Already Low Registration Rates Remain Lower Through Friday
ACT Expo 2013, the Alternative Clean Transportation Conference & Exhibition, is less than a week away. ACT Expo 2013 runs June 24-27 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
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Shipping of 2014 Model CNG Bi-Fuel Vehicles Expected Late This Year
Impco Automotive says it will add GM crew cab model pickups converted to compressed natural gas-gasoline bi-fuel operation for 2014, with shipping of the DOEM (distributed OEM) vehicles commencing in the third and fourth quarters of this year. Orders are being taken now.
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Twin X-Store Brand Type IV Tanks on Bi-Fuel Sedan
Xperion Energy & Environment reports its selection as a Tier 1 supplier of X-Store brand lightweight high pressure CNG cylinders for the new Audi A3 G-tron. The five-door, compressed natural gas-gasoline bi-fuel “sportback” is Audi’s first natural gas vehicle. It’s to go on sale at the end of the year.
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‘We Need to Expand Our Infrastructure and Nurture the Market’
Houston-based CenterPoint Energy says it will add 35 natural gas vehicles to its fleet in six states: Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas
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Big Washington Gathering Will Mark Clean Cities 20th Anniversary
ACT Expo 2013 will be in full swing just three weeks from now in Washington, with the assembled thousands celebrating the 20th anniversary of DoE’s Clean Cites program at America’s largest and pre-eminent alt fuels conclave.
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OMB Solenoid Connectors May Pose Fire Risk in 2011-2013 Vehicles
In a move that may well have further reverberations, Impco Automotive is recalling nearly 1,800 model year 2011-2013 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans converted to dedicated-compressed natural gas operation, because of a potential fire hazard.
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Grants for Light and Medium Vehicles, Propane and EVs Too
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection has kicked off its Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant program for light and medium duty natural gas vehicles. The AFIG program will provide an estimated $10 million in grants to help companies and organizations purchase or convert medium to light-weight natural gas vehicles.
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LNG Hauler’s Fleet Is Now Better than 20% LNG-Fueled
GDF Suez Gas NA has begun supplying LNG to Transgas to fuel its new LNG-hauling tractors. “Transgas is the largest liquefied natural gas trucking company in the Northeast,” Suez says, and “is using LNG to fuel ten new tanker-truck tractors, which are also transporting LNG primarily to gas utilities throughout New England and to commercial-industrial facilities.”
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GNA Client Deemed Second-Best in Sustainability Disclosure
The Investor Responsibility Research Center has rated Waste Management as the second-best of all S&P 500 companies in terms of sustainability reporting. New York City-based IRRC evaluates annual reports, company 10-K filings and sustainability publications.
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LNG Short Hood Day Cabs Have the 11.9-liter ISX12 G Engine
Illinois-based Dillon Transport is adding 25 Kenworth T800 short hood day cab tractors powered by the new Cummins Westport ISX12 G heavy duty natural gas engine to its 450-plus fleet starting this summer, reports Kenworth parent Paccar.
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