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ALTERNATIVE FUELS: CNG * USA
* Commercial Vehicle shift to natural gas spurring a mini-boom
(Photo: A Kenworth Aero truck)
Hickory,NC,USA -Torque News, by Aaron Turpen -17 Feb 2012: -- While everyone seems focused on electrification through batteries and hybrids, commercial vehicles are moving instead to natural gas, a proven and cheaper green fuel... A boom of sorts is happening in natural gas, especially compressed natural gas (CNG) in the commercial transportation sector. Most major truck manufacturers such as Kenworth, Peterbilt, Freightliner, Mack Trucks and others are utilizing engines that run on CNG in many of their models. These engines are providing safer, cleaner and lower-cost fuel needs while keeping performance standards. Major truck stops and fuel stops are incorporating natural gas into their fuel islands for the increasing number of vehicles using it and fleet vehicles in the light-, medium- and heavy-duty categories using natural gas are growing in numbers at a very high rate... Although diesel still dominates the fuel sector for commercial use, fleets large and small are turning to natural gas, especially CNG, as an alternative fuel source that is both cheap and plentiful as well as being much more emissions-friendly and cheaper to acquire than more expensive battery electric or hybrid drive trains...Labels: clean alternative fuels
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