California Yellow Cab of Santa Anna has placed an order for twenty five Ford Transit Connect Taxis with the intention of operating them using natural gas for fuel. The conversion will be carried out under calibration guidance from Ford; if properly implemented the conversion can be completed without voiding the engine’s warranty. Ford announced the [...]
Tag Archives: Taxis
California Yellow Cab Orders CNG-Prep Ford Transit Connect Taxi
June 9, 2010 – 7:10 am
USA, Dearborn MI
US Airport SuperShuttle Contracts for Clean Energy-Fuelled CNG
May 5, 2010 – 5:50 pm
USA, Seal Beach CA
Clean Energy Fuels Corp., a provider of natural gas (CNG and LNG) for transportation in North America, has contracted with Veolia-owned SuperShuttle International, a shared-ride ground transportation operator, to provide compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling services to SuperShuttle vans operating at major US airports nationwide. As part of the initial deployment, SuperShuttle ordered 40 new CNG [...]
Hyundai Colombia Introduces Taxis with Factory-Installed CNG Kits
May 1, 2010 – 12:47 am
Source: La Republica
Colombia, Bogotá
Hyundai Colombia Automotriz has imported two models, the Atos and Accent, with Hyundai factory-installed and guaranteed natural gas vehicle conversion kits for the local taxi market. Hyundai is the dominant taxi brand in the country with a target of 12,000 unit sales this year. It expects between 10 and 15 percent of its taxi sales will [...]
Clean Energy Expands New York Presence
April 19, 2010 – 12:50 am
USA, Seal Beach CA
Moving to expand its New York City network of CNG fueling facilities, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has contracted to build and operate two new CNG stations in the area. The first station will be located in Queens, and the second CNG station will open adjacent to Newark’s Liberty International Airport. Designed to support growing fleets [...]
New Loan Facility for Taxi CNG Conversions in Gangwon Province, Korea
April 13, 2010 – 12:58 pm
Korea, Chuncheon City
A pioneering agreement in Korea is set to increase the number of taxis operating on CNG in Gangwon Province. Signed last week in Chuncheon City, host city to the 2012 IANGV conference and exhibition, the agreement took place between the Gangwon Credit Guarantee Foundation (GCGF), Provincial Independent Taxi Drivers Council and NGVS, vehicle conversion subsidiary [...]
San Francisco Alternative Fuel Taxis Cut GHGs and Dollars
March 22, 2010 – 1:00 am
USA, San Francisco
Mayor Gavin Newsom, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) and the Department of the Environment joined the San Francisco taxi industry to announce that 57 percent of the City’s taxi fleet is comprised of hybrid or compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles. There are 788 alternative fuel vehicles out of a total of 1,378 eligible [...]
CNG or LPG Kits Now Obligatory for All New Rickshaws
March 1, 2010 – 2:59 pm
Source: Times of India
India, Pune
In a move aimed at promoting the use of cleaner vehicle fuels, the Regional Transport Office (RTO) of Pune has made it obligatory for all new rickshaws in the city to have CNG or LPG kits from March 1 onwards, reports the Times of India. Regional transport officer Chandrakant Kharatmal said, “The directive making installation [...]
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 [...]
Maruti Suzuki CNG Eeco Selected by Wings Travel
February 10, 2010 – 11:52 am
Source: Sakaal Times
India, Pune
Pune travel agent and city-based cab service provider Wings Travels has launched its maiden fleet of 100 Maruti Suzuki Eeco cabs that will run on compressed natural gas (CNG) as part of its green drive, says the Sakaal Times. Recently unveiled at the auto fair in New Delhi, the Eeco is equipped with a 1196cc [...]
Altech-Eco Adds 2010 Ford Transit CNG Conversion EPA-Certification to its Growing Portfolio
February 9, 2010 – 6:18 pm
Source: EON
USA, Ashville NC
Altech-Eco Corporation, the conversion facility for Transeco Energy Corporation, has obtained a Certificate of Conformity (COC) from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — the first of its kind from the EPA for a taxi — for their bi-fuel 2010 Ford Transit Connect compressed natural gas (CNG) conversion system. The announcement comes in parallel with [...]
Melchers-Singapore to Deliver 1000 CNG Taxi Conversions
February 9, 2010 – 3:55 pm
Singapore
Trans-Cab aims for 3000 CNG taxis by mid-2011
C. Melchers GmbH Singapore branch is to provide Trans-Cab Services Pte Ltd with 1,000 Italian-made OMVL kits and German-made Xperion Cylinders for the conversion of their new Toyota Wish 2.0 litre vehicles to CNG bi-fuel taxis. The cylinders are delivered in two sizes (90 liter and 39 liter [...]
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 [...]
Yellow Cab Adopts CNG in Texas
January 15, 2010 – 3:17 pm
In a bid to cut costs and get front-of-the-line privileges at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, the biggest taxi company in North Texas plans to convert nearly all of its company-owned cabs from gasoline to compressed natural gas, investing more than USD 8 million in conversion costs. Yellow Cab President Jack Bewley believes the change will [...]
Airports’ Shuttle Operators Go For CNG Fueling Stations
January 11, 2010 – 1:00 am
USA, Seal Beach CA
Parking shuttle and ground transportation operators at major international airports in Dallas Fort Worth (DFW), Houston, and Las Vegas have contracted with Clean Energy Fuels to design, build and maintain three new airport-adjacent CNG fueling stations. The new public access CNG stations, built on operator-owned properties, will support the transition of airport shuttle fleets to [...]
