Venchurs Vehicle Systems will showcase its ‘stunning’ Ford F-250 — converted for CNG-gasoline bi-fuel operation and proposed for search-and-rescue work at Yellowstone National Park — at the NTEA Work Truck Show in early March in Indianapolis.
Venchurs Vehicle Systems will showcase its “stunning” Ford F-250 pickup converted for CNG-gasoline bi-fuel operation and proposed for search-and-rescue work at Yellowstone National Park at the NTEA Work Truck Show in early March in Indianapolis.
Parent Venchurs is a 28-year-old, minority-owned upfitter that entered the natural gas vehicles business last year, securing Ford QVM-Qualified Vehicle Modifier status and launching Venchurs Vehicle Systems at the Bobit Green Fleet conference in Texas in early October.
VVS partnered with tire supplier Michelin to build the bi-fuel search-and-rescue F-250 for the Yellowstone Park Foundation. Besides adding CNG capability, Venchurs upgraded the vehicle to handle the park’s extreme environments and conditions, with Michelin off-road tires, a roof-mounted light-bar with strobe lights, an on-board air compressor, front bumper guard, IPF driving lights, a Warn winch and a set of retractable side steps from AMP Research. “It will allow Rangers access to the parks during heavy snow storms without polluting the fragile ecosystem,” Venchurs says, as “CNG burns extremely clean, and the VVS Alternative Fuel Control Module is rugged enough to handle any environment.”
‘Inherent Cleanliness’
“We understand that fleets need performance from their trucks and we’re prepared to offer that,” Venchurs CEO Jeff Wyatt said in a release. “VVS is dedicated to promoting green philosophies and practices for a sustainable future by providing cutting-edge CNG conversions and installations,” the company says: “The inherent cleanliness, safety and a domestic supply of natural gas, combined with current tax credits and grants available to green fleet operators, will make CNG a viable option for fleet operators big and small in the coming years.”
Venchurs Vehicle Systems offers both compressed natural gas-gasoline bi-fuel and dedicated-CNG Ford vehicles, and will promote them at the NTEA Work Truck Show in early March in Indianapolis.
VVS upfit work is performed at a 135,000 square foot conversion facility in Adrian, Mich.
The National Truck Equipment Association’s 2012 Work Truck Show takes place March 6-8 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. WTS-12 will be preceded by the NTEA-Calstart Green Truck Summit March 5-6.
(this is a draft for the January 16 issue of the regular Fleets & Fuels newsletter)
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