GreenNews - Canada - San Francisco to Demonstrate Next Generation Westport HPDI Truck Technology
Vancouver, BC,Canada -CCNMatthews -Oct. 5, 2005: -- Westport Innovations Inc., today announced a new agreement and expanded commitment from the City of San Francisco and Norcal Waste Systems Inc., the city's refuse collection, recycling and transfer company, to demonstrate and deploy Westport's most advanced natural gas technology for heavy-duty trucks through to 2011... Goals of the program include improving combustion and reducing greenhouse gas emissions... As part of its commitment, SF Recycling & Disposal, a Norcal subsidiary, will upgrade three of its 13 heavy-duty transfer trucks currently operating on Westport's first-generation High Pressure Direct Injection (HPDI) technology. The new trucks will incorporate several major improvements over those first-generation vehicles, including enhanced vehicle performance, lower emissions, higher fuel economy, and reliability...
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