Automotive Fleet News

SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah House of Representatives on Feb. 5 overwhelmingly passed a bill aimed at making it easier and cheaper to convert vehicles to run on compressed natural gas.

Tags: CNG, CNG conversion

SEAL BEACH, CA - Taxi Affiliation Services (TAS), which operates Yellow Cab Chicago, has awarded Clean Energy Fuels Corp. a new 10-year contract to build and operate two new CNG fueling stations and sell fuel to the company's growing CNG taxi fleet.

Tags: Clean Energy, CNG, Taxi Affiliation Services , Yellow Cab Chicago

ASHEVILLE, NC - Altech-Eco Corp. in North Carolina said it has obtained a Certificate of Conformity (COC) from the EPA for its dedicated 2010 Ford Focus compressed natural gas (CNG) conversion system.

Tags: Altech-Eco Corp., CNG, CNG conversion, EPA, Ford Focus

PALM DESERT, CA -- The city of Palm Desert in southern California unveiled its new compressed natural gas-powered ambulance and medic unit on Jan. 22 at the city's Fire Station 33.

Tags: CNG, Frazer Ambulance, Palm Desert, CA

ST. CLAIR, MO - With this latest addition, Steelweld expands its operations to include Shreveport, La.

Tags: CNG, Midbox, Steelweld Equipment Company

SANTA ANA, CA --- Waste Management announced the deployment of 12 new compressed natural gas (CNG) trash-collection trucks in the California cities of Santa Ana and Irvine.

Tags: CNG, CNG refuse trucks, natural gas, South Coast Air District in Southern California, Waste Management

DALLAS - Despite a total conversion cost that could exceed $8 million, Yellow Cab believes the lower cost of compressed natural gas, in comparison to regular gasoline, will ultimately lower expenses.

Tags: CNG, Yellow Cab

ATLANTA - UPS has deployed 245 new delivery trucks powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) to cities in Colorado and California over the past month.

Tags: CNG, Green, UPS

SEAL BEACH, CA --- Parking shuttle and ground transportation operators at major international airports in Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and Las Vegas have contracted with Clean Energy Fuels to design, build and maintain three new airport-adjacent CNG fueling stations.

Tags: Clean Energy, CNG, The Parking Spot , Whittlesea Bell Transportation

SEAL BEACH, CA --- AT&T has awarded to BAF Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., an order to convert 463 Ford E-250 vans to run on compressed natural gas (CNG).

Tags: AT&T, BAF Technologies, Clean Energy, CNG, CNG vehicle conversions, NGV

OGDEN, UT --- With the arrival of 10 new garbage trucks fueled by compressed natural gas, the city of Ogden now has more CNG vehicles than any other municipality in Utah.

Tags: CNG, refuse trucks

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR --- The city of North Little Rock plans to convert four of its highest-polluting fleet vehicles to compressed natural gas, the Arkansas News reported.

Tags: CNG, CNG fueling stations

SEAL BEACH, CA - Refuse operators in Florida, New Jersey, Idaho, and California have opened new compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel stations to support deployment of their growing fleets of CNG refuse collection trucks.

Tags: Allied Waste Services, Central Jersey Waste, Choice Environmental Services, CNG, refuse trucks, South County Sanitary Company

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ - The Atlantic County Utilities Authority (ACUA) is working with Clean Energy Fuels on a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel station to support its growing fleet of CNG refuse trucks, as well municipal and private CNG fleet vehicles in the area.

Tags: Atlantic County Utilities Authority, Clean Energy, CNG

TAMPA, FL --- TECO Peoples Gas and Wise Gas Inc. are partnering to promote the use of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) in Florida with an eight-city tour that starts Tuesday, Nov. 10, in Jacksonville and ends Friday, Nov. 20, in Tallahassee.

Tags: Bi-Fuel Ford Focus, CNG, Foton-America Transit Bus , Honda Civic GX, NGV, TECO Peoples Gas , Wise Gas Inc.

TORRANCE, CA --- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) U.S.A. Inc. has partnered with the Surfrider Foundation to create a specially modified Camry Hybrid fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG).

Tags: Camry Hybrid, CNG, Toyota

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - Choice Environmental Services debuted its new compressed natural gas (CNG) refuse truck fueling station and fleet of natural gas trucks.

Tags: Choice Environmental Services, CNG, natural gas trucks

SEAL BEACH, CA --- The city of Los Angeles has awarded a 10-year contract to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to design, build, and operate a new CNG fueling station at Ontario International Airport (ONT) in San Bernardino County.

Tags: Clean Energy Fuels Corp. , CNG, Ontario International Airport

BARTLETT, IL --- Auto Truck Group, a leading builder of work trucks, has partnered with two major CNG conversion companies to convert Ford and GM work trucks to operate on compressed natural gas.

Tags: Auto Truck Group, CNG, CNG conversions

FORT WORTH, TX --- A number of companies and nonprofit groups have formed the Metroplex Natural Gas Vehicle Consortium, in hopes of developing new transportation markets for natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and a fueling infrastructure in the North Texas region.

Tags: CNG, Metroplex Natural Gas Vehicle Consortium, NGV

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Deploying natural gas vehicles in its fleet and implementing a CNG public outreach program helped earn the company a 2009 National NGV Achievement Award.

Tags: Award, Chesapeake Energy, CNG, natural gas

DALLAS - The company's goal to deploy 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles by 2019 helped earn it a 2009 National NGV Achievement Award.

Tags: AT&T, Clean Vehicle Education Foundation, CNG, CVEF, natural gas, NGVAmerica

ANN ARBOR, MI --- A new report by the Sustainable Transportation and Communities group at the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), a Michigan-based nonprofit research group, examines the benefits of converting corporate fleets from gasoline to compressed natural gas (CNG) and hybrid vehicles.

Tags: AT&T fleet, Center for Automotive Research , CNG, greening fleets, hybrid

PHILADELPHIA - PECO has expanded its utility fleet of vehicles with more compressed natural gas and hybrid vehicles.

Tags: alt-fuel vehicles, CNG, Ford F-350, PECO, PHEVs

SEAL BEACH, CA --- A major natural-gas truck fueling station, designed and built by Clean Energy Fuels Corp., is now open for business on a 2.9-acre site adjacent to the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

Tags: Clean Energy Fuels Corp. , Clean Truck programs, CNG, liquefied natural gas, San Pedro Bay Ports' Clean Air Action Plan