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: Fleets
“Fleet Day” a Major Feature of AF&V 2010
March 12, 2010 – 6:28 pm
USA, Las Vegas NV
Madrid Towing Vehicles Switch to CNG
March 12, 2010 – 6:26 pm
Spain, Madrid
Madrid Movilidad SA is contributing further to environmental sustainability for the City of Madrid by commencing a program to replace 71 towing vehicles in its fleet with low-emission vehicles, including 16 that will operate on compressed natural gas (CNG). The replacement program to phase in the new trucks will be completed by the end of [...]
GAIL and Eden Unite for Hydrogen-Enriched Natural Gas Bus Trial
February 24, 2010 – 3:52 pm
India’s natural gas distributor GAIL (India) Ltd is to join with an Australian firm Eden Energy Ltd (Eden) in what could be the largest trial of a hydrogen-enriched blend of natural gas (HCNG) for transport. Descibing the trial as commercial in scale, Eden says the project is designed to reduce pollution levels fromIndia’s massive public [...]
Stimulus Funds to Benefit Nebraska NGVs
February 19, 2010 – 11:06 am
Source: USA, Nebraska
The US State of Nebraska is set to increase both natural gas infrastructure and natural gas vehicle numbers, thanks to a $650,ooo grant proposal being considered by the Nebraska Environmental Trust. In recognition of the need to stimulate supply and demand if the State is to take advantage of the environmental and economical advantages of [...]
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 [...]
Landmark Siberian CBM Project Launched, Complete With NGVs
February 17, 2010 – 5:30 pm
Russia, Kuzbass
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has authorized the launch of the first post-Soviet Russia coal bed methane (CBM) production and utilization project, on February 12th. Taking advantage of the spotlight, project partners Gazprom and Kemerovo Region Administration organised an NGV conference and exhibition for the same day, displaying light, medium, and heavy duty vehicles — both [...]
Balearic Islands Receives First Natural Gas Buses
February 12, 2010 – 7:56 pm
Spain, Balearic Islands (Palma)
Twelve Iveco Irisbus buses, delivered to Mallorca in the Balearic Islands at the end of December 2009, are the first buses on the islands to operate on compressed natural gas. Ten of the twelve buses are Citelis ground floor urban CNG 12m models, while the other two are Citelis ground floor urban CNG 18m units. The 26-seat [...]
Ford Offers CNG Prep-Package for Transit Connect 2011
February 9, 2010 – 1:06 am
Source: USA, Chicago
Ford CNG prep package “marks a new era in ‘green’ transit.” (Mark Fields, Ford’s president of The Americas)
Ford Motor Company will introduce engine prep packages on all Transit Connect models – base and taxi – allowing conversion to efficient, clean-burning compressed natural gas (CNG) or propane (LPG, or liquefied petroleum gas). The standard model comes [...]
CNG Bill of Fare for Chicago’s Yellow Cabs
February 1, 2010 – 8:17 pm
USA, Chicago
Two new CNG fuelling stations, 100 new CNG taxis to be deployed
Taxi Affiliation Services (TAS), which operates Yellow Cab Chicago, the nation’s oldest and largest continuously operating taxicab fleet, has awarded Clean Energy Fuels Corp. a 10-year contract to build and operate two new CNG fueling stations and sell fuel to the company’s growing CNG [...]
Karachi Opens CNG Bus Terminal
January 30, 2010 – 11:50 pm
Source: Daily Times
Pakistan, Karachi
A new CNG bus terminal has become operational in Karachi, in close vicinity of the Karachi Northern Bypass (M10), just north of the city. The Daily Times reported that the four-acre terminal cost the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) Rs 85 million (USD 1.83 million) and has a capacity to house 100 compressed natural gas [...]
City of Burbank Solid Refuse Fleet is 100% CNG-fuelled
January 30, 2010 – 1:32 am
Immediate fuel price savings
Southern California’s City of Burbank now has a 100-percent CNG-fueled solid refuse fleet, with the addition of a solid waste rear-loader collection truck completing the transition. Reported in Government Fleet, the move to CNG required a significant capital investment, while benefits include lower fuel and maintenance costs and reduced emissions. As David [...]
Ballast Nedam Builds CNG Bus Refuelling Station at Njimegen
January 25, 2010 – 2:26 am
Netherlands, Nijmegen
Dutch construction and engineering company Ballast Nedam, which has interests in an array of associated industries, has built a natural gas filling station for buses in Nijmegen. The station will service 75 natural gas buses for Novio, Nijmegen’s regional transport company, with high-speed refuelling time of 7 minutes per bus. Ballast Nedam has built similar [...]
Tanzania Govt Masterplan to Shift State-Owned Vehicles to Natural Gas
January 24, 2010 – 2:16 am
Source: The East African
Tanzania
The Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) has reportedly decided to adopt natural gas as the fuel of choice for all state-owned vehicles, and has developed a masterplan to implement the project, according to an item published in The East African. The master plan, which includes considerations for infrastructure and refuelling stations, will make it mandatory [...]
CNG Collection Trucks Deployed by Orange County Waste Management
January 21, 2010 – 10:41 am
USA, Orange County CA
Waste Management of Orange County in California has deployed 12 new compressed natural gas (CNG) collection trucks from its yards in the cities of Santa Ana and Irvine. The trucks were purchased with a grant from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) in an effort to improve air quality in the Southern [...]
Texans are Busy with NGVs
January 20, 2010 – 7:49 pm
USA, Texas
The oil-rich sprawling State of Texas may seem an unlikely environment for natural gas vehicles to gain a foothold, but that is what is happening. The Railroad Commission of Texas (RCT), which has primary regulatory jurisdiction over oil and natural gas industry, pipeline transporters, natural gas & hazardous liquid pipeline industry, natural gas utilities and [...]
