Buses like this CNG-fueled Orion in Visalia (left) and hybrid-drive Orion in Ottawa are being phased out of production. Citing “depressed” expectations in the municipal sector, Daimler Buses is shutting down the CNG-pioneering...More »
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Daimler Closing Orion, Selling Setra to MCI
Buses like this CNG-fueled Orion in Visalia (left) and hybrid-drive Orion in Ottawa are being phased out of production. Citing “depressed” expectations in the municipal sector, Daimler Buses is shutting down the CNG-pioneering...More »
AmericaCNG Eyes 400 Outlets in the Coming Year
Dallas Firm Reports Pacts with GreenField and Jones & Frank AmericaCNG is looking far beyond plans for 48 compressed natural gas fueling stations in Texas disclosed earlier this year (F&F Strategies, February...More »
Maxximus Sets Propane Speed Mark
Maxximus LNG 2000, driven by designer Marlon Kirby, set a quarter-mile speed record of 134 mpg on propane, following 159.9 mph on LNG earlier in the year The Maxximus LNG 2000 (for 2,000 horsepower) supercar,...More »
Metropolitan Utilities District to Test CNG F-150s Pickups by BAF
2012 Ford F-150 XLT Omaha NGV Advocate Celebrates Earth Day with CNG for just 99.9¢ per GGE The Omaha-area Metropolitan Utilities District will help BAF prove out Ford F-150 pickups converted to...More »
BAF Celebrates 20 Years, 20,000th NGV
BAF opened its brand new, 90,000-square-foot Dallas headquarters Thursday as it celebrated 20 years in the natural gas vehicles business – and showed off its 20,000the NGV. “This year we’ll do about 5,000 vehicles,”...More »
Frito-Lay Adding Natural Gas Trucks
Frito-Lay is adding 49 compressed natural gas-fueled Freightliner trucks to a test fleet of 18, and will deploy them at upwards of half a dozen locations to gauge their performance. Frito-Lay is adding 49 more...More »
Bi-Fuel Is an $11,000 Option on GM Pickups
GM is asking $11,000 above the suggested base-vehicle price for its CNG-gasoline bi-fuel 2013 Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra 2500 HD pickups, and will begin taking orders on Thursday, April 19....More »
Zipcar for Honda eCars
Zipcar is to begin deploying Honda’s 100% battery electric Fit EV this fall American Honda and Massachusetts-based Zipcar, which claims the world leading car-share network, say that “Honda has become a Zipcar preferred vehicle manufacturer with...More »
Trillium-PTI Station Opening April 19
Trillium CNG and Paper Transport, Inc. will formally open their compressed natural gas fueling station in De Pere, Wisc. on Thursday, April 19. PTI and Trillium’s new parent Integrys formed a joint venture named Trillium...More »
Maxximus LNG Adds Propane Speed Mark
Maxximus LNG 2000, driven by designer Marlon Kirby, set a quarter-mile speed record of 134 mpg on propane, following 159.9 mph on LNG earlier in the year The Maxximus LNG 2000 (for 2,000 horsepower)...More »
