After a successful debut in 2011 VW has again presented a special edition VW Caddy for a limited two-month offer. Adopting the name of renowned German “Circus Roncalli” to promote its own circus star, the VW Caddy Roncalli Edition range includes the compressed natural gas (CNG) powered Caddy Roncalli BiFuel (petrol/CNG). Compared with the standard [...]
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VW Passat TSI EcoFuel Earns ADAC “Car of the Future” with Natural Gas
January 20, 2012 – 8:18 pm
Germany
Germany’s ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club e.V.) has declared its annual choices for Yellow Angel Awards and once again the natural gas powered VW Passat TWI EcoFuel has been designated “Yellow Angel” in the Car of the Future Category. It received the same award in 2011. Print PDF
Omnitek Engineering Expands Business With Tata Motors
January 20, 2012 – 1:00 am
USA, San Marcos CA
Omnitek Engineering Corporation, a developer and provider of new natural gas engines and conversion systems, has been selected by India-based Tata Motors to supply original equipment high-pressure natural gas filters for 2012 passenger vehicles, expanding a supplier agreement for commercial vehicle filter applications that commenced in 2009. Print PDF
NGV Market Thrives in Iran
January 19, 2012 – 8:04 pm
Iran, Tehran
The Iran natural gas vehicle market continues to thrive. The current tally of compressed natural gas (CNG) service stations currently operating in Iran is now 1,820 reports Zawya. That figure is reportedly set to grow to 2,000 by the end of the Iranian calendar year (March 20). Approximately 18 million cubic meters of natural gas [...]
Powerful Tugboats Adopt LNG
January 13, 2012 – 2:26 pm
England and Norway
Global power systems company Rolls-Royce, has signed a contract to deliver engines and propulsion systems for what is claimed to be the world’s first Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) powered tugs. The two vessels have been ordered by Norwegian company Buksér og Berging AS and will enter service in late 2013 for Statoil, the international energy [...]
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 [...]
Tata Motors Showcases CNG Vehicles at India Auto Expo
January 13, 2012 – 9:07 am
India, New Delhi
As part of its commitment to alternative fuel technologies, India’s Tata Motors has demonstrated the compressed natural gas powered Tata Nano CNG Concept and the Tata Magic IRIS CNG at the 2012 Auto Expo in New Delhi. Tata says the Nano showcases the company’s capability to develop all kinds of vehicles for CNG applications. The [...]
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, [...]
Wärtsilä’s Acquisition of Hamworthy Enhances Marine Gas-Powered Capabilities
January 9, 2012 – 12:18 pm
Finland, Helsinki
Wärtsilä Corporation’s acquisition of Hamworthy PLC will go ahead after approval by Hamworthy’s shareholders this week. Hamworthy is a global company providing specialist equipment and services to the marine, oil & gas and industrial sectors. Wärtsilä is a global provider of complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets, including specialization in natural [...]
Lohia Offers Humsafar CNG Three-Wheeler at Auto Expo
January 8, 2012 – 1:50 am
Source: Deccan Herald
India, New Delhi
Lohia Auto Industries, a division of Lohia Group of Companies, which has built its reputation around manufacturing of electric two wheelers, has captured attention at India’s Auto Expo 2012 with the launch of the Humsafar three-wheeler offered in a CNG variant, reports the Deccan Herald. This is Lohia Auto’s first foray into the commercial three-wheeler [...]
Ashok Leyland Launches the Flat-Floor ‘Jan Bus’ with CNG
January 7, 2012 – 3:28 am
Source: Silicon India
India, New Delhi
Indian heavy vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland has used the 2012 Auto Expo in New Delhi to launch its new low and flat floor bus with front-mounted engine. The five-door bus has been designed as a single-step bus, claimed by the company to be a world first, and is purpose-built for the Rapid Transit System (BRT), [...]
Bajaj Introduces Compact 4-Wheeler With CNG Option
January 4, 2012 – 12:28 am
Source: Times of India
India, New Delhi
It’s small, compact, cuboid, low-powered, low-cost, eco-friendly and functional. It’s Bajaj Auto Ltd’s first foray outside of its traditional motorbike and rickshaw market into a four-wheeler segment. The Bajaj RE60 was introduced at a news conference in New Delhi, ahead of the Delhi AutoExpo. Bajaj’s managing director Rajiv Bajaj said the RE60 would create a [...]
Volvo 8400 CNG Bus Trialled in Navi Mumbai
January 2, 2012 – 12:21 pm
Source: This Week Bangalore
India, Navi Mumbai
Volvo Buses has commenced trials of its Volvo 8400 low floor compressed natural gas (CNG) city bus in Navi Mumbai, a planned satellite city on the west coast of the Indian state of Maharashtra, reports This Week Bangalore. The CNG bus will be operated on the Kharghar-Borivali (via Powai) route with an average running of [...]
Borel Adds Bipper to CNG Range
December 27, 2011 – 8:40 pm
Source: AFGNV
France, Gières
Borel Systèmes, in Gières, eastern Grenoble, has dedicated itself to providing “The Green Way” for environmentally conscious motorists, through the provision of more than 20 models from a range of original equipment manufacturers, converted to compressed natural gas (CNG). Borel has recently added the new Peugeot Bipper — a compact utility vehicle (van) that has [...]
Gazprom Drives Russian NGV Market with Yo-Mobile
December 24, 2011 – 1:42 pm
Russia, Moscow
A presentation of the first Russian Yo-Mobile ‘hybrid’ bi-fuel vehicles, Yo-Concept and sporty Yo-Crossover, has taken place at Gazprom’s headquarters in Moscow. Alexey Miller, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Management Committee (CEO) of Russian energy giant OAO Gazprom, and Andrey Biryukov, President of the Yarovit Holding and CEO of [...]
