General Motors Co. has announced CNG option pricing for Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans. The fully integrated and dedicated Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) option, available this fall for Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans, will be priced at USD 15,910 MSRP.
Tag Archives: Compressed Natural Gas
CNG Bus Operators Urge Philippines DOE to Revive NG Transportation Program
September 1, 2010 – 12:45 am
Source: balita-dot-ph
Philippines, Manila
Operators of compressed natural gas buses in Luzon, the largest island of the Philippines, have urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to reinvigorate the the Natural Gas Vehicle Program for Public Transport (NGVPPT), according to a balita-dot-ph report. The bus operators said they have drafted proposals on how the various issues could be addressed and [...]
OES Stimulates CNG Refuelling Interest in Melbourne With Free Fuel for a Year
August 31, 2010 – 8:27 pm
Australia, Melbourne
Home refuelling unit due for tests soon
OES CNG Pty Ltd’s public CNG refuelling station in Melbourne, Australia is attracting the right kind of attention as the country reinvigorates the natural gas fuelling debate. Although launched in April this year, the facility has now been officially opened by the Hon. Jenny Lindell, the Speaker in the [...]
Mercedes-Benz Celebrates Milestone With Citaro G CNG
August 31, 2010 – 9:59 am
Germany, Stuttgart/Mannheim
After just twelve years of production, the 30,000th Mercedes-Benz Citaro has now been delivered. The Citaro G CNG sporting silver metallic paintwork offset with traffic orange is fitted with an environmentally friendly natural gas engine. The M 447 (h)LAG engine rated at 240 kW (326 PS) complies with the EEV (Enhanced Environmentally [...]
Lessman Racing Prepares for World of Speed Meet, September 2010
August 25, 2010 – 9:01 am
USA
After a disappointing end to their 2009 campaign the CNG-powered Lessman racing team is ready for another season of record-breaking attempts. New GFI/Impco fuel regulators are installed along with the new Clean Air Power (CAP) injectors in the Lessman/Lucas Streamliner which is entered for the World of Speed meet at Bonneville September 15-18, 2010. The [...]
Alaska’s Department of Transport Studies CNG for State Fleet
August 25, 2010 – 2:48 am
Source: Petroleum News
USA, Alaska
The Alaskan Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is studying whether Alaska would benefit economically and environmentally by using natural gas instead of crude oil products like diesel and gasoline to fuel the more than 7,500 vehicles owned by the state. The Division of Statewide Equipment Fleet plans to spend up to USD 65,000 on [...]
Kunlun Energy Opens Model CNG Refuelling Station
August 23, 2010 – 9:07 pm
China
Hongkong-based Kunlun Energy Company Limited, a subsidiary of PetroChina, has carried out an award and ribbon cutting ceremony for its new national model for compressed natural gas service stations, in Longquan, Chengdu. Guo Yongxiang, the deputy director of the Standing Committee of People’s Congress of Sichuan Province, and Li Hualin, the vice president of [...]
CNG and LNG Station Opens in Northern Spain
August 23, 2010 – 4:47 pm
Spain, Olaberria
In Spain’s northern province of Guipúzcoa (Basque Country), a new 24-hour natural gas service station has been opened under the name of Avia Gasogas. Agas 21, the company opening the facility, says it is the first public natural gas service station in the region to serve CNG and LNG for heavy vehicles, it is located [...]
US NGV Industry Upbeat at NGVAmerica Summit Conference
August 16, 2010 – 4:02 am
Source: Fleets&Fuels
USA, Boston
NGVAmerica’s Summit-Conference, held in Boston last week, has confirmed upbeat sentiment amongst industry members with almost universal agreement that the industry is on the verge of a tipping point which should see vehicle and fuelling station numbers increase dramatically in coming years. More than 150 delegates attended a series of meetings and sessions over the [...]
Individuals, Organizations Receive 2010 National NGV Achievement Awards in USA
August 15, 2010 – 2:11 am
USA, Washington
Three individuals and three organizations were honored today by the natural gas vehicle industry for their efforts to advance the development of natural gas vehicles in the United States. The 2010 National NGV Achievement Awards were presented by NGVAmerica and the Clean Vehicle Education Foundation, two organizations dedicated to increasing the use of natural gas [...]
Maruti Suzuki Launches Five Factory Fitted CNG Models
August 13, 2010 – 2:54 pm
India, New Delhi
Introduces Next Generation CNG Technology
India’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki has unveiled its flagship CNG engine technology, ‘intelligent-Gas Port Injection’ or i-GPI on five popular models. The CNG vehicles were unveiled by Mr. Jairam Ramesh, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) Environment and Forests in the presence of senior government dignitaries and the Maruti Suzuki [...]
Rome’s ATAC Replaces Polluters with Irisbus CNG-Powered Citelis
August 12, 2010 – 4:16 pm
Source: Adnkronos
Italy, Rome
Old polluting late-nineties ‘jumbo’ buses are being retired in central Rome by ATAC (Azienda Tramvie ed Autobus del Comune di Roma) in favour of new environmentally friendly CNG-powered Irisbus Citelis buses. Vehicle emissions are lower than those required by the EEV standard and are set up to accommodate people with mobility requirements, according to a [...]
Alternative Fuel Systems Announces Project for India’s Bajaj Auto Ltd
August 11, 2010 – 1:47 am
Canada, Calgary
Alternative Fuel Systems (2004) Inc. (AFS) together with Indian partner Advantek Fuel Systems Pvt. Ltd. (Advantek), is working with Bajaj Auto Limited (Bajaj) on a development project involving a compressed natural gas (CNG) fuelled version of a three-wheeled commercial delivery vehicle. AFS says Bajaj Auto is ranked as the world’s fourth largest two- and three-wheeler [...]
Ryder Awaits First 70 CNG Trucks
August 8, 2010 – 2:28 am
USA, Miami FL
Ryder System, Inc., a global transport and supply chain management business, and the San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) have moved into implementation phase on the first of its kind stimulus-funded natural gas truck leasing and rental project in Southern California. With the contracts in place, Ryder will soon purchase the first 70 LNG/CNG [...]
Fuel Systems Solutions to Acquire Productive Concepts International
August 7, 2010 – 1:24 am
USA, New York
Immediately Expands US Automotive OEM Market Penetration
Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. (FSYS), a designer, manufacturer and supplier of alternative fuel components and systems for use in transport applications, has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Productive Concepts International LLC (PCI)’s alternative fuel vehicle business for a transaction value of $11.1 million including $975,000 [...]
