximately SEK 51 million (USD 7.6 million). AFV is the [...]
Peterbilt Achieves Smartway First for Model 386 LNG
September 16, 2011 – 3:15 am
USA, Denton TX
Truck manufacturer Peterbilt Motors Company, a Texas-based PACCAR company, has received accreditation for developing the industry’s first SmartWay designated alternative fuel vehicle. The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) SmartWay Program has recognized Peterbilt’s Model 386 liquefied natural gas (LNG) truck as meeting the established fuel-saving, low-emission equipment requirements set for Class 8 trucks. Print PDF
CEC 2011-12 Investment Program Includes Funding for NGV Projects
September 10, 2011 – 7:08 pm
USA, Sacramento CA
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has unanimously adopted the state’s third annual transportation energy Investment Plan to help change the types of vehicles Californians drive and the fuels they use. The latest Investment Plan for CEC’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program prioritizes $100 million in state funds to leverage funding and investments [...]
Verbiogas (Biomethane) Now Available in Eastern Germany
September 2, 2011 – 11:35 am
Germany, Leipzig
VERBIO AG, a renewable energy company based in Leipzig, is supplying “verbiogas” biofuel to natural gas filling stations in the eastern Germany for the first time. The city utilities in Schwedt, Dessau and Lutherstadt Wittenberg are to offer 100% verbiogas at their natural gas stations with immediate effect. This means that the municipal fleet of [...]
California Promotes Alternative Fuels with DRIVE
July 23, 2011 – 3:35 pm
USA, California
The California Energy Commission, the US state’s primary energy policy and planning agency, has launched a new website – Drive – to provide up-to-date information on a wide range of projects under its Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. The information includes natural gas and biomethane sections of interest to policy directors, fleet managers [...]
US DOT Sets Fund for Clean-Fuel Transit Technologies
July 8, 2011 – 2:51 am
USA, Washington DC
At the end of June U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) set up a $101.4 million federal fund for transit providers. The competitive selection process will identify innovative project proposals that create ‘green’ jobs, promote the use of clean fuels and cut US dependence on oil. “This money supports President Obama’s plan to improve the environment [...]
Westport to Acquire Emer S.p.A. of Italy
June 9, 2011 – 8:17 am
Canada, Vancouver BC
Westport Innovations Inc., Canada-based alternative fuel, low-emissions transportation technologies provider, has entered into a share purchase agreement to purchase Emer S.p.A. (Emer),of Brescia, Italy for Euro 27 million (approximately US$39.6 million) through a combination of stock and cash, plus the assumption of approximately Euro 53 million (US$77.6 million) in existing net debt within Emer. Print [...]
Fuel Systems Solutions Acquires Remaining 50% Interest in MTE S.r.l.
June 8, 2011 – 8:34 pm
USA, New York
Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. through its wholly owned subsidiary MTM S.r.l., purchased on June 1st the remaining 50% ownership interest in MTE S.r.l., a manufacturer of electronic control units (ECU) and electronic components for alternative fuel automotive and industrial systems in Italy. Fuel Systems Solutions first purchased a 50% interest in MTE in 2001. MTE is now [...]
Dual-Fuel Optare Solo Buses Enter Service in Lincoln
June 1, 2011 – 12:46 am
United Kingdom, Lincoln
UK bus and coach operator Stagecoach Group has converted 11 Optare Solos in Lincoln to dual-fuel operation (biomethane/diesel). The £260,000 (USD 426,000) conversion cost of the buses has been funded by Lincolnshire county council and the East Midlands Development Agency. A further £100,000 of joint funding has been invested in fuelling infrastructure. Optare has an exclusive conversion agreement [...]
Obama Issues Presidential Memorandum on Federal Fleet Performance
May 25, 2011 – 5:28 pm
USA
One million alternative fueled vehicles by Dec 31 2015 President Barack Obama has issued a Memorandum requiring the Federal fleet, the largest fleet of light duty vehicles in America, to lead by example to help meet national goals of reducing oil imports by one-third by 2025 and putting one million advanced vehicles on the road by 2015. Federal [...]
CNG Mercedes E-Class is Taxi of the Year
May 20, 2011 – 3:18 am
Germany
An event run by German online taxi magazine Taxi Heute (Taxi Today) assessed 23 taxi models from nine manufacturers on the basis of economy, environment and image. In the alternative-power taxi category (hybrid, natural gas, CNG, LPG LPG, bio-ethanol) the top mark was awarded to the Mercedes-Benz E 200 NGT BlueEFFICIENCY with its bivalent (bi-fuel) [...]
US Alt-Fuel Price Report Amplifies Natural Gas Advantage
May 5, 2011 – 5:43 pm
Source: Clean Cities, US Department of Energy
USA
The US Department of Energy has issued it’s Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Price Report for April, once again demonstrating the economic advantages of utilizing compressed natural gas (CNG) as a fuel for transportation. Not surprisingly, the report notes that consumer interest in alternative fuels increases as the price differential per gallon increases for gasoline and [...]
Emerson Expands Alt-Fuel Capabilities in China
May 3, 2011 – 8:01 am
China, Nanjing
Emerson has opened an Engineering and Development Center within the recently expanded Asia Flow Technology Center operated by Emerson Process Management in Nanjing, China. By facilitating local development of innovative products in Asia, Emerson will strengthen the company’s capabilities in supporting customers in this rapidly growing region with process automation technologies and solutions, including alternative [...]
