On November 4, the sixth Asia-Pacific Natural Gas Vehicle Association International Conference & Exhibition (also known as ANGVA 2015) was held at Chengdu Century New International Exhibition Center. This year, the conference & exhibition ...
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House and Senate have bills that would raise federal truck weight limits for natural gas vehicles. Heavier fuel tanks and equipment on natural gas trucks can add as much as 2,000 pounds more than diesel ...
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide has signed a long-term agreement with Ryder System for the purchase and supply of complete compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel systems for trucks. With the agreement, Ryder will purchase ...
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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett has awarded $7.7m in funding under Act 13 for 25 companies and organizations that are switching to natural gas for their heavy-duty fleet vehicles. This funding is a part of the Natural Gas Energy ...
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Westport Innovations and Indian automaker Tata Motors have introduced a new spark-ignited (SI) natural gas 3.8L turbocharged engine featuring the Westport WP580 engine management system (EMS). WP580 EMS is a highly configurable system, ...
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The California Energy Commission (CEC) is set to offer $10m in funding for natural gas vehicle incentives in a move to reduce the purchase price of new on-road natural gas vehicles. CEC is currently seeking applications from original ...
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Richard Kolodziej, president of NGVAmerica for 18 years, will retire after a replacement is selected by the board of directors, the association said. Kolodziej, 67, will stay on as an advisor to the natural gas-vehicle organization to ...
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Cold Star Freight is breaking new ground with its purchase of 10 natural gas Mack tractors. The company is the first to bring natural gas fuelling infrastructure to Vancouver Island, and is also among the smaller Canadian fleets to adopt ...
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Natural gas trucks perform well and can get the job done even in some of Canada's harshest cold weather conditions says a report released in Ottawa today. The report, Evaluation of the Winter Performance of Compressed Natural Gas Refuse ...
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The Pennsylvania Governor's office announced Thursday that US Steel Corp. is one of 33 recipients of the administration's Alternative Fuel Incentive Grants.The company will receive $52,618 from the state Department of Environmental ...
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Government has an important role to play in establishing natural gas as a viable transportation fuel, including resisting the urge to slap a road tax on the clean-burning fuel. Jamie Milner, vice-president, market development and customer ...
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Clean Energy Fuels, a provider of natural gas for transportation, has commercially distributed Redeem, a renewable natural gas vehicle fuel that is made from waste streams such as landfills, large dairies and sewage plants, directly to ...
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Representatives from two of Canada's most experienced liquefied natural gas (LNG) truck fleets opened up about their experiences with the technology during a candid conversation at the first annual Natural Gas Vehicle Infrastructure Canada ...
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Frank Des Rosiers, an assistant deputy minister with Natural Resources Canada, spoke at the first annual Natural Gas Vehicle Infrastructure Canada conference today, to provide a federal government perspective on the use of natural gas for ...
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The trucking industry has had its flirtations with natural gas in the past, so why will the present surge in interest be any different than previous experiences in the 80s and 90s, when the alternative fuel was examined and then just as ...
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