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January 28, 2008 issue of Fleets & Fuels
A big-name grocery chain has committed to biodiesel across its fleet, a Paccar unit has committed to factory production of LNG tractors, three Daimler truck brands are touting hybrid drives and CNG delivery trucks. The U.S. arm of a 28,000-employee Chinese OEM vows to deliver CNG-fueled transit buses that cost no more to buy than conventional diesels. A U.S. firm is powering buses from the same supplier in Guangzhou. A U.S. drivetrain developer says its e-drive shipments in 2007 were tenfold those of 2006. A U.S. OEM teams with an innovative cellulosic ethanol outfit, and sets an engineering unit for electric vehicles. A lithium battery providers link with a vehicle developer. Fleet-leasing firms are weighing into the clean vehicles arena in a big way. We deliver a rundown on a big name firm. Lots of key meetings news too. Biomethane. It's all in the January 28 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Fleets & Fuels readers have theirs. Shouldn't you subscribe to Fleets & Fuels Rich Piellisch January 14, 2008 issue of Fleets & Fuels
The advent of LNG trucking in Europe, the XH Extreme plug-in hybrid, 'routine' delivery of landfill-derived LNG, Las Vegas garners a world award for alt fuel efforts, certified Ford truck conversions to CNG. E85/ethanol, biodiesel and high-efficiency gasoline engine developments. A new international partnership for jatropha-based biodiesel. It's all in the January 14 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Fleets & Fuels readers have their copies, replete with telephone and e-mail contact information for key players. Shouldn't you subscribe to Fleets & Fuels too? Rich Piellisch January 1, 2008 issue of Fleets & Fuels
California will have to sue, again, if it wants to go ahead with its aggressive greenhouse gas reduction program (advocates were outmaneuvered in Washington, where a law raising mileage minimums was at last enacted). All that, and much much more, is detailed in the gala, January 1, first-of-the-New-Year, "look-ahead" Fleets & Fuels newsletter issue Ð which Fleets & Fuels readers already have, with key contact information for doing clean fuels business, now and throughout 2008. Shouldn't YOU be subscribing to Fleets & Fuels? Best Regards, (and HAPPY New Year!) Rich Piellisch December 10, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels
Plug in. Switch on. "We've sold hundreds and we expect to sell thousands next year," T3 Motion president Neil Brooker told F&F at EVS-23 last week. His company makes innovative, elegantly designed battery-powered three-wheelers for security applications. His remark (and his T3 vehicle) captures the spirit of this year's world electric vehicles meeting, the first in the U.S. since 2003. Vehicles on show ranged from electric bicycles to a Class 7 truck. Batterymakers ran the gamut from A123 to nickel zinc. Fleets & Fuels have Fleets & Fuels' coverage of EVS-23. Shouldn't you subscribe the Fleets & Fuels? Happy Holidays! Best Regards, Rich Piellisch November 26, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels
Two different types of hydrogen buses for London, six more diesel hybrids for London, new fuel cell buses for Oakland, an exit from automotive fuel cells, broader support for NGVs in Texas, clean commercial vehicles from a European OEM, clean fuels action (and inaction) in the Middle East, and a bid to boost natural gas vehicles in Southern California. It's all in the November 26 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Fleets & Fuels subscribers have the November 26 newsletter issue, replete with Key Contact information. Shouldn't YOU subscribe the Fleets & Fuels? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch November 5, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels
The goal of thousands of cleaner vehicles for the nation's ports got a big boost as funding has come through, and LNG will fuel trucks for the household names Nike and Target -- as new sources of LNG supply are emerging. In electric vehicles, at least four new plug-in hybrid trials are getting underway, and a U.S. battery manufacturer will supply Think Global in Norway in what it is said to be the largest automotive lithium ion deal ever. The Federal Transit Administration and Calstart are working up a plan for electrification of the nation's buses, and a major California transit agency is testing tough-spec biodiesel and a clean, natural gas-derived GTL fuel in 22 in-service vehicles. All this and more is in the November 5 issue of Fleets & Fuels. It's replete with key contact information (15 key players for the PHEV report alone). Fleets & Fuels readers have those names and phone numbers and e-mail addresses now. Shouldn't you be reading Fleets & Fuels regularly too? Subscribe today! Best Regards, Rich Piellisch October 22, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels
A pair of West Coast meetings kept clean vehicle advocates hopping last week, as NGVAmerica's national natural gas vehicles conclave was held in Reno, and the South Coast Air Quality Management District hosted the Southern California Clean Vehicle Technology Expo in Ontario, Calif. The South Coast Expo was the more colorful of the two, with an impressive line-up of ride-and-drive vehicles ranging from diminutive scooters to bright yellow school buses, including electric drives. But the real excitement was in Reno, where a resurgent NGV sector sees its fuel making a major comeback among U.S. fleet customers (think fuel price, geopolitics, the environment, fuel price). Attendees at both meetings basked in the prospect of more than $1 billion in alt fuels support as new legislation was signed by California Gov. Schwarzenegger. Lots of NGV project and vehicle placement news, and significant electric vehicle action too: a Canadian lithium ion battery specialist is looking at a manufacturing joint venture in India, and partners are talking up the first-ever plug-in hybrid electric utility bucket truck. GM, as widely reported, has begun deploying its 100-plus "Project Driveway" Equinox Fuel Cell cars. We tell how a major hydrogen provider is gearing up to help fuel them -- and how it's preparing for a competing automaker's 300-vehicle fuel cell vehicle deployment in 2009. It's all in the October 22 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Fleets & Fuels readers have their issues. Shouldn't you subscribe to Fleets & Fuels? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch October 8, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels
A successful HTUF meeting in Seattle in the context of hybrid trucks in production by name OEMs, just as the transit agency in Philadelphia orders 400 (and perhaps 480) hybrid buses with parallel electric drives. The Indiana company vying to be the first in the U.S. to commercialize lithium ion batteries for vehicles will unveil a line of 'plug-and-play' battery packs Tuesday. The firm unit has new government funding too. A Massachusetts company has a $2 million Air Force contract for hybrids. A Japanese manufacturer credits its own new high-pressure fuel tanks for a record setting run of its hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in Japan. A new company in New York plans to furnish CNG limousines for high-rollers, while even higher rollers, who fly in private jets, are being offered carbon offsets as operators fund alternative jet fuel research. It's all detailed in the October 8 issue of Fleets & Fuels. We suggest that you subscribe to Fleets & Fuels. Best Regards, Rich Piellisch September 17, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels
The Northeast Advanced Vehicle Consortium today announces hydrogen fuel cell bus projects representing $54 million in research. We deliver contact information at more than 20 participating organizations. A federal judge upholds the right of states to follow California's aggressive climate action plan, Ford raises the hybrid electric ante with a Volvo plug-in, Quantum teams with Fisker for luxury hybrids, Chrysler sets a hybrid division (and hires Jim Press from Toyota). Distrust batteries? The U.S. EPA talks up hydraulic hybrid technology for port vehicles, while a British-Canadian concern says steam is the answer for vehicles ranging from passenger cars to container ships. Clean Energy reveals the location of its new LNG plant in California, and GESI relocates in Los Angeles. It's all in the September 17 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Fleets & Fuels readers have theirs, replete with contact information. Shouldn't you subscribe to Fleets & Fuels too? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch September 3, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels
Hybrid trucks continue their commercialization march, transit agencies will soon be receiving alt fuel and hybrid versions of a new-design bus from Canada, Southern California clean air rules requiring alternative fuels for new fleet vehicle purchases are upheld. A California company gets $6 million to fund development of a radical 3-wheel electric vehicle. The Mayor of San Francisco gives a boost to a premium hotel chain's plans to install EV chargers ? with drivers of a particular new premium EV in mind. A fuel cell car breaks 200mph at Bonneville. Los Angeles tests what's believed to be the world's largest CNG bus. We profile Delta-Q, a Canadian manufacturer of compact integrated chargers for mass-market electric vehicles, including plug-in hybrids. It's all in the September 3 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Fleets & Fuels readers have theirs, replete with dozens of new contacts. Shouldn't you subscribe to Fleets & Fuels? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch September 3, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels
Hybrid trucks continue their commercialization march, transit agencies will soon be receiving alt fuel and hybrid versions of a new-design bus from Canada, Southern California clean air rules requiring alternative fuels for new fleet vehicle purchases are upheld. A California company gets $6 million to fund development of a radical 3-wheel electric vehicle. The Mayor of San Francisco gives a boost to a premium hotel chain's plans to install EV chargers ? with drivers of a particular new premium EV in mind. A fuel cell car breaks 200mph at Bonneville. Los Angeles tests what's believed to be the world's largest CNG bus. We profile Delta-Q, a Canadian manufacturer of compact integrated chargers for mass-market electric vehicles, including plug-in hybrids. It's all in the September 3 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Fleets & Fuels readers have theirs, replete with dozens of new contacts. Shouldn't you subscribe to Fleets & Fuels? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch August 20, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels
The North American natural gas vehicle fueling leader is branching to Peru as world sales of NGVs soar, with annual growth exceeding 30% over the past five years. A new program is kicking off for hybrid yard hostlers for ports - maybe electric, maybe hydraulic. RAC fleets are snapping up the Prius. A Canadian company brings the benefits of SCR to diesel aftertreatment, while eliminating selective catalytic reduction's extra chemical tanks. At least three firms are trumpeting plans for cellulosic ethanol production in the U.S. Volt developer gets tighter with Massachusetts battery outfit; deliveries of first-generation plug-in hybrid electric school buses continue; East Coast research agency gets its first plug-in, from a Canadian converter with its own advanced lithium batteries. A utility is already asking for a plug-in version of its HTUF service truck. Importer launches a low-speed battery truck from China, and details ambitious plans for a freeway-capable lithium ion passenger car. All the above and much more is in the August 20 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Subscribers have theirs. Shouldn't you subscribe to Fleets & Fuels? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch August 6, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels
We thought plug-in hybrid electric vehicles were gaining momentum two weeks ago -- now Toyota has acknowledged road tests of eight vehicles in Japan and is even supplying two PHEV Prius cars for evaluation by two U.S. universities. We tell why... (and provide contact information for a slew of PHEV projects) Fleets & Fuels reports on how a California transit agency is looking ahead to an electric drive/gaseous fuel future -- it may seek hybrid variants of some of its hundreds of on-order CNG buses. Updates on national hybrid refuse truck project (both electric and hydraulic variants are in the running) a report on the European Natural Gas Vehicle Association's recent annual meeting in Strasbourg, and a summary of pollution-cutting action at the Port of Oakland. It's all in the August 6 issue of Fleets & Fuels, which Fleets & Fuels readers have. Shouldn't you have it too? Why not subscribe today? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch May 7, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels A 150-unit buy of gasoline-fueled hybrid transit buses, battery truck partners tackling a plug-in hybrid, a Canadian agency's pending choice of a supplier of 20 fuel cell hybrid buses, and three CNG-hybrid projects. A deep discount on fuel to consumers buying a new dedicated-compressed natural gas Honda Civic GX, good initial grades for a pair of International trucks re-powered for CNG in Texas, and a brand new taxi with CNG or propane from the factory (soon to enter production). A profile of Canada's Electrovaya, a developer of versatile lithium polymer batteries with EV drivetrain design capabilities. All of the above and much much more is in the May 7 issue of Fleets & Fuels, the tenth of 2007. Fleets & Fuels readers already have theirs, replete with key contact information. Shouldn't you sign up for Fleets & Fuels?Best Regards, Rich Piellisch April 23, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels Momentum is building for hybrid electric vehicles, including the grid-connected plug-in kind, with a strong vote of confidence from the California Air Resources Board on cars, new details about a utility-backed OEM truck with parallel plug-in drivetrain, and $14 million more in federal plug-in funding up for grabs. Vehicle-to-grid technology -- V2G -- is getting substantial, mostly favorable attention. A Japanese automaker is teaming with an electronics goliath with an eye to becoming a lithium ion/electric transportation powerhouse. Tesla chief Martin Eberhard reveals a bit about his batteries. New EV fleet sales in the UK (a score) and Mexico (a thousand). A Southern California company positions itself with one Chinese manufacturer for advanced vehicles and battery packs, and with another for CNG tanks. Heavy duty NGV leader steams ahead with a new CNG truck family in Europe. Oil and paper companies ponder a cellulose-based biofuels venture. It's all in the April 23 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Regular Fleets & Fuels readers have theirs, with contact information for key players. Shouldn't you sign up for Fleets & Fuels too? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch April 9, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels The Supreme Court affirms that carbon dioxide may be regulated as a vehicle pollutant. Yet another name truckbuilder launches a hybrid electric model. A major diesel engine manufacturer approves B20. An Australian company tests CNG cement mixers. Companies display all manner of advanced vehicles and lay out their plans for an alt fuels future at the AF&V 2007 convention in Anaheim. The electric vehicle association calls in the professionals to help organize EVS-23, slated for the same venue late in the year. All of the details, with contact information for key players, is in the April 9 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Fleets & Fuels subscribers have theirs. Shouldn't you subscribe to Fleets & Fuels? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch March 26, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels A nickel battery leader seeks strategic alternatives, a Chicago start-up claims an answer to lithium ion thermal problems, the leading seller of hybrid passenger cars is making them available to rental car and other private fleets, a Northern Ireland busbuilder claims the first double-decker hybrid, a converter of diesel engines to natural gas pursues more power, a CNG fueling station specialist lines up a supplier of bigger compressors, a leading gas cylinder manufacturer will open a new CNG tank plant in California and branch into all-composite Type IVs, there is new biomethane progress in Europe, a team of German adventurers making the first-ever 'round-the-world trip on CNG arrives in the U.S., President Bush continues to stump for hybrids and other alternative fuel vehicles. All this and more is in the March 26 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Fleets & Fuels readers have all the details, including contact information. Shouldn't YOU subscribe to Fleets & Fuels too?Best Regards, Rich Piellisch March 12, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Hybrid vans for the new fiber optics arm of a huge telecom fleet, funding of plug-in hybrids and natural gas vehicles in Los Angeles, deliveries of plug-in hybrid school buses, and a shift in the fueling of CNG buses on Long Island. We give you a run-down of the top ten alt fuel vehicle cities in the U.S., let you know who's the second retail customer for Honda's FCX fuel cell car, and deliver a company profile of a natural gas engine conversion specialist -- established in San Diego but based in the UK now, and looking for an OEM partner. More CHDV 2007 coverage, the Vanguard from UCS, modular hybrid drives from Germany, and a new study of the alt fuels blogosphere. 10,000-psi hydrogen in Irvine, Calif., and the possibility for 28,000 battery EVs in France. All the above and more is in the March 12 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Fleets & Fuels subscribers have the details. Shouldn't YOU subscribe to Fleets & Fuels too? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch February 26, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, From Bush and Blair down to the tiny copper fins that can help shrink the size and complexity of critical electric drive vehicle components, we run the gamut in this week's issue of Fleets & Fuels. Two English e-truck manufacturers are placing their latest offerings with two giant British retailers, a Washington State transit agency is mixing biodiesel and ethanol, a Finnish company has a new biodiesel that has none of biodiesel's problems, a heavy duty plug-in specialist has lined up a motor supplier, several natural gas vehicle players look to be changing hands, home CNG fueling catches on in Italy and the European NGV Association makes the case for generous carbon credits for NGV manufacturers. We cover a conference that no one in the clean vehicles industry should have missed. It's all in the February 26 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Fleets & Fuels have the details on all of the above, and more, replete with contact information for key players. Shouldn't YOU subscribe to Fleets & Fuels too? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch February 12, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, A major international oil company is putting half a billion dollars into biofuels, a household-name enginemaker is getting out of natural gas vehicles, the lead U.S. automaker wants federal money to help develop lithium batteries, an important battery research battery consultant concurs that plug-ins aren't ready, California has $25 million to spend on clean transportation projects, ports look to LNG, the car re-crowned as the world's greenest retains its HOV lane eligibility in California. We're impressed by a new argument by hydrogen boosters, one they should have been making all along. And we explain the strategy behind Ford's recent showing of plug-in series hybrid hydrogen fuel cell concept vehicles. Ford's HySeries chassis is shown here, as is a Honda Civic GX zipping up the carpool lane. Details of all of those items and more, much more, is in the February 12 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Fleets & Fuels readers have theirs, and they have contact information for all the key players. Shouldn't YOU subscribe to Fleets & Fuels too? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch January 29, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, No, that's not a new ride for the governor. We're juxtaposing Schwarzenegger and a new purpose-built taxi offered with alt fuels as factory options to show that plenty is going on in addition to President Bush's embrace of plug-in battery cars in his State of the Union address -- other officials are doing more, and while Mr. Bush may have brushed aside issues like global warming in the past, numerous entrepreneurs have not. We deliver details on lots of examples, from battery electrics to natural vehicles to E85-capable hybrids. It's all in the January 29 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Fleets & Fuels subscribers have the information. Shouldn't YOU subscribe to Fleets & Fuels too? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch January 15, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles have made widespread news as the lead U.S. vowed that it's serious about them and detailed a new SERIES drive concept, with implications that pure battery electrics are moving forward too. They certainly are in England, where the world's oldest electric vehicle manufacturer has new battery electric truck models, and a big new plant to build them in. There's a new premium battery EV in California. New heavy-duty hybrid electric trucks have been publicized by in the U.S., with one of them being developed for retail giant Wal-Mart. New distributors have been named for a line of hybrid electric buses. Prius sedans are available for fleets again. New York State detailed plans to convert more than 400 of its existing hybrids to plug-in operation. All that, and much more, is in the January 15 issue of Fleets & Fuels, replete with Key Contact information. Fleets & Fuels subscribers have it all. Shouldn't YOU subscribe to Fleets & Fuels? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch January 1, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, The January 1 issue of Fleets & Fuels is dedicated to biomethane. It's a special issue, ten pages, setting forth the great potential for biomethane and detailing some of the projects in Sweden, Switzerland, France and elsewhere in Europe, that are supplying fuel for substantial numbers of vehicles today. Nascent projects in the United States are detailed too, and the issue includes a profile of a Seattle-based company that's leading the charge to tap landfills and other sources of biomethane gas to supply fuel for vehicles in the U.S. It's all in the January 1, 2007 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Shouldn't you subscribe to Fleets & Fuels? Happy New Year! Best Regards, Rich Piellisch December 11, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Two Southern California ports float a plan that's to involve, among many other measures, deployment of thousands of diesel-replacing LNG trucks. The CEO of the leading America automaker pledges a plug-in hybrid, one week later a British automotive design specialist details a diesel-fueled plug-in it says can be built economically while achieving 88 miles per gallon. Plans and indeed manufacturing are going forward for approximately 100 hybrid electric trucks, mostly utility bucket trucks, to join two dozen entering service. Industry awaits Washington action to make promised tax breaks for heavy duty hybrids a reality. A compressed natural gas fueling supplier targets forklifts as a major manufacturer affirms that its new line will include options for gaseous fuels. An agency in Texas is having trouble giving away $5 million. Fleets & Fuels readers have all the details, including contact information. Shouldn't you be reading Fleets & Fuels too? Subscribe today. Best Regards, and Happy Merry, Best Regards, Rich Piellisch November 27, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Heavy duty hybrid vehicles dominate, as one supplier reports sales totaling 411 of its buses with series electric drives, and we feature a wrap-up of this month's Hybrid Truck Users Forum in San Diego. Regular Fleets & Fuels readers already know all about HTUF. If you'd like to see what's new in heavy duty hybrids (and other alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles, replete with contact information), perhaps you should subscribe to Fleets & Fuels too. Best Regards, Rich Piellisch, Editor Fleets & Fuels San Francisco November 13, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, "I have never felt so important in my life," outgoing IANGV president Juan Carlos Fracchia said at NGV2006, the world natural gas vehicles meeting in Cairo, after touring the bustling show last week with officials including the Egyptian ministers of petroleum and the environment--and a swarm of local photographers. NGV2006 wrapped up this past Thursday. Fleets & Fuels is pleased to bring you a very special report on the event. It's a somewhat larger issue than usual, with more pages and more pictures, and we think it will prove instructive to anyone in the business of alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles. Key contact information? Of course. The vehicle pictured here (check out the Egyptian plates!) is a Volkswagen Caddy, stock save for the addition of nine all-composite Type IV CNG tanks affording a single-fill range of more than 1,550 miles. A team of German adventurers is bidding for a Guinness record, driving the car around the world solely on CNG, as part of a project backed by Swagelok. The vehicle was at NGV2006 in Cairo, is as of this writing passing through Diyarbakir, Turkey, and may well come to your town too: check out the Eco-Challenge at www.ecofuel-world-tour.com Fleets & Fuels thanks Clean Energy and FuelMaker and, last but not least, Swagelok for making our own expedition to Cairo possible as well. About that special issue of Fleets & Fuels. Fleets & Fuels readers have it already. Shouldn't you subscribe to Fleets & Fuels? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch, Editor Fleets & Fuels San Francisco October 30, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, A major Japanese utility outlines plans to replace thousands of its fleet
vehicles with electrics, a Japanese zaibatsu (you know the name) is
revealed as the supplier of key drivetrain components for hybrid
vehicles from GM, and a Chinese automotive research executive says
natural gas is the best way to accustom drivers to the changes
they’ll have to learn to make when moving, someday, from
today’s conventional fuels to hydrogen. October 9, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, A Japanese automaker counters General Motors with fuel cell vehicle news of its own. The Supreme Court agrees to decides whether carbon dioxide is a pollutant. A U.S.-owned European OEM pulls out of NGVs because they're not profitable enough. A European-owned U.S. truckmaker advances its natural gas truck project. A Canadian will fit American trucks chassis with parallel hybrid drives in hopes that the American manufacturer will sell them. The European NGV association gears up to push for greater use of LNG as a vehicle fuel in Europe. A U.S. busmaker (formerly owned by Europeans) complements its big bus line with smaller buses by buying another U.S. busmaker. A leading manufacturer of tubes and fittings delivers the parts that are crucial to hydrogen vehicles, while continuing its support of NGVs. All that and more is in the October 9 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Fleets & Fuels readers already have the details. Shouldn't you be a Fleets & Fuels reader too? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch September 25, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Hydrogen and lithium dominate the September 25 issue of Fleets & Fuels: the lightest element as the driver for fuel cell electric vehicles and the lightest metal as the basis for a new generation of electric car batteries. The biggest American carmaker has revealed plans for the biggest FCV trial ever, and three U.S. firms detail their lithium ion battery plans. A German OEM unveils a hydrogen ICE car. Lithium ion batteries power a new plug-in hybrid conversion offering. There's been a major change in the nascent hydraulic hybrid vehicles business as a major operation changes hands. Separately there's a project to take hydraulic hybrid technology to smaller vehicles. Big Oil is to support biofuels research in California to the tune of $25 million. Environmentalists are furious over DoE's latest proposal under the 1992 Energy Policy Act. It's all in the September 25 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Regular readers have it. Shouldn't you subscribe too? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch September 11, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, It's a sad, sad date but an appropriate one too to list trends pointing to a world that may finally be moving to more rational use of energy and resources for its transportation needs. North America's natural gas vehicle leader is moving to go public, a $55 million deal for dual-fuel buses in Thailand is to be announced today, there's new progress in electric vehicle drivetrains, there's a new factory for battery electric trucks in Britain, new funding for hybrid port vehicles in California, further action on the part of California regulators to reduce vehicle emissions, and a profile of a Winnipeg-based, internationally oriented gaseous fuel station and component specialist. It's all in the September 11, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Subscribers have their already. Shouldn't you subscribe too? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch August 28, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, hydraulic hybrid vehicles. One busbuilder buys another, and now looks to have two hybrid electric drivetrain offerings: parallel and series. A major aftermarket product line expansion in natural gas vehicles, and some perspective on NGVs you've likely not seen elsewhere. The skinny on AFS Trinity Power. A world alt fuel vehicles race planned for 2008. All this and more in the August 28 issue of Fleets & Fuels, replete with full contact information. Your competitors already have this information. Shouldn't you be getting Fleets & Fuels too? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch August 14, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Why plug-in hybrid electric vehicle advocates think automakers will jump onboard. A partnership for a Class 6 plug-in hybrid electric truck. Hybrid electric buses with Canadian drivelines meeting U.S. Buy America rules. The staggering potential of hydraulic hybrids. Natural gas-fueled hybrid buses. A Texas transit agency moves closer to 100% natural gas. A Southern California engine converter rocks in Asia. Home CNG fueling in Switzerland. Biodiesel processed with methanol made from landfill gas. How the U.S. EPA is trying to recognize hybrids' benefits. It's all in the August, 14, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels -- replete with unparalleled contact information. Fleets & Fuels subscribers already have it. Shouldn't you subscribe to Fleets & Fuels? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch July 31, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Plug-in hybrid school buses (funded and being ordered). The Tesla Roadster, which will cost at least $80,000 to buy but just a penny a mile to run (shown). A Texas transit agency's switch of 1,200-plus buses to B10 biodiesel. That same agency's buy of 40 parallel hybrid buses. A study to predict the fortunes of biodiesel worldwide using econometric models. A study showing that the U.S. could eliminate Saudi Arabian oil and then some if it enforced existing mileage standards. The first commercial hybrid fuel cell midibus for Europe. How the feds are getting serious about applying genetic engineering to cellulosic ethanol (one state puts up $20 million). A new joint venture in China and a manufacturing deal in France, both for key LNG vehicle components. The fabulous clean vehicle potential of the Los Angeles ports. How the Electric Drive Transportation Association is getting serious about bringing some real illumination to energy-stymied policymakers in Washington this fall. It's all in the July 31 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Subscribers have their copies. Shouldn't you be a subscriber? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch July 10, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Tax breaks for compressed natural gas and a twenty-unit solicitation for heavy duty plug-in hybrid buses. A CNG-fueled plug-in hybrid truck. A brand new battery electric car from a heavily credentialed California company (which has new investors). A blazing success in natural gas vehicles. Solicitations for new fuel cell buses. Hydraulic hybrid kits. Biomethane. It's all in the July 10 issue of Fleets & Fuels, replete with key contact information. Shouldn't you subscribe to Fleets & Fuels? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch June 26, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, LOTS of hybrids and hydrogen news this week, including a hydraulic hybrid with almost unbelievable potential efficiency advantages over battery-and-motor hybrids - the U.S. EPA and a package delivery company have just unveiled a test vehicle (the little gizmo at top right is a computer image of an integrated bent-axis pump motors assembly for driving the hydraulic hybrid's rear wheels). A Japanese automaker confirmed that it's stepping up its plug-in hybrid work and an American one is reportedly planning a plug-in launch (but declined to comment). We identify the supplier of nickel metal hydride batteries for the GM-Saturn Aura hybrid sedan as well as the announced Vue SUV. The NiMHs will also be used for new BRT hybrids for Las Vegas featuring a new and more powerful drivetrain from Germany and San Diego. The buses will be built in Ballymena. San Francisco wants thirty more hybrid buses, 30-footers. A Colorado motor specialist sees hybrids as the key to its future prosperity. Two outfits with the same name have projects involving hydrogen-methane mixes. The one in Canada has a no-GHG plasma process for making hydrogen from natural gas -- carbon is gathered as a solid. The one in Virginia not only offers hydrogen blending and dispensing equipment, but has named a potential buyer, in Mississippi, of 70 hydrogen hybrid internal combustion engine (HHICE) buses. We supply full contact information. We deliver updates on a renewable CNG and biodiesel facility in Ohio, and natural gas vehicles action in Thailand. And we bring news of a wind-assisted solar electric hybrid ferry. It's no joke: the would-be builder says the vessel's $1.5 million price premium can be worked off in four years or less assuming diesel at $3 per gallon. This is the second solar vehicle article we've had in a dozen years of publishing Fleets & Fuels, and both have come this month. Something about the 2006 solstice? All the above and more is replete with real business contact information. It's all in the June 26, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Shouldn't YOU subscribe to Fleets & Fuels? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch June 12, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Coverage this week ranges from the critically mundane to the whimsical. Critical: aftermarket alt fuel conversions will indeed be eligible for new U.S. federal tax credits, the IRS has decided. That means the new incentives are valid for CNG- and propane-fueled vehicles the automakers no longer offer, like Crown Victoria taxis. Whimsical: a California company is offering kits for boosting the electric performance of the Toyota Prius hybrid with solar energy. But with a payback of just four years with gasoline at $4 per gallon, and a boost in mileage performance of 20% to 30%, the PV Prius may prove to be far more than whimsical in the long run. We provide updates on new propane engines, natural gas vehicles action in Europe and Asia, on biodiesel, and both electric and hydraulic hybrids in the United States. It's all in the June 12, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Fleets & Fuels subscribers have all the details, including key contact information. Shouldn't you subscribe to Fleets & Fuels? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch May 29, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Alternative fuel and advanced vehicle action is accelerating on all fronts as oil and gasoline prices soar. We're continuing to devote lots of space to natural gas vehicles, as natural gas prices are quite decidedly lagging the increases elsewhere in the energy sector, and NGVs offer terrific emissions advantages as well. There are lots more CNG buses being ordered and at least one California agency appears to be backing away from hybrids. We update you on adsorbed natural gas technology promising to allow more onboard fuel storage at lower pressure. We outline a Canadian company's scheme for cracking water onboard a heavy duty vehicle - hydrogen and oxygen are injected into the diesel engine, thereby lowering emissions and boosting fuel economy. There are new battery EVs on the scene. Pictured here is a hybrid electric utility truck being deployed in Chicago, where the utility ComEd expects not only to save fuel but to enjoy significant operational advantages. We provide all sorts of details. Shouldn't YOU be this well informed? Shouldn't you subscribe to Fleets & Fuels? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch May 8, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, We're delivering something a little different this issue, presenting a special report from the European Natural Gas Vehicle Association's 12th annual meeting late last month in Brussels. Biogas was the watchword there, as the fuel has emissions and efficiency advantages over the liquid biofuels that are all the current rage -- if only anyone would notice. How to get attention is the challenge, and will undoubtedly be an issue at the Clean Cities meeting that's getting underway in Phoenix now. Subscribe to Fleets & Fuels now. Best Regards, Rich Piellisch April 24, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Record oil prices have been passed straight to the gasoline pump while the price of natural gas stays down. Ethanol and biodiesel garner mass-market attention, hybrids too, and the potential for battery electrics keeps on growing. Photo shows gasoline prices posted 100 yards from Fleets & Fuels headquarters in San Francisco. Clean Energy's price for a gasoline gallon equivalent of CNG last week? $2.229 - an advantage of roughly 30%. BAF Technologies, the California Energy Commission, Emission Solutions, Feel Good Cars (EEStor), Ford, GM, Modec, Daimler's Orion Bus, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and Ullit, of France. Cutting edge action at all of them is detailed in the April 24 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Shouldn't you subscribe to Fleets & Fuels? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch April 10, 2006 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, We see momentum gaining for renewable fuels and for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and cite concrete examples of these key long-term trends, Biomethane, fast catching on in Europe, looks particularly strong. An Indiana company has unveiled a series hybrid Class 8 refuse vehicle that's a good candidate for alternative fuels. A name truckmaker has given the go-ahead for a natural gas model. An Arizona start-up has lined up a hybrid bus from China for import, and Toyota says it will have hybrids for fleets -- though not this year. IRS action looms larger than the recent fleet rule lawsuit lost by DoE... we explain. It's all in the April 10 issue of Fleets & Fuels, which subscribers have. Shouldn't you subscribe? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch
Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Hope springs eternal, and with gasoline prices now topping $2 per gallon as an AVERAGE in the U.S. for the first time, we hope Washington lawmakers may see fit to enact an energy bill with aggressive incentives for alternative technology vehicles. Closer to Earth, we report on WaveCrest's plans for a joint venture to apply its spiral geometry to nickel metal hydride batteries, and we give you 2004 tallies on New Flyer hybrid buses - test fleets are to hit a cumulative million miles of U.S. operation next month. New Ford hybrids, new AC lift trucks, and diesel aircraft soaring in Europe: all in the May 24, 2004 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Why not sign up for a free trial subscription? Best Regards, Rich Piellisch
Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, We're just back from the Tenth Annual Clean Cities meeting in Florida and we rush you a timely report -- including word of some storm clouds on the CC horizon. (It wasn't all doom and gloom: that's Clean Cities director Shelley Launey grabbing a cold one poolside with actor George Wendt.). We give you an upbeat assessment of the Supreme Court's partial rejection of Southern California's alt fuel fleet rules (hint: it may force broader, more legally acceptable action), and a neat summation of the first big round of awards connected with President Bush's hydrogen program. All this and more in the May 10, 2004 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Why not check us out?. Best Regards, Rich Piellisch Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Sometimes you've just got to go with the flow. The big news last week was Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's personal endorsement (and signing of an Executive Order) to create a 'Hydrogen Highway' network of hydrogen fueling stations in California by 2010. Schwarzenegger signed the order at a ceremony at the hydrogen (and natural gas) fueling station at the University of California at Davis. The governor arrived in a Toyota fuel cell vehicle, which he personally fueled. He departed, if anyone is interested, in a Ford Excursion. Getting less attention but perhaps more important long-term (as natural gas vehicles help the world transition to a hydrogen transportation economy) is a new universal signage logo proposed by the International and European Natural Gas Vehicle Associations. The methane molecule-inspired symbol 'may be the best public relations and communications opportunity yet afforded to the NGV industry,' says ENGVA chief Jeff Seisler. You are seeing it for the first time here. Reliable and economical electric drivetrains are crucial to a fuel cell future too. We outline a plethora of hybrid electric vehicle placements and projects involving organizations as diverse as the Toronto Transit Commission and Germany's ZF Sachs. Diesel, specifically diesel with the sulfur removed, is weighing in as a clean fuel too, and the Diesel Technology Forum is mounting a first-ever exhibit at the Clean Cities meeting in Florida next week as just one of 40 such appearances this year. We profile DTF in the current issue of Fleets & Fuels. Which we'll send you if you ask. Best Regards, Rich Piellisch
April 12, 2004 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Mass production is sorely needed if electric drive vehicles are to be a success, as attested by new developments in ultracapacitors and hybrid package delivery trucks (FedEx is taking 20, a good start; Governor Schwarzenegger approves). On the horizon is a new threat from diesel as U.S. fuel prices surge: diesel proponents hope to achieve new economies of scale in passenger vehicles. Pre-blended biodiesel in Kansas, funding for diesel-cycle engines that run on natural gas, huge NGV opportunities in China, and new fuel cell projects in Canada are all covered in the April 12, 2004 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Why not sign up to get it? , which is attached. Eaton truck components VP Jim Sweetnam explains the principles of hybrid electric drivetrain operation to TV reporters as the first OptiFleet E700 hybrid electric FedEx trucks with Eaton drives were unveiled in Sacramento. All this and more in the April 12 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Check us out. Best Regards,
Rich Piellisch
April 12, 2004 issue of Fleets & Fuels Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, We're still holding out hope for an energy bill, replete with alt fuel tax credits, given record gasoline prices. As our fearless man in Washington reports, "Bad energy news is good news for AFVs." Closer to Earth, we report on a new name for Texaco Ovonic Battery Systems, and update you on Canada's Azure Dynamics, which has the commercialization of hybrid and now battery electric vehicles firmly in its sights. UQM Technologies too makes its commercialization strategy clearer, and Honda reports a new placement of its FCX fuel cell vehicles in the U.S. and successful cold weather testing of an FCX with a Honda fuel cell stack in Japan (photo). We present details of Dynetek's international CNG cylinder sales with news of new hydrogen tank projects, and on Westport's support of BMW's hydrogen internal combustion engine work - with the hydrogen ICE on the diesel cycle. New York's ABI Research sees some automakers offering diesel cars to compete with hybrids. Dan Sperling of ITS-Davis says the transition to a hydrogen economy may be more a matter of leadership than of expertise. All this and more in the March 29 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Check us out. Best Regards,
Rich Piellisch
Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, The March 15 issue of Fleets & Fuels contains, as usual, news from Asia, Europe and of course the United States. We tell you about new action in hybrids (a vehicle in development for the U.S. Army, fruit of International's new military business segment, is pictured here), including New Flyer buses for Puerto Rico and Enova drivetrains for China, and we profile Bauer Compressors, a firm with prowess in all sorts of markets, prowess that means direct benefits for natural gas vehicle fueling. Were you to subscribe to Fleets & Fuels, you'd have all the details. Check us out! Best Regards,
Rich Piellisch
Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, It looks as if hybrid electric drivetrains are even more of a market reality than we thought, judging by the turnout and terrific content at Calstart's clean heavy duty vehicles conference in Palm Springs late last week. We rush you a special report by F&F correspondent Roger Renstrom. Elsewhere in the West, Boone Pickens' Clean Energy continues to execute its acquisitions strategy, picking up liquefied natural gas delivery and fueling (and some LNG production) assets from rival Applied LNG Technologies. The $30 million deal is to close this month. Canadian-American Hydrogenics is going great guns in fuel cells and the hydrogen to power them, disclosing nearly half a dozen deals ranging from ultracapacitor applications development with Maxwell to sale of a fuel cell power system in Japan. We bring you news of a key Enova Systems power converter on Ford's Focus FCV fuel cell car, and report on Honda's investment in Flexcar, the Seattle car-share outfit that's heavily promoting the Civic Hybrid sedan. All the above, and much more, is detailed in the March 1, 2004 issue of Fleets & Fuels - which, were you to subscribe to Fleets & Fuels, you would have. Best Regards,
Rich Piellisch
Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Will pumping hydrogen be harder than pumping iron? We've got some skepticism, but if immigrant weightlifter-turned-action-hero Arnold Schwarzenegger can become governor of California, then hydrogen fuel cell vehicles can become a reality -- especially if Schwarzenegger seriously backs them. We give you advance word on what he and new Cal-EPA chief Terry Tamminen are expected to announce next month. We give you another installment of The Year of the Hybrid too. New hybrid passenger cars were unveiled at the auto show in Detroit, the fuel-guzzling U.S. military is getting serious about them, and at least two cities (Albuquerque and Honolulu) have ordered new hybrid buses. The New York Times reported this month on a Toyota executive's claims that the hybrid electric Prius is profitable. We brought you a similar report in December 2001 (just thought we'd mention it). Details on the above, and much much more, in the January 19, 2004 issue of Fleets & Fuels, which, were you to subscribe to Fleets & Fuels, you would have. Best Regards,
Rich Piellisch
Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, First off let us wish you a Happy New Year, if a bit belated, and advise you that the current, first-of-the-new-year issue of Fleets & Fuels is heavy on stories that look ahead. One key priority? The pending federal energy bill. We tell you why. Other reports range from the views of Jeff Seisler on how Europe's drive to hydrogen could benefit natural gas vehicles, to new priorities and the search for a new boss at a pair Washington clean vehicle organizations, to Honda's announcement last month that it's flown a Honda-built business jet with fuel-efficient Honda engines -- evidently a bid to participate in the new light jets that could revolutionize travel in this young century. We profile American Honda and its efforts in fleet NGVs, consumer NGVs, hybrid electric and fuel cell vehicles as well -- and we tell you how the consumer NGVs are seen as priming the public pump for hydrogen. One more: 2004, Year of the Hybrid. We think it will be, in cars and buses, and we list more than half a dozen of the key players, with names and phones and faxes and e-mails of course. All this and more in the January 5, 2004 issue of Fleets & Fuels, which, were you to subscribe to Fleets & Fuels, you would have. Best Regards,
Rich Piellisch
Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Hybrids hydraulic and electric are in the news this week, as Australia's Permo-Drive has seen its oil-under-pressure system for storing regenerative braking power embraced by Dana Corp for U.S. Army vehicles (possibly hundreds of thousands of U.S. Army vehicles); and Toyota continues its Prius juggernaut, stating that it'll boost production of the electrically assisted gasoline car by 31 percent, and confirming plans for a hybrid electric version of the Highlander SUV. Elsewhere Great Britain has committed to keeping taxes low on natural gas as a vehicle fuel, a boon to advocates there, who have meanwhile formed a new Natural Gas Vehicle Association. AC Propulsion outdoes the automakers again, this time with a plug-in hybrid, and busy Bachman AFV and partner TeleflexGFI see an order for CNG police cars in Dallas paving the way for a certification of a new and improved conversion of the 4.6-liter engine used in the Ford Crown Vic. Their work could help maintain availability of natural gas Crown Victorias even if Ford goes ahead with plans to scuttle the factory car after next year. We profile the airside and landside clean vehicle efforts underway at the San Francisco International Airport too. All this and more in the December 22 issue of Fleets & Fuels - which, were you to subscribe to Fleets & Fuels, you would have. Best Regards,
Rich Piellisch
Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Deliberations on a new federal energy bill, deemed essential by President Bush on Thursday, were deadlocked as of F&F presstime. The impasse was in large part over ethanol, leaving vital tax credits for other alternative fuels in the lurch. There's far more interesting action elsewhere, ranging from brand new plans for a hydrogen vehicle fueling corridor in Norway to word that the next major sale of 60-foot hybrid electric buses will be in Cleveland. And we tell you why AC Propulsion's showing with a little yellow car at the Michelin Challenge Bibendum is a strong argument in favor of the battery electric vehicle. We bring you news of Nuvera stacks and a conformal fuel tank from Thiokol on Fiat's new fuel cell vehicles, and tell you why the police in Dallas are looking to convert 175 brand new Ford Crown Victoria sedans to CNG (officer safety). We also bring you a rundown of important interdisciplinary work on hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles at the University of California at Davis. All the above, and lots more, replete with key contact information (links too!), in the November 3 issue of Fleets & Fuels, which, were you to subscribe to Fleets & Fuels, you would have. Best Regards,
Rich Piellisch
Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Tomorrow may see a historic vote in the U.S. Congress granting generous tax credits for the use of alternative fuels. If so-called CLEAR Act provisions are indeed included in omnibus energy legislation, it will be an industry-maker for natural gas vehicles and a terrific boost for propane and other alternatives as well. Hybrid electric vehicles continue their market penetration, as Canada's Purolator is buying 30 Azure Dynamics-converted Ford trucks for Toronto service trails, which could lead to placement of 400 of the series hybrids per year beginning in 2005. Ebus has placed new hybrid buses with Indianapolis and Knoxville, and GM Allison will trumpet the sale of more than 200 articulated New Flyer parallel hybrids in the Seattle area tomorrow. (You read about that one in Fleets & Fuels first, three months ago, we modestly remind.) Honda has outfitted its latest fuel cell vehicle with its own fuel cell stack, which it says is better than other manufacturers' fuel cell stacks, and Dynetek is supplying the hydrogen storage cylinders for a new Mitsubishi fuel cell car, the Japanese automaker's first. Meanwhile the U.S. EPA is worried that fuel cells may pose two new environmental threats: a superfund problem as outmoded gasoline stations with abandoned underground storage tanks effectively become hazardous waste sites, and new disposal problems as fuel cells wear out: they contain nasty metals and difficult to incinerate fluorine membrane compounds, says an EPA study. The good news in natural gas vehicles is that diesel is going to get more expensive as new emission regulations take effect. Also at the just-concluded national NGVs meeting in Las Vegas, new details on the true cost of U.S. gasoline were released: it's on the order of $5.28 per gallon, the bulk of it paid by taxpayers for U.S. military forces in the Middle East. In electric vehicles, watch for advanced e-bike developer Electric Vehicle Technologies to come out with larger and larger vehicles, progressing to scooters and ATVs and perhaps beyond, and for the Illinois company to release details of proprietary fuel cell technology, and more, next year. All this, and more, in the October 20, 2003 issue of Fleets & Fuels, which, were you to subscribe to Fleets & Fuels, you would have. Best Regards,
Rich Piellisch
Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, This week the Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition holds its annual meeting. In Las Vegas. We hereby advise readers that there may be some extra fireworks there. Hint: the organization is, well, reorganizing. We advise readers too on how one well connected alt fuels firm is going to tell the Supreme Court why Southern California should be able to keep its new rules on fleet purchases, and how one of the Big Three automakers is extending a special offer on natural gas vehicles through year-end. We give you our take on the just-wrapped Michelin Challenge Bibendum, where a practical hydrogen storage technology was promoted, as well as a hydraulic system for regenerative braking by a major industrial player, and an economical route to fuel cell cars, and the first ever diesel cycle truck that runs solely on natural gas. We profile BusWest, a DaimlerChrysler company that's bringing a new level of service to the Southern California bus business, with a wide range of alt fuel vehicles on offer. All this and more in the September 29 issue of Fleets & Fuels. Fleets & Fuels subscribers have it now. Best Regards,
Rich Piellisch
Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, Maybe it's the stubborn economy and the general clenchpenny feel to commerce today. We're noticing a trend back to conversions as Stewart & Stevenson is upfitting existing buses for hybrid electric operation (Houston Metro is saving about $110,000 on each of four New Flyers), FMC is offering to refit Commander 15 airport baggage belt loaders for all-electric operation (at less than a fifth the price of a new electric machine) and Ford is being pressured to give its warranty blessing to post-2004 Crown Victorias modified for CNG, rendering them good as factory new. Ford, get with it! Elsewhere an all-in-one car dealership and filling station for a whole gamut of alternative fuels has opened in San Diego. Congress is going to come back and argue about energy, and will perhaps deign to notice the importance of proposed alt fuel tax provisions, and will perhaps include them in a new energy law. We report on what many see as a bright future for electric airport ground support equipment (noting a new hybrid electric tractor tug on the market), and we tell you why California's Anuvu thinks PEM fuel cells may be commercially viable for cars sooner than most people expect. There's a new natural gas vehicle association forming too... All this and more in the August 25 issue of Fleets & Fuels, which were you to subscribe to Fleets & Fuels, you would have. Best Regards,
Rich Piellisch
Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, We're at a crossroads. U.S. government energy policy is aimed squarely at a hydrogen future and a just-released solicitation to industry offers as much as $200 million to develop a hydrogen infrastructure and storage. Meanwhile a growing chorus says not much is being done with the alternatives available today, even where there are direct paths to hydrogen -- with young and eager industries ready to share their considerable experience in gaseous fuels. We outline the U.S. DoE hydrogen strategy in this issue of Fleets & Fuels, and we let you know why some people remain skeptical about the Bush energy plan. Our advice? Get in on it. We report too on plans for a world-scale liquefied natural gas (one of those paths to hydrogen) terminal in Los Angeles/Long Beach, on more action in the Pacific Northwest for hybrid vehicles small and big, and on two different fuel cell electric aircraft projects. All this and more in the August 11, 2003 issue of Fleets & Fuels, which, were you to subscribe to Fleets & Fuels, you would have. Best Regards,
Rich Piellisch
Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, We sent the newsletter out early this week because we want the world to know about the largest electric road vehicle order ever: two Seattle-area agencies are negotiating to buy 233 articulated buses with hybrid-electric drivetrains. The deal, including 30 conventional diesels, is expected to be worth $170 million. There's mixed news in natural gas vehicles, as Cummins Westport has notched its first order (and potentially its biggest order ever) for the L Gas Plus engine, and Ford has decided to drop the dedicated-CNG Crown Victoria from its alt fuel vehicle line-up. The good news is that there are still CNG Crown Vics available. Details on these stories and many more (including a wrap-up of Waste Management's cutting edge work in NGVs), including extensive direct contact information, may be found in the July 28 issue of Fleets & Fuels, which, were you to subscribe to Fleets & Fuels, you would have. Best Regards,
Rich Piellisch
Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, We sent the newsletter out early this week because we want the world to know about the largest electric road vehicle order ever: two Seattle-area agencies are negotiating to buy 233 articulated buses with hybrid-electric drivetrains. The deal, including 30 conventional diesels, is expected to be worth $170 million. There's mixed news in natural gas vehicles, as Cummins Westport has notched its first order (and potentially its biggest order ever) for the L Gas Plus engine, and Ford has decided to drop the dedicated-CNG Crown Victoria from its alt fuel vehicle line-up. The good news is that there are still CNG Crown Vics available. Details on these stories and many more (including a wrap-up of Waste Management's cutting edge work in NGVs), including extensive direct contact information, may be found in the July 28 issue of Fleets & Fuels, which, were you to subscribe to Fleets & Fuels, you would have. Best Regards,
Rich Piellisch
Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, We give nearly a page of this issue of the newsletter to a non-story, a foregone conclusion, a futile effort, and what one NGV advocate last week told us was a 'waste of time.' We refer to the U.S. Energy Department's formal proposal earlier this year not to move toward a requirement for city and private fleets to use alternative fuels, and the subsequent closing of the obligatory comment period on the DoE non-move. Aside from the threats of environmentalists to sue when DoE finally closes the already slamming door (and by no means count the enviros out, as they've apparently got the EPAct statute on their side), and an impassioned argument by Nic van Vuuren of Clean Cities, there was little to cheer in the DoE docket. Not with a bang but a whimper... In far more positive news, the British diesel fueling specialist CH Jones is weighing into compressed natural gas, promising significant investment and to bring CNG to the established fueling locations that had been lacking, using an existing card payment system for its new KeyGas service. ExxonMobil's Exxon CNG operation in Britain is getting more active too. Ever-busy Cummins Westport says ten of its compression ignition natural gas engines will be tested by two trucking firms along Highway 401 connecting Toronto and Windsor-Detroit, Canada's busiest road. Westport's looking for CNG fleets willing to test the hydrogen-CNG blend hythane as well. The California Fuel Cell Partnership has extended its original four-year charter for another four, and gas- and hydro-rich Norway has established a National Hydrogen Commission. Boeing, which is building a fuel cell airplane to better gauge the technology's potential aloft, has picked Britain's Intelligent Energy as its PEM fuel cell supplier. In hybrid electric vehicles, New Jersey Transit will bring the first of three series hybrid transit buses and the first of four parallel hybrid over-the-road 'cruiser' buses into operation this month. Both types were designed and outfitted by San Diego's ISE Research. All this and more, in the July 14, 2003 issue of Fleets & Fuels, which, were you to subscribe to Fleets & Fuels, you would have. Best Regards,
Rich Piellisch
Dear Fleets & Fuels Reader, We give nearly a page of this issue of the newsletter to a non-story, a foregone conclusion, a futile effort, and what one NGV advocate last week told us was a 'waste of time.' We refer to the U.S. Energy Department's formal proposal earlier this year not to move toward a requirement for city and private fleets to use alternative fuels, and the subsequent closing of the obligatory comment period on the DoE non-move. Aside from the threats of environmentalists to sue when DoE finally closes the already slamming door (and by no means count the enviros out, as they've apparently got the EPAct statute on their side), and an impassioned argument by Nic van Vuuren of Clean Cities, there was little to cheer in the DoE docket. Not with a bang but a whimper... In far more positive news, the British diesel fueling specialist CH Jones is weighing into compressed natural gas, promising significant investment and to bring CNG to the established fueling locations that had been lacking, using an existing card payment system for its new KeyGas service. ExxonMobil's Exxon CNG operation in Britain is getting more active too. Ever-busy Cummins Westport says ten of its compression ignition natural gas engines will be tested by two trucking firms along Highway 401 connecting Toronto and Windsor-Detroit, Canada's busiest road. Westport's looking for CNG fleets willing to test the hydrogen-CNG blend hythane as well. The California Fuel Cell Partnership has extended its original four-year charter for another four, and gas- and hydro-rich Norway has established a National Hydrogen Commission. Boeing, which is building a fuel cell airplane to better gauge the technology's potential aloft, has picked Britain's Intelligent Energy as its PEM fuel cell supplier. In hybrid electric vehicles, New Jersey Transit will bring the first of three series hybrid transit buses and the first of four parallel hybrid over-the-road 'cruiser' buses into operation this month. Both types were designed and outfitted by San Diego's ISE Research. All this and more, in the July 14, 2003 issue of Fleets & Fuels, which, were you to subscribe to Fleets & Fuels, you would have. Best Regards,
Rich Piellisch
Dear Reader, All of us who believe in clean fuels and in fleets as their best market have for years eyed wistfully those ubiquitous and ever-busier package delivery trucks in their famous brown, and white-red-and-blue liveries. Coincidentally or not, FedEx last week unveiled its long-awaited hybrid electric delivery truck, and plans to deploy 20; while UPS, which already operates nearly 2,000 natural gas and propane vehicles, said it would field two different fuel cell vans, one this year, both to be built with DaimlerChrysler. A DaimlerChrysler Sprinter van, in UPS livery, is shown at right. In the Department of the Long-Term Disappointments and Hopes Renewed, the Bush administration said it plans never to apply decade-old EPAct alt fuel vehicle requirements to private and city fleets while, on the brighter side, California Energy Commission and Air Resources Board staffers are calling for an aggressive program to double the mileage efficiency of all consumer vehicles (yes, those SUVs would be covered) and achieve 10 percent alt fuel use, across the board, by 2020. We're just back from the Ninth Annual Clean Cities meeting, in Palm Springs. It was a terrific learning experience and font of news, much of which we report in the May 26, 2003 issue of Fleets & Fuels, which, were you to subscribe to Fleets & Fuels, you would have. You would also have immediate access, with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses, to key contact people at the following organizations:
Best Regards,
Rich Piellisch
To the Knacker— The U.S. Postal Service is replacing its 500 Ford battery electric delivery trucks, most of them deployed in Los Angeles, with gasoline minivans, ending a project that some (Fleets & Fuels included) once believed effectively vaulted the battery EV into commercial respectability... blame anthrax, blame the batteries, it was a confluence of factors and unfortunate timing that doomed the program
Better News from the NGV World— NexGen Fueling is offering deep discounts on limited numbers of its 60-gallon liquefied natural gas tanks in an effort to foster development of new medium-duty vehicles... paving the way is an LNG-fueled variant of the Pelican street cleaning machine from Elgin Sweepers, some 30,000 of which have been sold... the City of Long Beach is taking 20
CARB Acts— The California Air Resources Board voted late last week to retain the state's zero emission vehicles sales mandate, allowing automakers to opt out of the existing program structure if they agree to collectively field 250 fuel cell vehicles by 2008, most of them from Honda (48 FCVs), Ford (50), General Motors (62) and Toyota (56)... or, OEMs could satisfy half of the FCV minimum with 10 battery electrics for each of the above FCVs... or, if they stay with the existing program, large numbers of non-ZEV clean vehicles, including hybrids and natural gas vehicles, may be used to make up the rule's nominal 10 percent ZEV requirements... or, the whole thing may be changed again
New French Canadian— A group of companies including the Hydro-Quebec utility and an affiliate of the French aviation giant Dassault is planning a new electric vehicle to be powered by lithium-metal-polymer batteries from Hydro-Quebec subsidiary Avestor... the LMP batteries will drive a motor from Technologies M4, also a subsidiary of Hydro Quebec... 'excellent near-term growth potential' is seen in Europe
Prius II— Toyota targets fleets with 2004 Prius hybrid said to boast better performance and lower SULEV emissions... there'll be many more to go around too, as the sales plan calls for 36,000 to be placed in the U.S., up from about 12,000 for model year 2003
Flex Power— General Motors is readying a hybrid pickup truck that will use regenerative braking-derived electricity to power accessories when the truck (and its engine) are stopped in traffic, and will have two standard 120-volt electric outlets providing up to 20 amps for electric tools or camping gear, or other items that might otherwise require a separate generator... a new locking system will allow a driver to secure the vehicle with the engine running to provide external electricity while parked
Technocarb Approvals— Canada's Technocarb Equipment is widening its offerings in gaseous fuel vehicles, providing kits primarily for propane/LPG conversions but offering hardware for natural gas operation as well... new U.S. EPA approvals are in hand
ENRG to Be Clean Energy— ENRG, the former Pickens Fuel, will soon be the former ENRG, as the company is to change its name early next month to Clean Energy Fuels Corp at the behest of chairman Boone Pickens... new business for ENRG-Clean Energy includes a pending contract, which could bring revenues of some $34 million over five years, to supply liquefied natural gas in the Phoenix area, and a deal to build and operate a CNG fueling station at a BP outlet at New York City's LaGuardia Airport
Soap and Water— Four 1.5-kilowatt PEM units drawing fuel from a Hydrogen on Demand(tm) system from Millennium Cell are to augment the standard battery power train on a 30-foot water taxi by Duffy Electric Boat, allowing the vessel to travel farther, or to charge its batteries while it's running... the system using Power-X proton exchange membrane fuel cells from Anuvu is to be integrated by Seaworthy Systems of Essex, Conn. and enter service in Newport Beach, Calif. by August
Fuel Cells in Vancouver— Organizers of June's Hydrogen and Fuel Cells 2003 conference and trade show in Vancouver have amassed an impressive list of exhibitors, and have lined up too an impressive list of presenters covering automakers, fuel cell developers, government agencies, visionary consultancies and the world of finance... the meeting is being held at Vancouver's Westin Bayshore Resort & Marina June 8-11
Clean Cities Surge— Organizers of the Ninth National Clean Cities Conference & Exhibition are beginning to feel that the gathering will be the best Clean Cities annual of all... pre-registrations total 540, far more than double the number of people pre-registered for Oklahoma City last year... more than 60 exhibitors are lined up for the meeting, to be held May 18-21 in Palm Springs, Calif.
FuelMaker (F&F StrategiesTM)— Canadian compressor manufacturer FuelMaker is targeting fleets of 25 to 50 vehicles with a new Mini Fast-Fill package for CNG fueling, at the same time it's readying about 120 of its brand new Phill units, for home CNG fueling, for pre-production trials with upwards of half a dozen U.S. utilities
Listings in the April 28, 2003 issue of Fleets & Fuels
Bush H Bill Passes— The U.S. House of Representatives has approved an energy bill that includes President Bush's $1.7 billion program to develop hydrogen and fuel cells for transportation... U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham praised the development... he also made the rounds of Silicon Valley following an information technology conference there, paying a visit to DoE contractor Symyx... that's Abraham (right) with Symyx CEO Steven Goldby in photo
Moyer Program Threatened— Diesel engines are now being made cleaner, reducing the advantage of natural gas fuel, the California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition warns
Begging to Differ— Director of Clean Cities efforts in Hampton Roads pens a letter to Energy Secretary Abraham advising the top DoE official that there are domestic alternatives to imported oil available TODAY... we also quote James Worden and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (she's not kidding when it comes to EVs) as they strongly urge the California Air Resources Board to stand by its ZEV mandate, which is up for a vote later this month
DRV's Network— DRV Energy is lining up distributors for natural gas aftermarket conversion kits for General Motors engines for which it's secured U.S. EPA ULEV approval... the port-sequential, fuel-injected kits are compatible with General Motors' OBD systems, and allow for bi-fuel conversions of GM vehicles with 4.3-, 5.3- and heavy duty 6.0-liter engines... they afford operators a wider range of vehicle choice, and also allow fleets to buy later in the year, after the OEMs have stopped taking alt fuel vehicle orders
GM Beats AFVs Target— General Motors surpassed its new dealer goal for model year 2003 alternative fuel vehicles by 25 percent, signing up 125 new dealers instead of the targeted 100... the program involves training at least one technician and one salesperson at each dealership handling GM's natural gas- and E85/ethanol-fueled vehicles
Azure Advances— Five hybrid electric vehicles with drivetrain technology from Canada's Azure Dynamics are to be route-tested by Canada Post, Azure reports, noting too a new deal to develop hybrid electric taxis with Britain's London Taxis International
PosiCharge for Delta, Dekas Too— FMC Technologies and Delta Air Lines are planning to evaluate new lead acid batteries, and fast-charging, in a large, fully electrified 'Commander 15' aircraft container loader being tested at Orlando International Airport, near FMC's home base in Florida
Norway's Utsira Island Project— Norsk Hydro's Hydro Energy unit has gotten the go-ahead for a project to demonstrate hydrogen fuel cells in tandem with wind energy on the island of Utsira, off the Norwegian coast... a 1,200-kilowatt, twin-turbine wind generation system will employ hydrogen as an energy storage medium, generating electricity via fuel cell technology when needed in times of calm
Shell in Iceland— A hydrogen station opening this month in Reykjavik will carry the Shell name, Shell Hydrogen reports, and as such 'will be the first Shell branded hydrogen station built at a Shell retail site anywhere in the world...' the facility, which uses electrolysis hardware from Norway's Norsk Hydro, will fuel three fuel cell buses to be run on Reykjavik's streets on a commercial basis by Straeto, the local bus company
Quantum Fuel Systems (F&F StartegiesTM)— Southern California firm pursues OEM business and will branch into gaseous fuel component sales too, including regulators and a new line of Type IV CNG tanks, as it bets on a hydrogen future with General Motors as an equity partner
Listings in the April 14, 2003 issue of Fleets & Fuels
ZEV Mandate After All?— The California Air Resources Board, giving new hope to backers of pure electric vehicles, on Friday directed its staff to rework a proposal that would have allowed automakers to opt out of the state's battered zero emission vehicle sales mandate... the option to field fuel cell vehicles instead is to be changed to include its own option to field so-called fuel-cell equivalent vehicles, such as battery electrics and maybe even plug-in hybrids -- which would have to be deployed in far larger numbers... CARB chairman Alan Lloyd praised automakers for their fuel cell efforts but also voiced support for the California ZEV mandate at agency hearings last week
More Options— Would-be operators of natural gas-fueled compact Chevy S-10s and of larger General Motors pickups with crew cabs will be able to get those GM vehicles, and many more, now that Oklahoma's DRV Energy has secured U.S. EPA approval of conversion kits for no fewer than three GM engines... Canada's Eco Fuel Systems is supplying the edi/Eco digital injection brains of the conversion kits, which yield (now certified) ULEV vehicles
Far More Energy Efficient— ISE Research reports that one of its hydrogen-fueled fuel cell buses has shown real-world energy efficiency far better than that of CNG... the vehicle is a 30-foot El Dorado National E-Z Rider bus with a fuel cell from UTC and Siemens Elfa drivetrain components... it's now being refitted with Zebra sodium nickel chloride batterie
Enova-Hyundai— Enova Systems and Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries have finalized their agreement to set up an advanced technology corporation for R&D, initially to be based at Enova headquarters in Torrance, Calif.
Fleet of Five— American Honda says it's on track to deliver four more Honda FCX fuel cell vehicles to the City of Los Angeles this spring, augmenting the car delivered in December that's now accumulated upwards of 1,000 in-service miles... Honda has opted to use ultracapacitors in lieu of batteries for the vehicle's regenerative braking, and while the automaker's not saying, the 5,000-psi hydrogen fuel tank supplier is believed to be Structural Composites Industries
Hydrogenics Gets Grants— Canada- and New York State-based Hydrogenics, a close partner of General Motors in fuel cell vehicle development, has gotten a Canadian government grant of $620,000 (Canadian) to help develop, demonstrate and commercialize hydrogen fueling technology... a first project targets a hydrogen fueling apparatus based on a natural-gas reformer, and the second a mobile fueling station based on Hydrogenics' proprietary electrolysis technology
New Look for Electric Drive Group— The Electric Drive Transportation Association is sporting a new look, replacing the old EVAA logo on its website and elsewhere... EDTA is the former Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas, which took the new name on the first of the year to reflect the fact that its members and the products they bring to the marketplace have moved far beyond the battery electric vehicle and now embrace hybrid and fuel cell electric vehicles, all sharing electric drive technology
The Battery Lives— A combination of greatly improved battery life and projected cost reductions for batteries and other components are steadily making electric drive vehicles (pure EVs, engine-hybrid EVs and plug-in hybrid EVs) cost-competitive with gasoline vehicles, even in full size cars and at relatively low production volumes, says a new evaluation by the HEV Working Group, a collaboration of utilities, regulatory agencies, automakers and others led by EPRI, the Electric Power Research Institute
Hypercar Expands— Colorado's Hypercar, a staunch advocate of lightweight hybrid electric and other advanced vehicles it sees leading to sustainable, economical transportation future, is expanding, working now to staff a new 5,000-square-foot engineering facility in Glenwood Springs
H2PS 2003 in December— Maine's Intertech is launching a new conference, the Hydrogen Production and Storage Forum, to be held December 3-5 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Washington, D.C.
Propane Vehicle Council (F&F StrategiesTM)— A born-again Propane Vehicle Council, boasting a new organization and a new boss, is working to capitalize on and enhance the status of propane/liquid petroleum gas as 'number one' among alternative fuels— there are more than 270,000 propane-fueled on-road vehicles in the United States, the association says, and 8 million worldwide... PVC's redoubled efforts are aimed at off-road vehicle markets too, with a special emphasis on forklifts
Listings in the March 31, 2003 issue of Fleets & Fuels
California ZEVs, R.I.P?— Staff of the state air agency opts to emphasize the conventional clean cars that are on the road today, proposing to give automakers the option of following the agency's zero emission vehicles sales rule or of fielding a modest number of fuel cell vehicles instead... the California Air Resources Board is to vote on the proposal by its staff immediately following hearings, which promise to be lively, in Sacramento March 27-28
NABI for L.A. Artics— North American Bus Industries is on its way to a $138.9 million contract with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for NABI to supply LACMTA with 200 advanced-design, 60-foot, low-floor articulated buses powered by compressed natural gas... the articulated CNG vehicles will be used on BRT (bus rapid transit) routes
L Gas Plus— Cummins Westport is planning to fleet test a new natural gas-fueled engine, L Gas Plus, in the second half of this year... the L Gas Plus is a derivative of the company's 8.3-liter C Gas Plus, with a longer stroke yielding a displacement of 8.9 liters and more power: up to 320 horsepower
Iceland Cometh— Major steps toward establishing the world's first hydrogen economy are being taken this month as Norsk Hydro, the giant Norwegian utility, has shipped a hydrolysis-based hydrogen generator, replete with compressors and a direct vehicle filling system, to Iceland for deployment by the international joint venture Islandsk NyOrka (Icelandic New Energy)... it'll fuel a trio of three hydrogen fuel cell buses from DaimlerChrysler that are to ply normal transit routes in the capital Reykjavik for two years
Two In One— Canada's Alternative Fuel Systems is promoting a new fuel injector, the Gs Series, it says can work with wholly dry (LCNG) or with oil-containing natural gas, or with propane/LPG, and as such can simplify parts purchasing for automakers offering several varieties of alternative fuel vehicle
CLEAR Act Is Back— Alternative fuel vehicles, seemingly forgotten in Washington given the recent embrace of hydrogen by President Bush, are again getting attention in the U.S. Congress, most notably with the re-introduction of the CLEAR Act, for Clean Efficient Automobiles Resulting from Advanced Car Technologies, by Senator Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican... 'This groundbreaking legislation will bolster America's energy independence and protect the environment by boosting the use of alternative fuels and alternative fuel vehicles,' said the Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition, 'paving the pathway to the hydrogen future...'
Eurostronger— Canada's Stuart Energy is stepping up efforts in Europe, selling equipment for hydrogen vehicle fueling to the Sydkraft utility in MalmÒ, Sweden; and completing its buy of the European hydrogen producer Vandenborre Technologies
Shell in Luxembourg— Shell Hydrogen is to provide funding and knowhow for a hydrogen fueling station in Luxembourg... it will be built at the city's main bus station, and will support a trio of fuel cell buses as part of the European Union's Clean Urban Transport for Europe, or CUTE program
Shell-GM in Washington— Shell Hydrogen and General Motors are 'combining resources to help make hydrogen fuel cell vehicles a commercially viable reality...' a hydrogen fueling pump at a Shell retail gasoline station in Washington, D.C. will support a fleet of HydroGen3 minivans, based on GM's Opel Zafira
Trillium Wraps Los Angeles— Trillium USA has completed a CNG fueling capacity upgrade for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority five weeks ahead of schedule
Ferries— San Francisco's Water Transit Authority has gotten a pledge of $2.5 million in further federal funding to build what it calls 'the world's first fuel cell powered commuter ferry...' the money could be hand in six months or so, and the vessel could sail by 2006
Flywheels— Seattle- and Livermore, Calif.-based AFS Trinity Power is getting $1 million in U.S. Department of Transportation support for 'ruggedizing' flywheel energy storage systems for hybrid electric trucks and buses
The Delchev Turbine— A Southern California inventor named Nick Delchev is seeking support for a new type of turbine engine supporters say 'emits little more than steam through its exhaust and could contribute to freeing our nation from petroleum dependence...' the engine runs on a benign, non-flammable mixture of water, hydrogen peroxide and sugar
The Fleet's the Thing— And that's why the Natural Gas vehicle Coalition is pulling out the stops to attract new and existing fleet users of NGVs to its annual meeting this fall in Las Vegas
SLF 200s for Omnitrans— San Bernardino-based Omnitrans has ordered 12 compressed natural gas-fueled SLF 200 buses from DaimlerChrysler's Thomas Dennis... the vehicles will have roof-mounted all-composite fuel tanks from General Dynamics (the former Lincoln) and B Gas Plus engines from Cummins Westport
CNG for DWP— The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, long a supporter of electric vehicles, is completing a pair of GreenField-equipped CNG fueling stations in support of tree-trimming and aerial boom trucks, and still-to-be-bought Ford F-150 pickups and Honda Civic GX sedans... as many as nine more LADWP stations could be built
Idling Answers— Two companies are offering two very different ways of allowing big rig truckers to shut their engines down when they rest: one is installation of a small APU on the vehicle and the other is a pay-as-you-go infrastructure solution
Listings in the March 17, 2003 issue of Fleets & Fuels
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