The municipality of Naberezhnye Chelny, located in the the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, recently hosted a conference on “CNG KAMAZ Vehicles”, which was initiated by OJSC KAMAZ – OOO RariTEK, the manufacturer. Participants learned of the many benefits of utilising natural gas fuelled vehicles. The municipality was able to report on its experience operating 8 [...]
Tag Archives: Fleets
CNG-Powered Street Sweepers Save Millions of Rubles in Russia
February 2, 2012 – 7:29 pm
Russia, Naberezhnye Chelny
Metro Taxi Rolls Out CNG MV-1 Disability Vehicle
January 31, 2012 – 4:05 pm
USA, West Haven CT
Metro Taxi, the State of Connecticut’s largest, full-service taxicab company, has rolled out six new MV-1 mobility vehicles, reports Connecticut Business News Journal (conntact). Developed by Miami-based The Vehicle Production Group LLC and produced in Indiana, the compressed natural gas (CNG) powered MV-1 is said to be the world’s first vehicle to be designed from [...]
AT&T Orders 1,200 CNG-powered Chevrolet Express Vans
January 30, 2012 – 2:42 pm
USA, Detroit MI
AT&T plans to take delivery of 1,200 Chevrolet Express compressed natural gas (CNG) dedicated cargo vans for deployment to AT&T service centers across the United States. It is the largest-ever order of CNG vehicles from General Motors. AT&T will use the vans to provide and maintain communications, high-speed internet and television services for AT&T customers. [...]
CNG Bus May Be Best Yet for Reading Buses
January 25, 2012 – 1:49 pm
United Kingdom, Reading
Striving to reduce its carbon footprint Reading Buses, based in Berkshire, has expressed confidence that its latest choice of alternative powered vehicle is even better than its recent batch of electric hybrids. They have commenced a six-week trial with a MAN compressed natural gas (CNG) powered bus. Said James Freeman, Reading Buses Chief Executive Officer: “We [...]
AT&T’s 5000th Alt-Fuel Vehicle – CNG Powered
January 25, 2012 – 12:07 pm
USA, Dallas TX
Communications holding company AT&T is cruising towards its target of 15,000 cleaner-fuel fleet vehicles with the deployment of its 5000th clean vehicle – a compressed natural gas (CNG) powered van. In fact, AT&T has made one of the largest U.S. corporate commitments to compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles to date. Through 2013, AT&T anticipates it will have [...]
Pomona Picks Mack CNG Trucks to Replace Diesel-Powered Refuse Fleet
January 24, 2012 – 9:00 pm
Source: Government Fleet
USA, Pomona CA
The City of Pomona, California, has replaced its entire diesel powered refuse fleet of 22 trucks with compressed natural gas (CNG) Mack trucks set up with New Way bodies, reports Government Fleet. City Council approved the purchase in December 2011, and the City expects delivery of the vehicles — twenty CNG sideloaders & two CNG rearloaders [...]
Five CNG Trucks for US Foods
January 24, 2012 – 12:49 pm
USA, Oklahoma City, OK
As part of its continued commitment to sustainable practices, American foodservice distributor US Foods’ Oklahoma City Division is using five new trucks that run on compressed natural gas (CNG). Natural gas is cleaner burning than gasoline, and reduces ozone-forming emissions by an average of 80 percent when compared to gasoline vehicles. Print PDF
Energy Vision Hails Surrey’s Move Toward Sustainable Future
January 20, 2012 – 2:05 pm
USA and Canada
“Surrey will have a refuse and recycling fleet by 2014 powered … by a renewable form of natural gas [biomethane] made from the city’s own wastes.” Surrey, the second largest city in the Canadian province of British Columbia, is implementing a ground-breaking municipal waste management and transportation initiative as part of its sustainable future plans. Their [...]
GO Group Goes Green
January 16, 2012 – 12:03 pm
USA, Chicago IL
The GO Group provides airport shuttles at more than 50 airports in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Scotland, England, France and Italy. However, GO companies serving San Francisco International, Seattle-Tacoma International, Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International, Dallas-Ft. Worth and Puerto Rico’s Luis Munoz Marin International are intent on adding ” green” to their credentials by converting [...]
CNG KAMAZ Vehicles for Siberians
January 13, 2012 – 2:24 pm
Russia, Novosibirsk
In Novosibirk, the largest city in Siberia, Sibir Industrial and Construction Concern has bought ten KAMAZ natural gas powered trucks. The new trucks will be used for transportation of sand and crushed stone. According to Dmitry Chervov, Director General of Sibir-razvitiye (a member of Sibir Concern), the company used different combined gas-diesel engines, but then [...]
Clean Energy Unveils Backbone Network for America’s Natural Gas Highway
January 13, 2012 – 11:38 am
USA, Seal Beach CA
150 LNG Truck Fueling Stations Enabling Goods Movement Coast-to-Coast and Border-to-Border Anticipated by End of 2013 The route plan for the first phase of 150 new LNG fueling stations for America’s Natural Gas Highway (ANGH) was unveiled on January 12, by Clean Energy Fuels Corp., provider of natural gas fuel for transportation in North America. [...]
Chrysler Will Sell NGV Pickups to Fleets in 2012
January 11, 2012 – 11:54 am
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
USA
Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat and Chrysler Group LLC, has stated in an interview at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, that Chrysler plans to begin selling natural gas-powered pickups in the U.S. this year, targeting fleet customers, reports Bloomberg. “We are going to bring them here, there is no doubt,” Marchionne reportedly said, [...]
Ryder Flex-to-Green Lease Opens Way for Fleet Transition
January 10, 2012 – 3:43 pm
USA, Miami FL
Ryder System, Inc., a commercial transportation and supply chain management solutions provider based in Miami, Florida has signed its first Flex-to-Green lease agreement with Source Interlink Companies, Inc., an integrated media, publishing, merchandising and logistics company. With a Flex-to-Green lease for seven diesel-powered vehicles, Source Interlink will have the flexible option to exchange these vehicles [...]
44 Natural Gas Fords for Dublin, Ohio
January 10, 2012 – 4:18 am
Source: Government Fleet
USA, Dublin OH
In the US state of Ohio, the City of Dublin’s Division of Fleet Management has recently added 44 new Ford light commercial vehicles to the City fleet, all converted to dedicated compressed natural gas (CNG) operation, according to a Government Fleet report. The vehicles and conversions were funded in part by a U.S. Department of [...]
Another Busy Natural Gas Vehicle Week in the USA
January 9, 2012 – 4:02 am
USA
The USA continues it impetus toward claiming natural gas as a primary fuel with several more steps taken over the past week. Here is a small selection: Two more compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations are coming to Arkansas. In Colorado, the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority is pushing ahead with plans to buy up to [...]
