The emergence of natural gas as a dominant alternative fuel in the United States is well illustrated by the unprecedented display of more than 30 different natural gas vehicles (NGVs) — sedans, pick-up trucks, vans, medium and heavy duty trucks, buses and special purpose vehicles including a CNG powered fire truck, all available in the USA — planned for the Alternative Clean Transportation EXPO (ACT Expo) in Long Beach, California, from 4-6 May.
Natural Gas Vehicles on Display -
- Big Blue CNG Motor Coach (Chesapeake Energy)
- Chevrolet Express CNG Cargo Van (Model Year 2011)
- Chevrolet Express CNG Van (Greenkraft)
- Chevrolet Silverado CNG Pickup Truck (Greenkraft)
- Chevrolet Silverado Service Body CNG Pickup Truck (Southern California Gas Company)
- Ford CNG Convertible Coupe (Model Year 1933, Natural Drive)
- Ford CNG Transit Connect (BAF/Soritmo Cargo Conversion)
- Ford E-250 CNG Cargo Van (Landi Renzo)
- Ford E-350 CNG Van (Supershuttle)
- Ford E-350 CNG Van (AT&T)
- Ford E-450 CNG Transit Bus
- Ford F-450 CNG Electric Hybrid Aerial Truck (AT&T)
- Ford Transit Connect CNG Taxi Cab
- Freightliner Cascadia 113 CNG Tractor
- Freightliner M2 112 CNG Stake Body Truck
- Freightliner M2 112 CNG Tractor + 53ft Trailer
- Freightliner M2 112 LNG Tractor (Sysco Foods)
- GMC Sierra 2500HD CNG Pickup Truck (Landi Renzo)
- Green Alternative Solutions CNG School Bus
- HME CNG Fire Truck
- Honda Civic GX CNG Sedan (Model Year 2011)
- International ProStar MaxxForce 13 Dual-Fuel Tractor (LNG)
- JAC Model 1061 Cab Forward CNG Truck (Greenkraft)
- Kenworth T440 Extended Day Cab CNG Tractor
- Kenworth T800 LNG Aerocab Sleeper Tractor (Border Valley Trading)
- NABI CNG Articulated Transit Bus (Santa Monica Big Blue Bus)
- Peterbilt 320 Refuse Collection CNG Truck
- Peterbilt 384 Extended Day Cab LNG Tractor
- Thomas Built School Bus CNG Saf-T-Liner HDX
- Westport Innovations, LNG Class-8 Tractor
Ride and Drive vehicles include -
- Buick CNG Lucerne (Landi Renzo)
- Ford Transit Connect CNG Vehicle
- Freightliner M2 112 CNG Tractor (Ryder)
- Honda Civic GX CNG Sedan (Model Year 2011)
Tours will include -
- Republic Services, where more than 40 CNG refuse trucks are fueled each night by a state-of-the-art time fill CNG refueling station. Attendees will be walked through the CNG refueling station equipment and the benefits of time filling will be explained.
- Clean Energy public access natural gas truck fueling station in the Port of Long Beach – the largest in the nation. This facility provides daily fueling to hundreds of LNG powered port trucks.
- City of Los Angeles North Central maintenance garage where particpants will be walked through the various modifications and upgrades that were required for indoor maintainance of heavy-duty LNG and CNG vehicles.
- City of Los Angeles LNG/LCNG refueling station. The North Central station has four 15,000-gallon LNG fuel storage tanks, six LNG dispensers, two dual-hose CNG dispensers, and a high volume LCNG fuel system. It provides daily LNG fueling for the approximately 120 of the City’s 450 LNG refuse collection trucks and CNG for a variety of light, medium, and heavy duty vehicles.
- Ryder Rancho Dominguez yard, where the first 70 natural gas trucks in Ryder’s Southern California truck rental and leasing operation will be launched. These first 70 trucks are part of a larger 202 unit order that has been funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and the California Energy Commission.
Event details here.
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