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Peterbilt highlights green trucks at Earth Day Texas
Peterbilt Motors Company is again participating in the world’s largest Earth Day celebration – Earth Day Texas – April 24-26 at Fair Park in Dallas. The company has two vehicles on display, the Model 579 EPIQ and a natural-gas powered Model 579, and a unique driving simulator that includes a full-size truck cab. “Earth Day […]
April 24, 2015
Natural gas conversion for Cat truck engines gains EPA approval
Omnitek Engineering Corp. announced it has received a Certificate of Conformity from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) applicable for diesel-to-natural gas engine conversions of the popular Caterpillar C15 engine family for model years 1993 to 2006. TheCertificate of Conformity allows engine conversions to proceed in 49 States and includes the Caterpillar 3406E, C15, C15 ACERT and C16 engine models. Omnitek […]
April 23, 2015
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Alt fuel innovator seeks fleets/older trucks to beta test emulsified diesel system
A Michigan-based alternative fuel developer is seeking fleets with older-generation tractors to beta test a new emulsified fuel system. Fierce Fuel Systems says that its new X2O diesel fuel system will allow fleets with older trucks to remain competitive and advance toward stringent U.S. emissions mandates solution while keeping on the road — and making money — […]
April 17, 2015
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Clean Energy opens four new LNG locations to support Raven Transport’s 115 LNG tractor purchase
Raven Transport is expanding its natural gas fleet with the purchase of 115 Peterbilt Model 579 sleeper tractors powered by liquefied natural gas engines from Rush Truck Center in Jacksonville, Fla. Clean Energy will serve as the Raven Transport’s LNG operation by opening fueling locations in Atlanta, Birmingham and Theodore, Ala., and Pearl, Miss. The fleet will also fuel […]
April 2, 2015
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Northeast Florida welcomes first public-access CNG station
amp Trillium LLC, a joint venture between ampCNG and TrilliumCNG, and Champion Brands Incorporated celebrated the grand opening of the first public access compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling station in northeast Florida. The new 24-7 station in Jacksonville, Fla., will feature Trillium CNG’s HY-C fast-fill hydraulic intensifier compressor. The new station supports the region’s quest […]
March 3, 2015
Business
Gain, “O” Ring announce CNG station co-branding partnership
Gain Clean Fuel, a division of U.S. Gain, has partnered with “O” Ring CNG Fuel Systems, a compressed natural gas provider and station builder. The partnership will co-brand “O” Ring CNG’s four CNG stations as “O” Ring CNG / Gain Clean Fuel and incorporate them into Gain Clean Fuel’s nationwide infrastructure of CNG stations. The […]
February 26, 2015
Business
Ryder to train entire maintenance staff on natural gas vehicle technologies
Over 6,000 maintenance and service employees across Ryder’s 800 maintenance facilities will be trained on the new technology.
February 23, 2015
Business
Eaton, Cummins announce more profound powertrain integration push
The Eaton-Cummins SmartAdvantage powertrain has proven to be so successful, that Mike Taylor, Cummins Global Powertrain Manager, says the two companies will be continually refining existing products – and introducing new ones – soon.
February 15, 2015
Business
Nopetro inks CNG agreement with Central Florida Transit
Nopetro, a Florida-based compressed natural gas fueling infrastructure provider, today announced it will build and operate a CNG fueling station for the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (Lynx). In addition, Nopetro will provide improvements to its maintenance facility and convert the public bus fleet to CNG. Nopetro’s station would also be available to serve private […]
February 12, 2015
Business
Ryder eclipses 30 million miles with natural gas fleet
Ryder System announced this week it has surpassed 30 million miles with its fleet of liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas tractors. The company, which began its natural gas vehicle program in 2011, has replaced approximately 4.6 million gallons of diesel fuel with lower emission domestically produced natural gas. Ryder’s natural gas fleet operations serve […]
January 29, 2015
Business
Interstate Battery offers cold weather cranking tips
Did you know cold weather affects auto batteries more than any other engine component? During extreme winter weather conditions, Interstate Batteries encourages motorists to protect and care for that part of the vehicle a driver depends on most every day. Filled with fluid containing mostly water, batteries are susceptible to freezing when the battery is […]
January 15, 2015
Business
amp Trillium opens CNG station in Canton, Ohio
amp Trillium, a joint venture between ampCNG and Trillium CNG, has opened a public access compressed natural gas station in Canton, Ohio, to serve Frito-Lay North America, the station’s anchor tenant. Frito-Lay North America selected Trillium CNG as a station partner to build public fueling infrastructure to serve its fleet of heavy-duty, Class 8 CNG tractor trailers. Frito […]
December 18, 2014
Business
U.S. Oil to build six new CNG stations for C.A.T., Ruan
On the heels of its announcement of an order of 100 compressed natural gas-powered trucks from Ryder, C.A.T. announced an agreement with U.S. Oil to build five GAIN Clean Fuel CNG stations in the United States and Canada. The new station sites will be located in Toronto, Montreal, Laredo, Texas, Charlotte, N.C. and Scranton, Penn. U.S. […]
November 13, 2014
Business
Natural gas adoption stalls on lower diesel prices; ACT publishes ‘reality check’
With diesel prices at three-year lows and expected to remain well below $4 in 2015, much of the shine is off the pennies per gallon that can be saved by using alternative fuels. Still, adoption in trucking “has and will continue to grow, but at a slower rate the next few years,” says Ken ACT Research’s Vieth.
November 13, 2014
Business
amp Trillium opens CNG station in Sweetwater, Texas
Trillium CNG and ampCNG announced their joint venture, amp Trillium, LLC, has opened a public-access compressed natural gas station in Sweetwater, Texas that will service Class-8 trucks. It is the fourth of seven public fueling stations to be opened as part of an agreement with Dairy Farmers of America and Select Milk Producers to convert a portion of […]
November 6, 2014
Business
C.A.T. goes all in on CNG with order from Ryder
C.A.T. has signed a full-service agreement with Ryder System for 100 compressed natural gas sleeper tractors, marking Ryder’s first natural gas lease customer in Canada and its largest single natural gas vehicle customer to date. C.A.T., a truckload carrier based in Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada, will use the trucks in its delivery fleet that travels from Montreal, […]
October 24, 2014
Business
Clean Energy, Dillon Transport announce multi-year fueling agreement
Clean Energy Fuels and Dillon Transport announced a multi-year fueling agreement in which Clean Energy will supply 2.5 million diesel gallon equivalents of compressed natural gas to the tank carrier annually. In addition, Clean Energy plans to open three new public-access CNG stations in Houston and Midland Texas and Atlanta by year-end to accommodate the […]
October 8, 2014
Business
New compressor from Trillium CNG to cut fueling time in half
At a press conference at the 2014 American Trucking Association’s Management Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, Trillium CNG introduced its new 7-inch Hydraulic Intensifier Compressor (HY-C) technology, which the company says can achieve a theoretical fill rate of 20 gas-gallon-equivalents per minute. “The new 7-inch HY-C not only preserves valuable driver time, which is […]
October 5, 2014
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