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 [...]
Tag Archives: Taxis
China Natural Gas Reports on Success of CNG Business Segments
December 28, 2011 – 3:27 am
China
US-registered China Natural Gas, Inc. (CHNG) is a provider of compressed natural gas (CNG) for vehicular fuel in Xi’an, China. The city of Xi’an has approximately 20,000 taxis, 5,000 buses and 3,000 special purpose vehicles that are powered by compressed natural gas. Profitable CHNG business segments include retail natural gas at company-owned natural gas fueling [...]
NGV Credit Card for Thai Cabs
December 20, 2011 – 11:06 am
Source: ThaiPR
Thailand, Bangkok
Drivers of taxis (vans, sedans and three-wheelers) powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) and operating under license to the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) in the Greater Bangkok region of Thailand will soon be able to take advantage of a new natural gas vehicle (NGV) credit card program launched by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, reports [...]
Tibet Sets Up Natural Gas Fueling Stations
November 21, 2011 – 10:25 am
Tibet, Lhasa
Lhasa, in China’s southwest Tibet Autonomous Region, now has liquefied natural gas (LNG) for transportation. PetroChina Company Limited, the listed arm of state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has completed an LNG project incorporating the building of an LNG receiving station, 38 kilometers of natural gas pipelines and two compressed natural gas (CNG) fuelling stations. [...]
US Natural Gas Investment Rolls On
November 16, 2011 – 3:49 pm
USA
In addition to major stories covered elsewhere by NGV Global there are several stories in the media each week about new infrastructure or new fleets or new technology for natural gas vehicles in the US. Three examples follow that involve take-up of natural gas by bus and taxi fleets. Print PDF
Bajaj Launches CNG 4-stroke Autorickshaw
November 1, 2011 – 2:04 pm
Source: The Hindu
India, Vijayawada
India’s Bajaj Auto Ltd has launched its new four-stroke compressed natural gas (CNG) autorickshaw, reports The Hindu. The RE 205 M CNG, first announced in May 2010, is apparently aimed at lifting Bajaj’s 85% share of the CNG auto category to 95%. Features include increased luggage space, higher roof space for greater passenger comfort, improved [...]
New York Approves the MV-1 for Use as City Taxi
October 21, 2011 – 11:45 am
USA, Miami FL
The Miami-based Vehicle Production Group LLC (VPG)’s MV-1 motor vehicle has been approved by the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission for use as a New York City taxicab. VPG says the MV-1 is the first and only factory-built and assembled vehicle that meets or exceeds the vehicle guidelines of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). [...]
West Haven Celebrates New CNG Station, New CNG Taxis
September 26, 2011 – 2:03 pm
Metro Taxi’s West Haven headquarters has carried out a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the city’s first public access compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station. Metro Taxi introduced Connecticut’s first wheelchair-accessible taxi in 2009, and will soon be home to a fleet of purpose- built, wheelchair- friendly, ADA compliant, low emission taxis known [...]
First CNG-Powered Ford Transit Connect Taxis Begin Servicing Greater Los Angeles Area
September 12, 2011 – 6:28 pm
USA, Dearborn MI
California’s first compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered Ford Transit Connect Taxis have gone into service in the greater Los Angeles area. California Yellow Cab of Orange County put its first 10 Transit Connect Taxis into service – marked by an event celebrating the increased presence of CNG use in California. Clean Energy, which owns and operates CNG [...]
Impala Taxicabs Service Chicago
August 27, 2011 – 3:31 pm
USA, Chicago IL
World CNG, a Kent, Washington based company that specializes in alternative fuel packaging and applications, has delivered 20 CNG Impala taxicabs to Yellow Cab Chicago, which put them fully into service. The CNG Impalas were built at World CNG’s Washington facility and shipped to Yellow Cab Chicago in late July 2011. “We are very excited to [...]
CNG Taxis Deliver Rotterdam Students
August 27, 2011 – 2:23 pm
Source: CNG Net
Netherlands, Rotterdam
The Rotterdam Mobility Centre (RMC), a collective of 60 taxi operators, have put 100 natural gas buses into operation for the provision of transportation for students in the city. CNG Net reports that RMC’s fleet has now grown to 115 vehicles. The natural gas vehicles are only able to access fuel at Rotterdam airport (Airportbaan 25) at present, [...]
Chicago Launches CNG Airport Taxicab Fast Lane
August 20, 2011 – 2:01 am
The City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection has launched a pilot program that allows compressed natural gas (CNG) taxicabs to move to the fast lane at the airports. The pilot is in coordination with the Green Taxi Program that helps the taxi industry purchase cost effective alternative fuel vehicles and reduce [...]
Ballast Nedam Fills Haarlem Taxis with Biomethane
August 5, 2011 – 4:05 am
Netherlands, Haarlem
Bios Group, one of the larger players in the field of passenger transport in the Netherlands, has been contracted to provide the WMO (social services) taxi transport in the Zuid-Kennemerland/IJmond region of North Holland for a 4-year period, using vehicles which run on biomethane. The company has entered into an arrangement with CNG Net, a Ballast Nedam [...]
Only NGVs for New Swiss Taxi Company
July 28, 2011 – 7:09 pm
Switzerland, St Gallen
Frosch GmbH, a new taxi company in St Gallen, Switzerland, has established its environmental credentials early by commencing business with five natural gas powered VW Passat EcoFuels fleet vehicles. The taxis will operate on compressed natural gas/biomethane (80:20) and will only switch to gasoline when the three under-floor cylinders are empty. The vehicles have an operating rage of [...]
New CNG Stations Fuel Chicago NGVs
June 17, 2011 – 8:06 pm
USA, Chicago IL
Clean Energy Fuels Corp., North American supplier of natural gas fuel for transportation, has hosted a ceremony to mark the opening of two public access compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations in Chicago. Part of a planned Chicagoland network, the new natural gas stations will support growing fleets of taxis, paratransit vehicles, service vans, refuse [...]
