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Sep 12, 2017

LNG: MORE EFFICIENT FUEL * Japan

* Tokyo - Truck makers steering away from diesel

--- The shift from diesel as an automotive fuel is gaining traction in not only passenger vehicles, but also commercial trucks... While a majority of such trucks are now diesels, a number of countries are moving to wean themselves off the fuel. Natural gas, a cleaner and more economical alternative that can offer an equivalent driving range, may become a mainstay in the sector... Large trucks that run on liquefied natural gas in Japan range of around 1,500km on a full tank will equal that of a diesel. The price will be about 19 million yen ($176,000)... Natural-gas technologies are mature and can support the type of long-haul transport that electric vehicles could be hard-pressed to handle... Isuzu Motors is working to double the driving range of natural-gas trucks. An Isuzu truck that uses compressed natural gas as fuel has a range of around 500km, falling far short of diesels... Globally, natural-gas vehicles number around 24 million. China, the world's largest auto market, accounts for the most at 5 million units. Electric vehicles, by comparison, come to only around 2 million... Natural-gas vehicles are similar in design to gasoline vehicles and offer cleaner emissions, emitting 15% less carbon dioxide than diesels. Fuel costs could also be about 40% cheaper for LNG than for diesel... 
(Photo: Italian company Iveco sells natural-gas trucks and buses mainly in Europe)  --  Tokyo, Japan - Asia Nikkei - September 9, 2017

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Apr 10, 2017

TOTAL GROUP * France: Introduces natural gas fuel for trucks

* Nantes - 200 New Natural Gas fueling stations in Europe

--- Total yesterday officially inaugurated its first natural gas fueling station in France, in Nantes. Natural gas fuel is an alternative fuel primarily used by trucks and transporters of materials or goods, such as garbage trucks, and passengers, such as buses. Another 15 stations will be opened this year, followed by an additional 10 a year. The aim is to create a network of 110 outlets — either Total or AS24*, the Group affiliate specialized in marketing fuel to truckers and transporters — supplying natural gas fuel in France... Total already has a network of 450 natural gas fueling stations worldwide. The Group markets compressed natural gas (CNG) in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Egypt, Pakistan and now in France. It opened its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling station in 2015, in Belgium, near the port of Antwerp... 
(Photo: New LNG from TOTAL/AS24)  --  Nantes, France - Total.com (PR) - 6 April 2017

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Oct 1, 2016

LNG FUEL * China: Alternative for trucks

* Shanghai - Could natural gas-powered trucks be an answer to China's smog problem?

  (Video from Financial Times - May 4, 2012: News surrounding alternative energy in China) 

... In China, which is notorious for its thick smog, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) revolution is gathering pace, with some truck drivers keen advocates because of its cost saving benefits... "Since we started using LNG trucks, I would say the cost saving has been around 30 percent," truck driver Jia Yu Jun told CNBC's Sustainable Energy. "Say we drive about 15,000 kilometers a month – we save more than 100,000 yuan ($15,000) a year," he added... Private energy company ENN has helped to build China's national LNG infrastructure, including refueling stations. The environmental benefit of LNG is just as important as its cost... ENN's Wang Feng Shen sees huge potential for LNG vehicles. "At the moment there are 5.5 million heavy trucks in China, and 1.2 million buses," he said, "Now, we only have 200,000 vehicles [using LNG] so the market share is less than 3 percent. It could increase 30 fold in the future" ... 
Shanghai, SH, China - CNBC, by Anmar Frangoul - 29 Sep 2016

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Aug 1, 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA: Republic Expands Natural Gas-Powered Fleet Serving Denver

* Colorado - Republic Services adds 17 CNG trucks to its Denver fleet
-- Republic Services announced today the addition of 17 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) solid waste collection trucks to its fleet serving customers throughout the greater Denver area. The CNG trucks replace older diesel-powered trucks, and bring the total number of natural gas vehicles operated by Republic throughout Colorado to 82... Republic Services operates a natural gas fueling station at its Commerce City location to support its expanding Denver-based CNG fleet. Republic operates 158 collection trucks statewide, more than half are powered by CNG... According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), each new CNG collection truck deployed is equivalent to removing five passenger vehicles from local roads or planting 600 mature trees each year. Based on EPA calculations, the carbon emissions reduction benefits from Republic's CNG powered fleet in Colorado is equivalent to planting more than 94,000 mature trees annually... Nationwide, Republic Services operates a fleet of more than 2,200 CNG vehicles and 38 natural gas fueling stations. Republic's CNG fleet helps to save roughly 18 million gallons of diesel fuel annually. As the operator of the 8th largest vocational fleet in the country... 
(Photo: More than half of Republic's Colorado fleet now powered by the domestic fuel source)   --   Denver, COL, USA - PRNewswire/Ohio Utica Shale, by BOB DOWNING - July 29, 2015

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Jul 9, 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA: E-Learning for NGV Technicians

* Nevada - Course designed for NGV technicians

-- The Natural Gas Vehicle Institute (NGVi), ASE CASE-accredited and a leader in technical training for the CNG and LNG industry, now offers its NGV Technician and Fleet Operations Safety Training in an e-learning form... The course, designed for NGV technicians and other fleet or dealership operations personnel, is accessible through an interactive Learning Management System, providing students with a convenient way of learning independently and at their own pace... The course is about two hours long and is organized into eight modules. It's self-paced with a quick knowledge check following each module, and a final exam at the end. Individuals who complete the course and pass the exam receive an NGVi certificate of completion... 
(Photo: NGVi has launched an e-learning course)  --  Las Vegas, NV, USA - Today's Trucking - Jul 8, 2015

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Jul 8, 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * Canada: Compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied natural gas (LNG).

* Quebec - Two move to increase trucking Nat-Gas use


-- A financial services provider and one of the largest natural gas distributors in Quebec have teamed up to facilitate the trucking industry’s adoption of natural gas as a fuel in Eastern Canada... Under the agreement Gaz Métro Transport Solutions (GMTS), a subsidiary of Gaz Métro, fleet operators will work with GMTS for natural gas supply and purchase and, separately, with GE Capital Canada to secure loans or leases for natural gas vehicles (NGVs)... NGVs that are eligible under this agreement use either compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied natural gas (LNG)... According to GE Capital, transitioning to NGVs can be a critical step for fleet operators in reducing their fuel costs in order to remain competitive... The Blue Road currently includes five locations, including three public stations in Lévis, QC, Cornwall, ON, and Sainte-Julie, QBC. A fourth station to be open in Rivière-du-Loup, QBC over the next months will continue the route towards Gaspesie and the Eastern provinces...
Montreal, QBC, Canada - Today's Trucking - Jul 6, 2015

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Jun 25, 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * Sweden: Volvo's HVO certified

Volvo Trucks certify the Synthetic Diesel HVO for all engines

-- After extensive field testing of the renewable synthetic diesel HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oils), Volvo Trucks has approved the fuel for all its Euro-5 engines and are preparing certifications for Euro-6. The HVO performed the same as regular diesel, but reduced CO2 emissions between 30 and 90 per cent, well-to-wheel... In 2013, Volvo Trucks started field tests in Sweden together with Renova, DHL Freight and OKQ8 to see how the use of 100% HVO affected engine performance and components. The six field test trucks were equipped with Euro-5 engines and covered approximately one million kilometres in commercial service over a two-year period... HVO is a synthetic diesel and is produced from renewable raw materials such as vegetable and animal fats, from rapeseed oil or abattoir waste, for example. The fuel can be distributed via existing diesel depots and uses the same type of tanks and pumps as regular diesel. HVO reduces CO2 emissions between 30 and 90 per cent well-to-wheel, depending on the raw material...
(Photo: Volvo Trucks has approved renewable synthetic diesel HVO)  -- Stockholm, Sweden -  Irish Trucker (Eire) - 22 June 2015

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Jun 3, 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA: Propane autogas is cheaper than diesel, emits less carbon dioxide

* Connecticut - ConocoPhillips to convert trucks to propane

-- ConocoPhillips plans to convert its local fleet of trucks to run on propane produced in the San Juan Basin. The company will convert 30 of its trucks to the propane-based fuel, called propane autogas, this year and will replace more than 300 of its trucks with vehicles that run on propane in the next five years, according to Jim Lowry, a ConocoPhillips spokesman... Propane is a by-product of domestic oil refining and natural gas processing... The move to switch to the low-carbon-emission fuel came after a successful pilot testing program begun in 2011. Some of ConocoPhillips' trucks were switched to propane and logged thousands of miles on oilfield roads in the state and southwest Colorado... 
(Photo by Alexa Rogals/The Daily Times - ConocoPhillips pick-up trucks are seen on May 15 at ConocoPhillips building in Farmington) -- Farmington, CT, USA - The Daily Times, by James Fenton - Jun 1, 2015

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May 8, 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUEL PARTNERSHIP * USA: Cummins & Agility F. S.

* California - Agility Fuel Systems, Cummins partner up at ACT Expo 2015
-- Agility Fuel Systems, a designer and producer of natural gas fuel storage and delivery systems for heavy-duty trucks, and Cummins Inc., the leading provider of diesel and natural gas engines to the trucking industry, have entered into a strategic partnership intended to improve the natural gas vehicle user experience... In an announcement at this week’s Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Dallas, the two firms said they are driving the adoption of natural gas as a vehicle fuel for the heavy-duty truck and bus markets. Under the terms of the agreement, Cummins will also invest an undisclosed amount in Agility Fuel Systems’ equity... The partnership includes technology development and integration of software and hardware between the natural gas engine and the onboard fuel storage and delivery system, to significantly improve performance and uptime... 
Santa Ana, CAL, USA - Trucking News - May 7, 2015


* North Carolina - Agility Fuel Systems to open production facility

-- Agility Fuel Systems, a leading designer and producer of natural gas fuel storage and delivery systems for heavy-duty trucks and buses is opening a 204,000 square foot production facility in Salisbury, N.C., with production expected to get underway later this year... The plant is strategically located north of Charlotte, N.C., in order to be near heavy-duty truck and bus OEM assembly plants. Meeting the growing demand for natural gas equipped trucks, this world class facility allows for an additional 100,000 square feet of expansion, ensuring future scalability... 
(Photo: Agility Fuel Systems to Open North Carolina Production Facility)  --  Salisbury, N.C., USA - Trucking News - May 8, 2015

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May 6, 2015

LNG TRUCKS * USA - UPS Freight add 64 liquefied natural gas tractors

* Pennsylvania - UPS to add more LNG trucks to its fleet

-- UPS Freight has recently stated that it will add 64 liquefied natural gas (LNG) tractors to its fleet. Currently, UPS has more than 2,500 natural gas vehicles in its fleet... Based in Harrisburg, Pa., the new LNG tractors will replace older generation diesel-powered trucks. The LNG trucks will be used for less-than-truckload routes. UPS expects the tractors to travel 600 miles per tank... According to a press release, UPS has nearly 5,500 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles worldwide. Vehicles include all-electric, hybrid electric, hydraulic hybrid, compressed natural gas (CNG), LNG, propane, biomethane and lightweight fuel-saving composite body vehicles... UPS expects to log more than 350 million miles per year with its alternative fuel vehicles with the added fleet. The company has a goal of reaching 1 billion miles by the end of 2017...  
(Photo: UPS expands long-haul, natural gas fleet)  --  Harrisburg, PA, USA - Land Line, by Tyson Fisher - 4 May 2015

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May 5, 2015

CNG, ALTERNATIVE FUEL * USA: 30 million miles trucks' fleet

* Illinois - ampCNG’s CNG-fueled truck fleet surpasses 30 Million miles

-- With this accomplishment, ampCNG has demonstrated the commercial and operational viability of CNG as a fuel for heavy-duty trucks... The company’s primary business is developing, owning and operating public access CNG fueling stations built for the heavy-duty trucking industry. ampCNG currently owns and operates 21 CNG stations nationwide. Nineteen of these are part of amp Trillium, ampCNG’s joint venture with Trillium CNG. Plans are underway to open several more this year... The 42-truck fleet is leased by Renewable Dairy Fuels, a subsidiary of ampCNG, and operated by Ruan. The fleet carries raw milk from Fair Oaks Farms to processing facilities in Kentucky, Michigan, Tennessee and Indiana... Since deploying the CNG trucks in 2011, ampCNG has displaced approximately 4.6 million gallons of diesel and eliminated approximately 7,100 tons of carbon dioxide... 
(Photo: ampCNG, a Chicago-based company that is leading the transition to compressed natural gas -CNG- as a transportation fuel in the commercial trucking industry, has announced that its fleet of Class 8 CNG trucks has surpassed 30 million miles)  --  Chicago, ILL, USA - Trucking News - 4 Mat 2015

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Apr 13, 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA: DME-Powered Trucks

* California - When will we see they?
-- Although interest in alternative fuels has cooled down a bit as diesel prices have dropped, supporters of dimethyl ether, or DME, still believe the alternative fuel has a bright future... DME is a methane-based fuel that burns clean and can be derived from a variety of sources, from natural gas to agricultural waste products. It functions similarly to propane for engine conversion and storage purposes, but delivers a similar power performance to diesel... Volvo Trucks North America so far has been the biggest supporter of the fuel in the U.S., developing DME for commercial use with Oberon Fuels and working to build infrastructure and engines to take advantage of the fuel... In February, California officially approved DME for use as a vehicle fuel. The agency determined that biogas-based DME produced from the Oberon process resulted in an approximate 68% reduction in greenhouse gases when compared to baseline diesel fuel, according to the company... Oberon president Rebecca Boudreaux predicts we will see DME trucks in significant volume within the next three years. California's more stringent emissions standards and low-carbon fuel requirements may help pave the way...
 (Photo: Martin Energy truck powered by DME in pilot program)  --  San Diego, CAL, USA - TruckingInfo, by Deborah Lockridge -13 April 2015

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Feb 18, 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA: Pittsburgh looks to add biodiesel fuel systems to trucks

* Pennsylvania - The trucks will be able to run: Recycled cooking oil, non food-grade corn oil from the ethanol industry and rendered animal fat

-- Pittsburgh is looking to add new fuel systems to 20 trucks in the Department of Public Works that will allow the engines to run on biodiesel as well as traditional fuel, reducing emissions and expenses... Legislation will be introduced at City Council today authorizing the city to enter into a $150,000 agreement with Optimus Technologies, a five-year old North Point Breeze company, that includes installation of the systems and a biofuel refueling station... The trucks will be able to run on a variety of biodiesel options provided by Optimus CEO, Colin Huwyler said, including recycled cooking oil, non food-grade corn oil from the ethanol industry and rendered animal fat... (Photo: Biodiesel pump at Baum Blvd. Automotive) Pittsburgh,PENN,USA -The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, by Robert Zullo -February 17, 2015

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Jan 21, 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUEL * USA

* Pennsylvania - Pays fleets to go natural

(Photo: Clean Energy Station) 
Harrisburg,PEN,USA -Go By Truck News -January 20, 2015: -- Pennsylvania has awarded $7.3 million in funding to help 18 companies switch their heavy-duty fleets to natural gas... The grants are part of a three-year program, which provided $20 million in grants to increase the use of natural gas in heavy-duty vehicles in the state. The 18 recipients were chosen from a pool of 37 applicants... The companies that receive the money must pay at least 50 percent of the costs to purchase each new natural gas vehicle or to retrofit existing vehicles. The maximum award per vehicle is $25,000. The conversion could involve either compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas, as well as bi-fuel vehicles, as long as the trucks weigh at least 14,000 pounds...

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Nov 5, 2014

CNG TRUCKS * USA: Navistar's

* California / USA - Quantum provides Q-Lite™ CNG storage tanks to  Navistar trucks DT466 platform
Lake Forest,CAL,USA -PRNewswire -Nov. 4, 2014: -- Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc., a global leader in natural gas storage systems, integration and vehicle system technologies, today announced that it has supplied its industry leading Q-Lite™ storage tanks for use in Nat G CNG Solutions' recently introduced CNG-based Navistar spark-ignited DT 466 vehicle application. Nat G CNG Solutions, based in Houston, Texas, performed the system integration of the tanks and installation of the CNG system on the Navistar trucks...


 * Quebec / Canada - Trucking company C.A.T. bets on compressed natural gas for fleet
(Photo from Encana: An employee filling up his natural gas truck at an Encana compressed natural gas -CNG- fueling station. Coteau-du-Lac, Que.-based C.A.T. is betting big on the potential of natural gas as a cheaper, less polluting alternative to diesel by leasing 100 big rigs that run on CNG. The trucks, leased from Ryder System Inc., will mark North America’s first major north-south natural-gas truck route)
Montreal,QBC,CAN -The Globe and Mail, by BERTRAND MAROTTE -Nov. 03 2014: -- When many of C.A.T. Inc.’s rumbling 18-wheelers make their 3,400 kilometre trip from Montreal to Laredo, Texas, the trucks won’t be stopping to refuel at the usual diesel pump. Instead, they’ll pull into a compressed natural gas filling station... Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec-based C.A.T. is betting big on the potential of natural gas as a cheaper, less polluting alternative to diesel by leasing 100 big rigs that run on compressed natural gas (CNG). The trucks, leased from Ryder System Inc., will mark North America’s first major north-south natural-gas truck route... C.A.T. is replacing almost one-third of its existing fleet with trucks that run on CNG, making the company an early adopter of a technology that is experiencing growing pains and working hard to win over converts...


* California / USA - Greenkraft Inc. provides trucks to Otto Environmental Systems powered by american natural gas

Santa Ana,CAL,USA -The Herald -November 3, 2014: -- Greenkraft Inc. a California based manufacturer of alternative fuel trucks and alternative fuel systems today announced that Otto Environmental Systems North America, Inc. will be using Greenkraft Natural Gas forward cab trucks for their container services. The trucks will be used for waste management contracts Otto services throughout California and for servicing containers... This is a great opportunity for Greenkraft, to provide trucks that can be used in the waste industry which run on American Natural Gas. Greenkraft is helping businesses run their vehicles on American Natural Gas that is clean and reduces fuel costs...

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Oct 12, 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA & Canada: CNG: Truck convertions & Stations

* New Jersey / USA - Compressed Natural Gas reduces recycling costs

 (Video: Compressed natural gas vehicle progressive waste solutions) 
Trenton,NJ,USA -SustainaBlog -10 Ocy 2014: -- Most of the trucks used in recycling are diesel powered. Diesel engines are rugged and last a long time in heavy duty use. But diesel trucs cost more to buy than their gas powered cousins, and diesel fuel is more expensive than gas, too. Those extra costs make it harder for recyclers to make a profit... That’s why Progressive Waste Solutions has added 300 CNG (compressed natural gas) powered trucks to its fleet. CNG trucks are less expensive to buy and CNG costs up to 50% less than diesel fuel. Compressed natural gas is clean burning, which means it doesn’t spew particulates into the air like diesel does. It also means there are no harmful combustion by-products to gum up critical internal engine parts or contaminate lubricating oils so the engines have fewer breakdowns and need less downtime for maintenance... 


* Ontario / Canada - Stratford fuel station offers CNG locally


Stratford,Perth,Ontario,Canadá -Today's Trucking, by Cortney Cook -Oct 10, 2014: -- Core Fuels, a family-owned company that has been delivering gasoline, diesel and propane around Southwestern Ontario for the past 35 years, has taken a confident leap into the natural-gas pool... Kevin Core he's confident in his investment and choice to provide CNG in addition to gas, diesel and propane because "people are looking for better alternatives to help the environment and they’re also looking for cheaper ways to move things around, so we felt this was a natural way to go about it " ... Core says that they’re encouraging customers to use CNG as an alternative fuel locally before thinking about long-haul transportation, because a CNG-powered truck has less range than a similar-sized diesel... Gord Booker, a sales representative for Freightliner and Team Truck Centre says CNG is “25 percent less efficient than diesel for mileage, but it’s also less money so it’s basically more useful right now for local services” ...

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Sep 29, 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * France: The International Center for Natural Gas Information

* Isle de France - LNG trucks seen boosting transport market share by 2035

(Photo: MARKWEST GAS PROCESSING PLANT in Houston, PA) 
Rueil Malmaison,IdeF,France -Bloomberg, by Anna Shiryaevskaya/Lars Paulsson/Rob Verdonck and Andrew Reierson -Sep 28, 2014: -- Liquefied natural gas will gain a “significant” market share in the transport sector by 2035, the International Center for Natural Gas Information said... CEDIGAZ, it's a France-based association with 100 members in 40 countries, said today in a report... “The cost advantage of LNG relative to diesel currently provides a strong economic incentive in the trucking industry,” the report said... Global demand for LNG in road transport is estimated at 45 million metric tons a year in 2025 and 96 million tons in 2035 from almost zero in 2010... China, which already has infrastructure in place, will represent almost half of the market for the use of LNG in trucks, according to the report... “With at least 100,000 LNG vehicles and 1,100 refueling stations at the end of 2013, China already has a head start over the rest of the world in this nascent market,” the report said. “However, gas price reform in China may slow LNG growth there. LNG should also carve out a significant market share in the USA, Europe and the rest of Asia” ...

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Sep 19, 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA -

* Indiana - Heavy-Duty trucks make slow switch to Natural Gas

(Photo: ATCO Gas Dump Truck) 
Columbus,IND,USA -Today's Trucking -Sep 18, 2014: -- The heavy-duty truck market is adopting natural gas at a slower rate than predicted, according to a report from ACT Research... Natural-gas-powered truck sales grew at about the same rate as the truck market as a whole in 2014. Sales for 2014 are expected to total 11,000 units, which is up 27 percent from 2013... Among the remaining barriers for the natural-gas market are the price gap between natural-gas and diesel vehicles and early-stage infrastructure build-out... The study also asked trucking industry leaders to look to the longer-term future of natural gas and offered insights based on extensive interviews, research and analysis... 

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Sep 17, 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA: Oberon Fuels's / * Canada: TATRO's

* California - DME receives EPA’s first biogas-based fuel approval under the renewable fuel standard

San Diego,CAL,USA -Global Newswire -September 3, 2014: -- Oberon Fuels Inc., the first company to announce plans to commercialize biogas-based dimethyl ether (“DME”) fuel production in North America, announced today that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has approved its DME for inclusion under the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”). Oberon’s biogas-based DME process resulted in an approximate 68% reduction in greenhouse gases when compared to baseline diesel fuel... “One of the exciting attributes of DME is that, at its core, DME is a simple fuel,” according to Oberon’s co-founder and COO Elliot Hicks. “It requires a simple diesel engine and has simple propane-like handling properties” ... The transportation industry, particularly the heavy-duty sector, now has another option under the RFS for a domestically produced, renewable fuel...


* Ontario/Canada - Truck seller becomes bio-fuel producer 

Chatham,ONT,CAN -Canadian Shipper –Sep 15, 2014: -- A used truck dealer plans on turning waste wood by-products into diesel fuel... TATRO sells both parts and Class 8 trucks to fleets in Canada, the USA and around the world, but the Chatham, Ont.-based company has also invested in other businesses... TATRO it's also one of the backers of Innovative Hydrogen Solutions, which has created an on-board hydrogen delivery system designed to improve the fuel efficiency of truck engines... TATRO Trucks Ltd. corporate financial controller Daryl Dawson said, turning the leftover woody residue from sawmills into something of value is especially appealing when compared with the demands of other bio-fuels like ethanol, which requires acres of prime farmland devoted to growing corn for the production process, rather than allowing those acres to be used for planting crops for human consumption... The company TATRO is investing in, celluFuel Inc., is setting up a test facility in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia at ReNova Scotia Bioenergy Inc.—the former site of the Bowater Mersey Paper Company Ltd.—which the province has been operating since 2012. Dawson describes the facility as incubator and innovation centre...

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Nov 7, 2013

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * WORLDWIDE

* UK - Deutsche Post DHL expands its green fleet with dual fuel vehicles

Egham,UK -Automotive World (UK) -6 Nov 2013: -- Deutsche Post DHL acquires 63 new dual-fuel trucks... Several Group projects worldwide increase the use of alternative drive systems for delivery and transport... The total DHL fleet in the UK now comprises 95 dual fuel trucks in total with another 50 of these on order... Deutsche Post DHL further expands its fleet of about 8,500 vehicles with alternative drive systems and aerodynamic modifications... The dual fuel drive system is one of the few alternative systems that also work for heavy load trucks – the trucks at DHL UK are designed to operate at 44 tonnes. Hybrid or electric vehicles cannot be used in this transport segment due to their limited loading capacities and distance range. Dual fuel vehicles typically reduce carbon emissions by up to 14 percent...
* Quebec - Gaz Metro applauds Quebec program that subsidizes natural gas trucks

Montreal,QUE,CAN -Truck News -Nov 5, 2013: -- The rebate will cover 30% of up to $75,000 of the additional cost natural gas adds to the price of a vehicle... The announcement drew praise from Gaz Metro, which operates a number of natural gas fuelling stations in the province...

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