Designed to meet both EPA 2012 and CARB 2012 standards After years of successful engagement in the heavy-duty trucking industry, Westport Innovations Inc. is now making fully-integrated, cost-effective solutions available in light-duty vehicles with the Westport WiNG™ Power System—an advanced, integrated, bi-fuel (natural gas / gasoline) system for fleet customers of passenger and commercial vehicles. [...]
Tag Archives: bi-fuel
Westport LD Announces New Natural Gas System for Ford Super Duty Pickups
September 29, 2011 – 9:57 am
Canada, Vancouver BC
IMPCO Adds 2011 Bi-Fuel Certification for Ford Trucks
September 15, 2011 – 5:49 pm
USA, Santa Ana CA
IMPCO Automotive, a business unit of Fuel System Solutions, Inc., and a designer, manufacturer and supplier of alternative fuel components and systems for use in transportation applications, has been issued 2011 model year Certifications for its Bi-Fuel Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fuel Systems for Ford Motor Company’s F-250 and F-350 Pickups equipped with the 6.2 [...]
Fiat Presents New Panda at IAA, CNG Variant to Follow
September 8, 2011 – 1:01 am
Germany, Frankfurt
Fiat has presented its new Panda at the 64th Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA), also known as the Frankfurt Motor Show. Making its appearance with a “new, modern and harmonious look”, this 3rd-generation Panda will begin production in the last quarter of 2011. A bi-fuel 80 HP 0.9 TwinAir Turbo Natural Power (petrol/compressed natural gas) variant will [...]
New Volkswagen up! Includes Natural Gas Variant
August 21, 2011 – 12:24 am
Germany, Wolfsburg
Volkswagen has launched its new up! small car range, which will include a natural gas engine variant. The basic bi-fuel engine (petrol/natural gas), with output of 50 kW / 68 PS, has a combined fuel consumption of 3.2 kg/100 km (natural gas), equivalent to a CO2 value of 86 g/km. As a BlueMotion Technology version the natural [...]
Touran TSI 1.4 CNG EcoFuel Scores VCD Hat Trick
August 17, 2011 – 12:26 pm
Germany, Wolfsburg
For the third consecutive year the compressed natural gas-powered Touran TSI EcoFuel with DSG (dual clutch gearbox) has ranked as the vehicle with the best overall record in a survey carried out by Verkehrsclubs Deutschland (VCD). For over 20 years the automobile club has determined the most environmentally friendly out of 300 models for its VCD [...]
Demand to Produce CNG Corolla in Pakistan Met By Indus-Toyota
August 7, 2011 – 5:30 pm
Pakistan, Karachi
Indus Motor Company (IMC), a joint venture between the House of Habib, Toyota Motor Corporation Japan (TMC) and Toyota Tsusho Corporation Japan (TTC), has launched a new environment-friendly 1.3 litre Corolla Ecotec XLi/GLi, a factory fitted CNG variant. According to IMC, the new Corolla Ecotec Xli/GLi has been specifically developed with factory fitted bi-fuel option [...]
Green Dragon Fuels Chinese Wheels
June 29, 2011 – 5:59 pm
Source: Proactive Investors
China
Greka China Green Dragon (Greka), a subsidiary of Green Dragon, is a vertically integrated supplier of natural gas from coal seams, commonly known as coal bed methane (CBM). Gas sourced from three projects in Shanxi, Jiangxi and Anhui provinces is distributed in the form of compressed natural gas (CNG) and to a lesser extent via [...]
IKCO Updates Models, NGVs Included
June 6, 2011 – 3:29 pm
Iran, Tehran
Iranian automotive manufacturer IKCO intends to produce 40,000 Renault-based Logan cars this year, of which 15% will be fitted with bi-fuel (compressed natural gas / gasoline) engines. This news is just one of several press statements by IKCO over recent months, as the company drops old models and repositions itself for increased domestic and export growth. Print PDF
Bibendum Berlin Produces Awards for Bi-Fuel VW Passat
May 20, 2011 – 3:23 am
Source: erdgas-mobil
Germany, Berlin
This year’s Challenge Bibendum, the 11th in it’s Michellin-sponsored history, has commenced in Berlin, where 36 vehicles lined up for the inter-city rally. Amongst them was the VW Passat, powered by biomethane, which achieved excellence in its Internal Combustion Engine (Production) class with awards for “Fuel Efficiency”, “Well-to-Wheel CO2 Emissions” and “Local Emissions”. German NGV [...]
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) [...]
Audi Plans Methane-Powered A3
May 17, 2011 – 2:28 pm
Germany
Under the motto of “Audi balanced mobility”, Audi has committed to attaining neutral CO2 balance across the entire mobility chain. The Audi e-gas project, a milestone along this route, is capable of simultaneously solving several pressing problems faced by the sustainable energy-supply industry. In the process chain clean power, hydrogen and methane are produced: three [...]
IMPCO Ramps Up CNG System Production for GM Vans
April 30, 2011 – 5:04 pm
USA, Santa Ana CA
IMPCO Automotive, an ISO-9001:2008-certified subsidiary of Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. and a designer, manufacturer and supplier of alternative fuel components and systems, says that as a result of increased demand among fleet customers for clean and efficient alternative fuel technologies the company has ramped up production of its compressed natural gas (CNG) system designed for [...]
Chrysler Clarifies Position on Introduction of NGVs to US
April 26, 2011 – 2:21 pm
Source: Fleets&Fuels
USA
Chrysler could bring natural gas vehicles (NGVs) to the North American market in as little as two and a half years, but Fiat NGVs are unlikely despite their success in Europe, reports Fleets&Fuels (F&F) seeking to clarify earlier media comment on Chrysler’s intentions. Robert (Bob) Lee, Chrysler engine, electrified propulsion, and advance powertrain engineering VP, [...]
JAC Motors Moots J3 Bi-Fuel For Brazil in 2012
March 31, 2011 – 7:36 am
China and Brazil
Chinese JAC Motors has commenced operations in Brazil with the introduction of the 1.4 litre J3 hatchback and J3 sedan and the opening of stores in 50 locations. Of interest to natural gas vehicle purchasers is JAC’s statement that a bi-fuel J3 will be introduced to the market in 2012, although further details were not [...]
Mercedes-Benz Rolls Out New Model E 200 NGT
March 10, 2011 – 2:29 pm
Germany, Stuttgart
Modified performance: CO2 emissions down to 149 g /km in CNG mode Mercedes-Benz is rolling out its new E 200 NGT BlueEFFICIENCY with bi-fuel natural gas drive to European sales partners this month, in parallel with its appearance at the Geneva Show. The four-cylinder supercharged “Kompressor” engine with an output of 120 kW (163 hp) [...]
