At the ‘Techno Buzz’ session of the Mobilis 2011 conference held mid-November in Belfort, France, a new natural gas – electric concept car was presented. This vehicle, a partnership between GDF Suez (CRIGEN), FAM Automobiles and France Craft, is said to be the first natural gas / biomethane to electric traction vehicle. Its design can be adapted for [...]
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Drive Projects Will Demonstrate Efficiency of Heavy Duty Natural Gas Engines
August 18, 2011 – 2:39 pm
USA
Two heavy duty natural gas vehicle technology projects are included in the array of proposals approved for funding by “Drive”, California’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. The first seeks to demonstrate the efficiency of a natural gas engine for demanding applications, while the second will demonstrate a hybrid-electric drive system that uses [...]
MBtech Presents the Natural Gas Hybrid “Reporter” Study to the North American Market
April 12, 2011 – 3:34 pm
USA
MBtech is introducing the hybrid (electric/natural gas) “Reporter” pick-up study to the North American market for the first time, at the SAE World Congress in Detroit this week. The pick-up study was developed and designed as an in-house innovation project and presented at the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2010 in Germany and is demonstrated using a [...]
Barcelona Trials CNG Hybrid Prototype Bus; Builds CNG Fleet
April 7, 2011 – 1:20 pm
Spain, Barcelona
Almost 50% of TMB’s fleet of 1,080 buses will be CNG-powered by 2015 Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) and Gas Natural Fenosa are trialling a new hybrid bus prototype with electric and natural gas engines, a pilot scheme under an agreement signed last April between TMB and Gas Natural Fenosa to reduce emissions from buses, [...]
Tata CNG-Electric Hybrid Buses Trialled by BEST
February 3, 2011 – 1:28 pm
Source: The Times of India
India, Mumbai
The city of Mumbai will have two Tata Motors CNG-electric hybrid buses on its streets this week, trialled by public transport provider Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST), reports The Times of India. BEST will conduct a month-long trial and later order more depending on the feedback. The 35-seater low-floor buses, featuring wheelchair access [...]
Hyundai Hybridizes CNG Bus: ‘Blue City’
January 31, 2011 – 10:19 pm
Republic of Korea
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Company has unveiled the nation’s first compressed natural gas (CNG) hybrid bus, the ‘Blue-City’. Fully developed in Korea, the bus delivers fuel efficiency with lower emissions by using a CNG engine and an electric motor. The hybrid bus is equipped with a G-CNG Engine that offers 177kW (240ps) and a 6-speed [...]
Capstone CNG Microturbine Certified to CARB 2010 for HDDE Urban Bus
December 27, 2010 – 4:57 pm
USA, Chatsworth CA
Capstone Turbine Corporation, a clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, has released configurations of the C30 compressed natural gas (CNG) microturbine that meet or exceed emissions standards, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board (CARB) 2010 requirements for On-Road Heavy Duty Diesel Engines (HDDE) for Urban Bus. Print PDF
Spain’s EMT Places CNG Bus Orders for 2011-12
November 29, 2010 – 2:24 am
Spain, Madrid
EMT Orders 165 CNG Buses Establishes CNG-powered Airport Express Line La Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid (EMT) will invest 51 million euros in the acquisition of 165 new buses by 2012, all compressed natural gas (CNG) models. Included for the first time will be CNG/electric hybrid buses; of the 165 buses 142 will be [...]
MBtech Reveals the “Reporter” Vehicle Concept Study at IAA
September 30, 2010 – 4:09 am
Germany, Hanover
“The commercial vehicle sector has not even begun to utilize the full potential of natural gas.” Werner Kropsbauer, President and Spokesman MBtech Group. The MBtech Group has presented their “Reporter” concept study at the 63rd IAA Commercial Vehicles in Hanover. Print PDF
Tata Delivers CNG Hybrid Buses in Time for Commonwealth Games
September 21, 2010 – 11:53 am
India, New Delhi
Tata Motors has presented four CNG-Electric Hybrid Low-floor Starbuses to the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), to be run in the city during the Commonwealth Games period which commences October 3. Tata says this is the first time in India that hybrid buses will be used for public transportation. DTC will also operate a fleet [...]
NREL and Partners to Provide up to $13.5 Million to Support Natural Gas Engine and Vehicle Development
September 20, 2010 – 2:05 am
USA, Golden CO
Together, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the California Energy Commission (CEC), and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) will invest up to USD 13.5 million to support the development of natural gas engines and vehicles. Print PDF
ISE Corp Introduces its Next-Generation CNG Hybrid System
May 13, 2010 – 12:57 pm
USA, San Diego CA
California-based ISE Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of ISE Limited and developer, manufacturer and distributor of heavy duty hybrid-electric drive systems, will begin accepting orders for its next-generation, battery-dominant CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) Hybrid System for transit buses with production units expected to be available in 2011. Print PDF
NGV Hybrid Optimization Aims Below 90g CO2/km
April 25, 2010 – 4:30 am
Source: Green Car Congress
Germany
Opel, Robert Bosch, IVK (Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering) and FKFS (Forschungsinstitut für Kraftfahrwesen und Fahrzeugmotoren Stuttgart) have been working on a natural gas hybrid vehicle, aimed at developing an NGV prototype emitting less than 90 g CO2/km emissions. At the recent SAE 2010 World Congress, researchers from IVK, University of Stuttgart and FKFS presented a paper describing the [...]
US Groups to Coordinate Promotion of Natural Gas Hybrid-Electric Vehicles
April 14, 2010 – 12:47 am
USA, Washington
The American Public Gas Association (APGA), NGVAmerica, and Hybrid Kinetic Motors Corporation (HK Motors) has announced the formation of a strategic collaboration to promote the mass production and sales of natural gas-powered hybrid passenger vehicles. HK Motors plans to begin producing a family of light-duty natural gas hybrid-electric passenger vehicles at its plant in Alabama [...]
Electric Plug-in CNG Hybrid Bus Unveiled by Ashok Leyland
January 13, 2010 – 2:01 am
India, New Delhi
Ashok Leyland Ltd, India’s second largest commercial vehicle maker, has unveiled the HYBUS, the country’s first electric plug-in CNG hybrid bus, at New Delhi’s Auto Expo 2010. The series-hybrid HYBUS concept vehicle combines a conventional CNG engine with an electric propulsion system. The engine is operated at optimal efficiency to drive the generator for charging [...]
