In a deal nailed down here at ACT Expo, Florida’s Saddle Creek Transportation ordered ten Freightliner Cascadia trac-tors with advanced tractor aerodynam-ics, new aerodynamic back-of-cab CNG cylinder array by Agility Fuel Systems (see page 9), and Cummins Westport ISX12 G engine. Celebrating here yes-terday afternoon are (at left) Bob Car-rick of Freightliner, Ron Eickelman of Agility, Mike DelBovo and John Erwin of Saddle Creek, and Chris Chasteen of Freightliner of Tampa.

ACT Expo organizer GNA expects to smash the 3,000-attendees mark here today, making ACT Expo 2013 by far and away North Amer-ica’s premier and best attended alternative fuels event.

“We’d like to thank our

sponsors, exhibitors, speakers and attendees for a terrfic event in Washington,” said Erik Nean-dross, CEO at organizer Gladstein, Neandross and Association. Next year, back to California. Details on the May 2014 show on Page 18.

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Clean Cities Looks AheadAnd the National Mall shall henceforth be mowed using propane power. —Page 4

GE’s CNG In A BoxFueling equipment is part of a

much bigger package. —Page 6

Workhorse Under AmpEmphasis on battery electrics,

gasoline & alt fuels too. —Page 7

Natural Gas for HHPClean Energy, Galileo, Westport

fueling trains & ships. —Page 12

Volvo Embraces DMEOberon is the partner as OEM

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Propane for TippecanoeSchools save money with Roush-powered buses, and may well buy more. —Page 17

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Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America and first-time ACT Expo exhibitor eNow (Booth 282) have a strategic partnership to offer a range of solar-based auxiliary power system options for the OEMs Canter FE/FG Series medium-duty com-mercial trucks.

Applications range from 30-watt systems to help keep batteries charged, to 6,400-watt sys-

tems capable of powering liftgates and refrigeration systems. The eNow solar-power options are designed specifically for the truck transport industry, and can help owners comply with idling and emissions regulations. Fuso made the announcement yesterday. See our ad on page 5

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ACT Expo Draws Record Crowd

Freightliner’s Bob Carrick, Greg Treinen and Brian Daniels with ISX12 G-powered Cascadia tractor at Booth 619. Much more on the ISX12 G on Page 8.

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Expo Hall Exhibitors3M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360

AFV Natural Gas Fuel System . . . .343AGA Systems, Incorporated . . . . . .649Agility Fuel Systems . . . . . . . . . . .537Allied Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . .564American Honda . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201American CNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .666American Natural Gas . . . . . . . . . .542American Power Group . . . . . . . . .777Anderson Flaps Incorporated

Lobby (ANGA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245ANGI Energy Systems . . . . . . . . . .336Argentine NGV Association . . . . . .267Ariel Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .364Aspro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442Atlas Copco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270Automotive Research & Design . . .344

BAF Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . .371BASF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .469Bauer Compressors . . . . . . . . . . .509Bio CNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .460Blu LNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359Boulder Electric Vehicle . . . . . . . . .216

Cavagna Group, S .p .A . . . . . . . . . .567Chart Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255Chrysler Group Fleet . . . . . . . . . . .315Clean Air Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . .613Clean Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .471ClipperCreek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310CNG Cylinders International . . . . .340CNG One Source . . . . . . . . . . . . .670Cobey Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .544Cobham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443Commercial Carrier Journal (CCJ) . .265Corban Energy Group . . . . . . . . . .560Counteract Balancing Beads . . . . .465CP Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .568Cryogenic Industries . . . . . . . . . . .448Cryostar USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .440Cubogas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .563Cummins Westport . . . . . . . . . . . .548

Diesel Technology Forum . . . . . . . .325

Eaton Vehicle Group . . . . . . . . . . .520EcoDual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .431EControls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237Endress Hauser . . . . . . . . . . . . . .466eNow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282Europeplast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .449Evergreen CNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .467EVSE, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314Europeplast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .449

Ferrellgas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415FIBA Technologies, Incorporated . .345Fleet Owner Magazine . . . . . . . . . .668Ford Motor Company . . . . . . . . . . .309Freightliner Custom Chassis . . . . .619Freightliner Trucks . . . . . . . . . . . .619

Galileo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .461GE Oil & Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425General Motors Fleet . . . . . . . . . .301Gladstein, Neandross & Associates 215GPS Insight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370GP Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247Greater Washington Region

Clean Cities Coalition . . . . . . . .369Greenline Fuel Corporation . . . . . .260GreenTech Automotive . . . . . . . . .312Griffin Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . .445

Hexagon Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . .540Hino Trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355Hy-Lok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .464

IMPCO Automotive . . . . . . . . . . . .455IMW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372INOX/CVA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346Isuzu Commercial Trucks

of America, Incorporated . . . . . .555

JC Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273Jefferson Solenoid Valves . . . . . . .462

Kenworth Truck Company . . . . . . .238

Landi Renzo USA . . . . . . . . . . . . .347Luxfer Gas Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . .337

Mack Trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254Macro Technologies . . . . . . . . . . .546

NAFA Fleet Management Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341

National Biodiesel Board . . . . . . . .321Navistar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .667New Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259NGVAmerica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446Northville Natural Gas . . . . . . . . .261

Odyne Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436Oklahoma Department

of Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269OMB Saleri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447Optimum Composites . . . . . . . . . .458OPW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .571

Parker Hannifin Corporation . . . . . .358Penske . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .643PeopleNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366Peterbilt Motors Company . . . . . . .655Pi Innovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368Power Solutions International (PSI) 331Powertrain Integration . . . . . . . . . .348Propane Education & Research

Council (PERC) . . . . . . . . . . . . .401PSB Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441

Quantum Technologies . . . . . . . . .518Questar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501

Renewable Energy Group . . . . . . .420Roush CleanTech . . . . . . . . . . . . .419Ryder System, Incorporated . . . . .222

Sensor Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . .263Shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219Sierra Monitor Corporation . . . . . .249Simpkins Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . .536Stäubli Corporation . . . . . . . . . . .361

Taylor-Wharton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437Trillium CNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200TruStar Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276Tulsa Gas Technologies . . . . . . . . .444

Ultimate CNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .637Universal Air & Gas Products

Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365US DOE Clean Cities . . . . . . . . . . .367Utilimaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .566

Venchurs Vehicle Systems . . . . . .211VIA Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231Volvo Trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .601

Wayne, a GE Energy Business . . . .422WEH Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . .251Weldship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .468Westport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .545Workhorse/AMP Electric Vehicles .241Worthington Cylinders . . . . . . . . . .573Wrightspeed Powertrains . . . . . . .213

XL Hybrids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .672

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I hope you are enjoying your time here at the 2013 ACT Expo. Our Clean Cities coordinators look for-ward to this event every year and draw inspiration from the ever-growing list of attendees, all of whom are interested in advancing clean transportation.

As many of you know, this is a particularly exciting year for the Clean Cities program, as we mark two decades of progress in cut-ting petroleum use in transporta-tion. Twenty years since its incep-tion, the program has successfully saved more than 5 billion gallons of petroleum, averted more than 34 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions, and helped to place more than 550,000 alternative fuel vehi-cles into operation.

While those accomplishments are indeed impressive, the most telling measure of Clean Cities’ success is the growing number of

stakeholders – fleets, vehicle manufacturers, cities and counties, pub-lic officials, fuel provid-ers, nonprofit organiza-tions, and others – that have joined in our efforts over the years. Today, more than 20,000 stake-holders count themselves as part of at least one of the nearly 100 Clean Cities coalitions.

The key to Clean Cities’ suc-cess is the program’s proven ability to build relationships. Transporta-tion deployment initiatives depend on collaboration by myriad parties in the public and private sectors. Through local Clean Cities coali-tions, stakeholders make the neces-sary connections to take on projects that place advanced vehicles on the road and provide fleets and consum-ers with access to alternative fuels. By collaborating on such projects, stakeholders create economies of scale for alternative fuels and tipping

points of demand for vehicles, so that petro-leum is no longer the only game in town.

These connections take place between coalitions as well. As part of a national net-work of Clean Cities coalitions, and with

technical and organizational sup-port from the national program, no coalition is an island. Coalitions learn from one another, replicate best practices, and collaborate on regional projects and events. A Clean Cities coordinator in Hawaii would not hesitate to pick up the phone and call a coalition in Vir-ginia or a vehicle expert from the national technical response service to find answers to a fleet’s questions or troubleshoot a challenge.

Clean Cities’ robust network of stakeholders not only accounts for the program’s success to date; it also serves as the foundation for

Clean Cities’ future, which I believe is very bright. The inroads we have made thus far into local and regional markets will catalyze future projects, making the switch from petroleum to clean, domestic fuels financially and technologically easier. With each new fueling station, workplace charging installation, alternative fuel vehicle acquisition, local code adop-tion, and idle-reduction proclama-tion, momentum grows for further progress in reducing our depen-dence on petroleum.

So as I look around at the thou-sands of dedicated people who have come together in Washington this week in support of a stronger, cleaner transportation future, I could not feel more encouraged about the next 20 years. For those of you who aren’t yet involved with Clean Cities, I invite you to join us on this important journey.

Sincerely,Dennis Smith

National Clean Cities DirectorU.S. Department of Energy

DoE Clean Cities is at Booth 367.

The National Mall and Memo-rial Parks unit of the National Park Service this week fired up the engines on its first and only alternative fueled lawn mowers via a donation from the Propane Education & Research Council.

PERC and Greater Wash-ington Region Clean Cities Coalition celebrated the advent of the six propane-fueled Exmark Lazer Z S-Series units,

which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions on the National Mall here in Washington by 50% per mower.

“We are always looking for ways to integrate sustainable practices into every part of our operation,” said Bob Vogel, National Mall and Memorial Park (NAMA) superintendent. “Pro-pane mowers from PERC will help the National Mall meet its

sustainability goals with a clean-burning, American-made fuel.”

It’s part of the Green Parks Plan, “a National Park Service initiative to reduce dependence on foreign oil, mitigate the effects of climate change, and conserve energy,” PERC reports.

The four 72- and two 60-inch Lazer Z S-Series pro-pane-fueled zero-turn riders will comprise one-third of the Mall’s mower fleet and replace diesel-fueled units, PERC says. NAMA is a first adopter of the Exmark model with Kohler Command Pro Propane EFI engine – a technology that was developed and commercialized with PERC funding. “The Kohler power system increases fuel efficiency by 25% “and delivers the lowest operating cost of any mower on the market today.”

PERC’s donation amounts to approximately $70,000 worth of equipment.

PERC is at Booth 401.

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First delivery is expected in September.“Many full-service truck leasing customers continue to

evaluate using natural gas vehicles within their truck fleets while others are quickly adopting the use of NGVs to meet their sustainability goals,” said Penske executive VP for opera-tions Art Vallely.

“We’re encouraged by the interest we are seeing from customers with regard to NGVs and we are fully capable of assisting any fleet with their natural gas powered truck needs,” he said.

The new CNG tractors will be used by Penske’s full-service truck leasing and commercial truck rental customers at various U.S. locations – 75 for leasing and 25 for rental.

The company esti-mates that before the year-end, it will have more than 200 natural gas tractors in its fleet for both full-service truck leasing and commercial truck rentals.

Penske consults with customers on natural gas too, offering “vehicle specifica-tion expertise, lease financing, grant application assistance, a nationwide network of maintenance facilities, and more than two decades of experience maintaining fleets of commercial natural gas vehicles.”

Penske Truck Leasing is at Booth 643. Freightliner is at 619 and Cummins Westport is at 548.

Penske Truck Leasing is headquartered in Reading, Pa. It is a joint venture of Penske Corp, the Penske Automotive Group, and General Electric Capital.

Penske Truck Leasing has ordered 100 compressed natural gas Freightliner Cascadia tractors powered by Cummins Westport’s new 11.9-liter ISX12 G engine.

Penske Truck Leasing Orders 100 NGVs

The latest customer for GE Oil & Gas’ CNG In A Box fueling station is ready-mix concrete firm Ozinga Bros., of Mokena, Ill., which has pledged to switch its fleet of 500 trucks to CNG by 2020. Ozinga plans to buy four CNG In A Box fueling systems, which list at $750,000 each, as well as trucks, loaders and other CNG equipment with finance from GE Capital.

GE says that its CNG In A Box fueling system, formally launched last Sep-tember in collaboration with Chesapeake Energy, is more than a standardized, plug-and-play fueling system. It is a customer’s entry point onto GE’s “Industrial Internet,” and can generate management data as far reaching as estimating daily cash flows for a fleet operator’s treasury department.

A pilot program, started three months ago, is doing just that for a fleet of pickup truck and light utility vehicles that fill up via CNG In A Box, says Ujjwal Kumar, business leader for North American products at GE Oil & Gas. There are, he notes, ten CNG in a Box systems in the field, with another 25 sold and awaiting deployment.

GE’s strategy is nothing less than to revolutionize the supply chain for CNG, while helping to finance it. The basic premise is to offer operators a completely-GE made and integrated, pre-configured and factory-tested CNG In A Box delivery sys-tem, greatly simplifying site construction and keeping customization to a minimum.

GE will then monitor its “fleet” of near-identical CNG in a Box units to gather the operational data needed to persuade bankers and insurers alike that they are a good risk. For the banker, the unit is an asset that can be moved; for the insurer, it will be shown to be safe and lead to massive reductions in rates, Kumar says.

“We’ve moved the fueling station from the project world to the product world. We bring advantages in cost and delivery time,” he says.

For the customer, GE can monitor every activity in the CNG in a Box system and its interaction with electricity and gas suppliers, and match it to fleet data, facilitating financial planning and analysis.

GE (Booth 425) is now in discussions with fuel network companies to sell-on CNG In A Box. “We don’t want to own them,” says Kumar – but GE would still monitor and manage data from them.

ACT Expo 2013 gold sponsor Trillium CNG is display-ing and demonstrating the hydraulic intensifier com-pressor it says “is capable of providing an ultra-fast refueling experience similar to conventional diesel.”

Then unit “provides a low-horsepower, high-performance solution that delivers a fast-fill fuel-ing experience with higher reliability resulting in significantly lower operating costs for our cus-tomers,” said Trillium CNG manufacturing and

engineering VP Ted Calvin.“Natural gas is plentiful in the United States and

more cost effective than diesel,” said Trillium CNG market development and strategy VP Bill Zobel. “In addition to lower pump prices, CNG provides more certainty on fuel pricing for fleet managers and their customers.”

Hydraulic intensifier demos are scheduled for 9:00 and 11:00 this morning at Booth 200.

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Ohio’s Amp Holding acquired Workhorse brand (and Indiana factory and national network of 440 dealers) from Navistar for $5 million this past March, and has come to Washington to debut the all-electric step van it says promises quick payback for fleet operators.

“With this acquisition,” the company said in March, “Amp will be positioned to be the first truck OEM in the United States

to offer a range of alternative fuel vehicles produced in an automated assembly plant.”

Amp plans to recommence Workhorse production at the 200,000-square-foot factory in Union City, Ind. with a decided emphasis on battery electrics.

“The delivery truck itself can be re-invented right here,” says Amp co-founder and CEO Steve Burns.

“If someone’s thinking of non- traditional power,” Burns says, “we want it to be Workhorse, from a factory point of view.”

“By offering an all-electric Workhorse chassis along with gas-oline-powered, and alternative-fuel powered models, Amp will become a premier OEM capable of build-ing alternative fuel vehicles for the com-mercial market.”

Amp is using power-dense Remy motors and large for-mat prismatic lithium iron phos-phate battery cells primarily from China Aviation. Amp builds its own

battery packs using a commercially available BMS (battery manage-ment system).

“We can pay back in four to five years and then it’s gravy for another 16,” Burns says – or gravy in as little

as two years in states with strong EV incentives, which will be his first target markets. The pay-back is fast because the walk-in van is a gas guz-zler. “These things weigh

20,000 pounds and they go through the air like a brick,” Burns says.

“We want to be known as a horse of a different color – green,” he says.

Amp Rides in on Workhorse

PSI for Amp Trucks with EnginesIllinois-based Power Solutions International (Booth 331) is talking up Amp’s use of PSI powertrains with 4.8- and 6.0-liter GM engines for gasoline- propane- and CNG-fueled Workhorse models.

The PSI agreement with Amp “marks another significant step for PSI in developing its on-highway program,” said PSI president and CEO Gary Winemaster.

“Amp is committed to pushing the fleet industry forward,” said Amp president Marty Rucidlo. “This collaboration with PSI will help us do that by offering a full range of cost-effective, alternative-fuel engines designed for today’s market.”

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Natural gas trucks won’t drive long haul until the fueling highway is open, and the stations won’t open until there are sufficient trucks to make them viable. Cummins Westport’s new ISX12 G, entering production this year, is seen by many as the key that will unlock the puzzle.

The new Cummins Westport engine, referred to colloquially as the 12 G, is what long-haulers have been waiting for: an 11.9 liter, 350- to 400-horsepower all-natural gas powerplant that can haul up to 80,000 lbs in a Class 8 truck with the performance of a diesel. It has no direct natural gas competition, putting it quite literally in a class of its own.

“There was a void in the 12-liter range,” says Scott Baker, director of product and mar-ket planning at Cummins Westport. “We think this engine is the key to unlocking the long haul market for natural gas. By next year it will have opened up.”

Its arrival is a relief for Clean Energy, which has invested more than $450 million to build 90 fueling stations in anticipation of fleets switching to liquid natural gas – but has opened only 16 to

date, including five last month. “The 12 G is a very big, a very crucial piece of our puzzle,” says Dave Mizerowski, regional manager for national accounts at Clean Energy.

“It was the Goldilocks Syndrome – that engine’s too small, that one’s too big, but this one is just right” for the long-haul trucks Clean Energy needs to justify opening up its stations on the LNG truck fueling network that it calls America’s Natural Gas Highway. “By the end of the year we will see much more of the corridor connected,” Mizerowski says.

Truck-maker Kenworth also sees the 12 G as crucial to the Class 8 long-haul mar-ket. Alan Fennimore, vocational marketing manager at Kenworth, says the engine will come into its own as the higher 400-hp rating becomes available.

“Up until this year there hadn’t been any choices except diesel, but now, and with more

competition in the natural gas market driving down the cost of fleet refueling stations, we’re seeing a lot more interest.”

Cummins WestportThe natural gas ISX12 G entered limited produc-tion in April, and is ramping up to full production in August. “It’s the walk-before-you-run strat-egy,” says Scott Baker. While remaining vague on

actual numbers, he said limited produc-tion involves around 100 engines per month, and deliveries will have run well into four figures by year-end. Produc-tion targets beyond then run into an eventual five figures annually, “in the low end of that range.”

To put it another way, Baker said that some 200-to-250,000 Class 8 trucks are delivered annually in the U.S. While no single engine manufacturer delivers more than 100,000 a year, Cummins is the market leader. How many will be 12Gs? “It depends on the adoption rate of natural gas,” he says.

However, he expects the 12 G to take over the mantle of flagship product from Cummins Westport’s 8.9-liter ISL G engine.

The limited production engines are rated up to 350 hp, but a software change as it enters full production will raise it to 400 hp. “A lot of fleets are waiting for the 400 hp,” says Baker. “There’s a lot of pent up demand for that engine.” Cum-mins Westport is at Booth 548.

Clean Energy Fuels“We’re looking for fleet owners to order their trucks,” says Clean Energy’s Dave Mizerowski, before the company opens more of its 74 built but

not yet commissioned liquid natural gas stations.The 12 G engine, he says will bring the cus-

tomers needed to speed up the openings. Is it good to be ahead of the game with devel-

opment of infrastructure? “Yes and no,” Miz-erowski says. “There’s a lot of stress involved with that. We’re putting it on the line.”

Clean Energy opened five stations last month, in Texas and Arizona. It has 1,200 trucks under contract in the Port of Long Beach, and has opened corridors in its natural gas highway in the Texas Triangle and between Long Beach and Las Vegas.

Its natural gas comes from its two liquefac-tion plants in California and Texas, and Clean Energy (Booth 471) has partnered with General Electric for further supply, Mizerowski says. GE Oil & Gas is at Booth 425.

KenworthKenworth is showing two trucks at Booth 238 with the Cummins Westport ISX12 G engine. One is a short-hood T800 regional truck, and the other a T800 long-haul day-cab tractor, one of 20 in initial service with Seaboard Foods of Oklahoma City. Fitted with tanks of 163 diesel gallon equivalence, it can haul 80,000 lbs over a distance of 800 miles. Seaboard has another 180 on order, to be fitted with the higher-rated 400 hp 12G and some with sleeper cabs.

“We have other orders, too,” says Alan Fen-nimore. Kenworth’s allocation of limited pro-duction 12 G engines is completely sold out, he adds, and the 400 hp engine will be available for new orders.

He expects that next year 5-10% of Ken-worth’s production will be of natural gas trucks, “and that proportion is growing every year.”

Cummins Westport ISX12 G Has the Industry Humming

ISX12 G: The Key to the Highway

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Agility Fuel Systems is talking up “the most space-efficient natural gas fuel system in the market,” with a new back-of-cab (BoC) assembly for Class 7 and Class 8 over-the-road tractors.

The new design utilizes three cylinders of 26-inch-diameter by 80-inch-length tanks to be able to carry 120 diesel gallon equivalents.

The 26-inch-diameter Type IV tanks, new from Hexagon Lincoln, allow for boss- or neck-mounting, says Agility sales VP Paul Mader.

The new assembly takes up just 31.25 inches of frame rail space. Width is 87.25 inches, maintain-ing vehicle aerodynamics by not

protruding beyond the side of the cab.The BoC array can be combined

with rail-mounted CNG tanks to reach a maximum of 240 DGE.

In addition to the new Type IV tanks, “which are up to 70% lighter than steel tanks and not subject to corrosion,” the new Agility BoC assembly includes:•  an integrated fuel manage-ment module for accurate filling and pressure delivery to the engine; •  an in-cab display – providing such vital information as fuel level, miles to empty, average mileage per DGE and nearest fueling station locator; •  an area PRD (pressure relief device) for improved safety and

better packaging (capturing a larger heat area than current point pres-sure relief valves); and •  ignition disconnect fuel caps: “Ergonomic and robust, Agility’s fuel caps are designed for the rig-orous demands of the heavy truck industry while providing a reliable electrical connection.”

“Agility is at the forefront of the

natural gas industry with a revolu-tionary fuel system that provides 120 diesel gallon equivalent,” said CEO Barry Engle. “This is the most fuel per square inch of rail space in the industry and allows class 7 and 8 on-the-road trucks to have a usable range of 500 miles.”

Agility Fuel Systems is at Booth 537.Hexagon Lincoln is at Booth 540.

You can drive cleaner and more economically with propane, says (left to right) Roy Willis, CEO of the Propane Education & Research Council, or with natural gas, says Marty Durbin, CEO of America’s Natural Gas Alliance, or with clean diesel, says Allen Schaeffer, executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum, or with electricity, says Brian Wynne, president of the Electric Drive Transportation Association. All agreed that all four alternative energy sources are growing in popularity.

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Questar’s winning bid to build two CNG fueling stations for Frito-Lay – in Kansas and Connecticut – has boosted the Utah-company’s quest to expand nationwide.

The new stations will be Quester’s second and third beyond Utah’s borders, the first being a massive $5 million station in Hous-ton, Texas, for Swift Transporta-tion and Central Freight, that will open at the end of next month with a capacity of 5 million equivalent gallons per year.

“We expect to open another ten to 15 stations across the country within the next year,” says Judd Cook, director of business development at Questar (Booth 501).

Questar currently operates 29 public CNG stations in Utah, which it built in response to the 2008 peak in gasoline prices of around $4 a gallon. “We built these stations for about $1 million apiece, and sold CNG for $1 a gallon.

In six to eight months some 13,000 CNG vehi-cles flocked into Utah,” Judd says.

“We went from selling 40,000 gallons a year to over five million gallons.” CNG pas-senger vehicles continue to pour into Utah, and Questar is now selling six million gallons at $1.56 a gallon – “but that’s not the price for

Frito-Lay,” he told ShowTimes.The Frito-Lay stations, in Killingly,

Conn., and Topeka, Kans., are each expected to pump up to three million gallons a year. Each will have four lanes with three dispensers; two of the dis-pensers will be high-speed for trucks, and the third will be for both trucks and passenger vehicles.

But these stations are dwarfed by the Houston CNG station, which has 120 time-fill lanes and five lanes of high-speed dispensers. Swift and Central Freight will have 200 trucks there, Judd says. It is open to the public too, to cater to passenger vehicles as well as trucks.

Frito-Lay Win Cements Questar’s Expansion

Questar’s Craig Wagstaff, Judd Cook and Carl Galbraith at Booth 501.

XL Hybrid for FedExXL Hybrids (Booth 672) says it’s to convert ten conventionally-powered panel vans into fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles for FedEx Express.

The XL upfit reduces fuel consumption and emissions “while extending engine life in fleet vehicles by supplementing the nec-essary power with the hybrid-electric drive train.” It’s been shown to reduce fuel use and carbon dioxide emissions by up to 21.2% on urban routes, “while operating with the same durability and reliability as traditional vans and trucks.”

CNG station down? Or not quite built but your customers want the fuel?

Ultimate CNG has the answer with FuelMule, a portable ANGI Systems compressed natural gas fueling station on a Freightliner M2 truck, ready to go where it’s needed.

Dennis Pick is the Ultimate boss, and more FuelMule units are being built.

Ultimate CNG is at Booth 637. ANGI Systems is at Booth 336.

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Impco Automotive will boost throughput of CNG trucks this year as it adds Ford ship-thru for Ford E-Series and Super Duty vehicles and bi-fuel GM crew cab pickups.

The company began ship-thru of Ford trucks, including all F-250 through F-550 body styles with its CNG bi-fuel prep package, on May 13. The trucks arrive from Ford’s assembly plant into Impco’s upfitting facility in Union City, Ind., before re-entering Ford’s delivery channels.

The GM crew cab model pickups will begin shipping as DOEM (distributed OEM) vehicles with CNG conversions in the third and fourth quarters of this year. Orders are being taken now.

“Orders for GM’s CNG existing conversions of 610 van and 911 pickups have exceeded 2,000 units in 2013,” said Marco Seimandi, automotive

executive sales and marketing direc-tor of Impco parent Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc.

“The crew cab order is expected to increase volumes by 400 to 500 units in 2013,” Seimandi said.

Impco says it installs its single-tank bi-fuel CNG system “as an extension of GM’s manufacturing process… using GM’s OEM pro-cesses and standards.

“The entire gaseous fuel sys-tem adheres to GM’s strict qual-ity, durability, and safety testing requirements to ensure a superior product. Once the fuel system is in place, GM delivers these trucks to a dealer or to an up-fitter for

customer-ordered modifications.”Impco is at Booth 455.

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GM gaseous fuel manager Dick Kauling bids welcome to the new CNG crew cab at Booth 301.

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Dual fuel specialist EcoDual has a new president and CEO: Mike Donoughe, seen here at Booth 431.

ACT Expo 2013 sponsor Encana is promoting the MFS mobile fueling solution for both on- and off-road fleets. MFS “is a flexible option that can provide liquefied natural gas where fueling infra-structure isn’t yet available for heavy-duty fleets. It’s part of Encana’s “Total Fueling Experience,” which “can help fleet owners and managers iden-tify natural gas fueling options, develop a transi-tion strategy and provide flexible and sustainable fueling solutions.

“Encana understands the desire to reduce operating costs, and we stand ready to support fleet operators of all sizes as initiatives embracing the benefits of natural gas power take place,” the company says.

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A cluster of seven Cryobox LNG brand liquefied natural gas units from Galileo will be used to fuel a LNG-diesel dual fuel ferry to be operated by Buquebus between Buenos Aires and Montevideo.

The seven portable units will be able to produce about 49,000 gal-lons of LNG per day, Galileo says.

Galileo (Booth 461) is best

known in the natural gas vehicles world for its modular products, such as the Nanobox and Micro-box, for CNG fueling.

Francisco, a 325-foot “wave-piercer” catamaran, was built by Incat in Tasmania, Australia, and launched late last year. It is pow-ered by jet engine-derived turbines from GE (Booth 425), and has LNG fuel tanks from Chart-Ferox Chart Industries (Booth 255).

The vessel this month achieved a speed of 58.1 knots, equal to 107.6 kilometers or 66.9 miles per hour.

According to Incat, it is “certainly the fastest ship in the world.”

The fast new ferry, designed to compete with regional airlines, was formerly known as the Lopez Mena, but has been re-named Fran-cisco in honor of the new, Argen-tina-born Pope.

Deployment of the so-called “nano” LNG stations will mark “the first time that a sea transpor-tation company, such as Buquebus, becomes its own self-supplier of a

fuel,” Galileo said. Liquid fuel will be trucked to the Buquebus wharf to fuel the high speed Francisco.

Cryobox LNG makes LNG an affordable option for “private business companies,” the company says. “No CAPEX or technological barriers will keep you away from LNG … Plug it and enjoy LNG anywhere.”

Galileo is represented in the U.S. by Southern California’s Clean Fuel Connection.

Seven Units to Fuel Buquebus Catamaran in South America

CN, the Canadian National Rail-way, has ordered four liquefied natural gas tenders – locomotive fuel cars – from Westport. They represent a new product line to serve the natural gas needs of the North American railroad market, Westport says. The first unit is to be delivered in the fourth quarter.

“The Westport LNG Tender

leverages our substantial expertise in LNG storage, cryogenic systems, and natural gas fuel delivery for mobile applications to create a product that will immediately help railroads to validate the value of LNG in their operations today,” said Westport executive VP Nick Sonntag.

“There is growing consensus around the enormous potential of

using LNG as a fuel for locomo-tives and there is a clear path for the industry,” he said.

Built with a 10,000-gallon ISO container from Inox/CVA (Booth 346), the Westport LNG Tender will look considerably different from the large capacity tender now serving CN’s existing dual fuel locomotives in Alberta.

“The advantage to using these 10,000-gallon ISO containers is that they’re readily available,” says Brian Dracup, Westport senior director for high horsepower busi-ness development. “10,000 gallons completely suffices,” he said.

“All the railroads are inter-ested,” Dracup adds.

Putting a locomotive’s LNG fuel on a Westport LNG Tender, the company says, offers a number of advantages:• 10,000gallonsLNGcapac-ity – providing longer range than a diesel locomotive, reducing the need for fueling infrastructure and refueling stops;• intelligentfuelingcontrolsallow-ing tenders to supply fuel to natural gas locomotives from multiple manufac-turers, reducing operational complex-ity and investment in different propri-etary fuel supply solutions; and• singletendersthatcansupporttwo locomotives, reducing capital investment.

According to CN supply, fleet

and fuel management VP Gerry Weber, “CN is testing natural gas locomotives and Westport’s experi-ence in providing LNG solutions for transportation makes it the natural partner for us.

“These tenders will be used immediately with our dual fuel locomotives in mainline ser-vice, allowing CN to continue to explore this technology as a means to advance the company’s sustain-ability agenda and improve envi-ronmental emissions,” Weber said.

Westport (Booth 545) is col-laborating with InoxCVA on what Sonntag calls “low pressure solu-tions for the dual fuel.” Thus the four InoxCVA tenders will differ in design from the tenders to be used when CN advances to high-pressure direct injection engines – which are also being developed in league with Westport.

Galileo’s Cryobox LNG equipment will provide the fuel for Francisco

when it enters service on the Rio Plato.

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Clean Energy Fuels emphasized a new market – railroads – as it released the fourth edition of its Road to Natural Gas last week.

Clean Energy (Booth 471) reported a pact with GE Transportation – its first for rail – to provide liquefied natural gas for a GE initiative to test LNG locomotives.

“Clean Energy’s fuel deal with GE Transportation expands our relationship with a company that is highly committed to the develop-ment of a market for a cleaner-burning, domestic fuel,” said Clean Energy president CEO Andrew Littlefair.

Clean Energy is using MicroLNG equipment from GE Oil & Gas (Booth 425) to support its America’s Natural Gas Highway initiative to provide LNG for trucks.

GE Transportation conducted a test using LNG in a converted dual fuel locomotive on May 24 in Erie, Pa., Clean Energy says. Fuel was provided from the Pickens LNG Plant in Texas. Clean Energy also furnished “fueling equipment and operational fueling consulting.”

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If you’re intrigued by the use of natural gas for high horsepower applications – markets with more throughput bang for the infrastructure buck – you might consider the HHP Summit in Chicago September 17-19. Organized by your ACT Expo host GNA: Gladstein, Nean- dross & Associates, Booth 215.

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Los Angeles-based SoCalGas is the nation’s largest natural gas distribution utility, providing service to nearly 20.9 million consumers in more than 500 communities within a 20,000 square mile service territory in central and Southern California. SoCalGas is a regulated subsidiary of San Diego-based Sempra Energy.

Q: Why is SoCalGas at Act Expo? A: SoCalGas is excited to be at ACT Expo.

This is an important forum and alternative fuels are enjoying tremendous momentum. We are here to join important industry stakeholders in promoting the benefits of affordable, abun-dant, domestically-produced natural gas among consumers and policymakers. We also want to encourage policymakers to include natural gas firmly among the clean energy foundations for our nation’s energy future.

Q: Why is SoCalGas interested in NGVs? A: We have more than 1,000 NGV’s in our

own service fleet because NGV’s reduce costs and help our environment. SoCalGas serves as a resource for business customers, offering infor-mation and energy improvement opportunities. We’re not there just to promote natural gas; we’re there to promote a business’s continu-ing operating efficiency and reduced costs. We want them to be strong and competitive because that growth in that business is paramount to the economy and to helping reduce carbon emis-sions. In today’s environment natural gas vehi-cles are becoming more and more cost-effective, with a differential in price of up to $2 per gallon gasoline equivalent, we believe customers and our environment will benefit from vehicles that run on cleaner-burning natural gas.

Q: What does SoCalGas achieve if there are more NGVs on the road?

A: More NGVs on the road is a win for every-one. NGVs are up to 90% cleaner than gasoline or diesel and more NGVs means reduced emis-sions and cleaner air for all of us. Consumers save money and help the environment without sacrificing the performance and qualities they currently enjoy. We hope the excitement cre-ated by the latest generation of NGVs – such

as the bi-fuel-prototypes our industry partner-ship just unveiled – will stimulate excitement among consumers and raise awareness among policymakers about how natural gas can help achieve environmental policy goals.

Q: What involvement does SoCalGas have in developing the infrastructure for NGVs?

A: SoCalGas actively supports the devel-opment of the NGV infrastructure, including refueling facilities. Our SoCalGas extensive NGV support program provides information, education and support to residential and busi-ness customers that use or would benefit from using clean-burning natural gas as a transporta-tion fuel. We currently operate 18 compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling stations to serve our own utility fleet of over 1,000 SoCalGas CNG vehicles. Many of these stations are also open to the general public. We also provide con-sultation and technical expertise to help clients and partners develop new refueling facilities.

Rodger Schwecke is vice president of customer solutions for South-ern California Gas Company and oversees major customer-related activities including account executives, customer communications and e-services. Schwecke is also responsible for customer programs promoting energy efficiency, sustainability, low-income assistance and the development of emerging technologies, including clean transpor-tation, distributed energy, in-home services and biofuels.

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Oberon’s first plant, for 4,500 DME gallons per day, is to commence production in Brawley, Calif. this month.

“You can make DME from anything that contains methane,” Oberon president Rebecca Boudreaux said at a Volvo-Oberon event in Sac-ramento earlier this month. Carbon dioxide in biogas feedstock actually aids the process, she says. Agricultural and food industry waste are other strong candidates.

“We will begin production in 2015 of DME trucks for the North American market,” said Goran Nyberg, North American sales and mar-keting president for Volvo Trucks. Costs have not be determined, he said. But Nyberg insisted that DME trucks will be competitive with con-ventional diesel on a life-cycle basis.

“DME is one of the world’s most promising and sustainable fuels for the heavy duty indus-try,” he said.

Volvo alternative fuels manager Ed Saxman said that DME’s energy content of 69,000 BTUs per gallon (compared with 130,000 BTUs for diesel) is sufficient to build daycab tractors with 600-mile range, with no need for the high pres-sure or cryogenically insulated tanks necessary for natural gas. DME tanks are similar to pro-pane tanks, Volvo says – ambient-temperature vessels with pressure of about 75 psi will hold the fuel indefinitely.

“DME represents a less expensive and simple way to burn natural gas or biogas,” Saxman said.

“We actually have a surplus of biogas,” Rick McVaigh of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District said at the Volvo-Oberon event. Oberon has been awarded a $500,000 grant by Valley Air (Fleets & Fuels, March 20).

DME engines run at lower ignition pressures than diesels, meaning engines will last longer. There is no soot, and hence no need for particu-late filters. No EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) is necessary, but “we may need to use SCR” (selec-tive catalytic reduction), Saxman said.

“We think it looks really good right now,” he said.

“The big need is a simple injection system that pulls twice as much as we inject today.” Hardened seats and valves may also be employed, or a lubricating fuel additive.

The fundamental beauty of the fuel, said Oberon’s Boudreaux, is that DME has no carbon-carbon bond, meaning its combustion yields no soot. She also noted that DME is fully non-toxic. It is used as a propellant in cosmetics, and even in asthma medications, said Oberon CEO Neil Senturia.

Oberon wants to establish a regional net-work of 4,500- and 10,000-gallon-per-day DME plants, each taking advantage of local feedstock availability – possibly natural gas

from a pipeline, possibly local waste.And, Senturia told Fleets & Fuels, the Oberon

technology is available for license. “I’m willing to license it to everybody, the more the merrier.

“You don’t want to close the loop,” he said in Sacramento. “You want to expand it.”

Safeway will field two trucks with 13-liter Volvo D13 engines modified for DME. Product from Oberon’s first DME production facility at Brawley in the Imperial Valley, will also go to Martin Transport of Kilgore, Texas, a test customer since February.

Parent Martin Resource Management is a key Oberon Fuels investor.

ACT Expo 2013 Platinum Sponsor Volvo is at Booth 601.

Volvo is working with California’s Oberon Fuels on bio-derived dimethyl ether for diesel-cycle compression ignition engines, part of a multi-fuel Volvo strategy that also includes natural gas and biodiesel. Safeway will test the diesel alternative in Southern California in two trucks with Volvo D13 engines converted for DME.

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Hino Trucks, which has placed some 300 of its new COE 195h (cabover engine) parallel hybrid electric trucks in California, is taking the vehicle to the East Coast.

First deliveries will be here in the Washington-Baltimore area, with New York to follow next month. Hino earlier this year introduced the 195h DC, a double cab variant of the fuel-effi8cient vehicle.

A 16% cut in fuel reduction in a single year has won JBS Carriers of Greeley, Colo., a 48-state over-the-road truckload carrier handling both refrigerated and non-refrig-erated freight, the “2013 Green Fleet of the Year” award.

“JBS has implemented smart fuel con-sumption strategies as part of its business goals and is realizing significant cost savings

as a result,” said Mike Harvey, brand manager for Wix Filters, which presented the award to JBS Carriers with Fleet Owner magazine.

The presentation was made during a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency training session at ACT Expo on SmartWay, an EPA program that reduces transportation-related emissions by creating incentives to improve supply chain fuel efficiency.

3M is spreading the word that a larger Type IV CNG cylinder is in certification, augmenting the tank with a proprietary, nanoparticulate compos-ite matrix material that hit the market last year. The silica-filled resin is said to better translate the strength properties of carbon fiber, allowing less to be used, thereby reducing cost.

3M’s initial cylinder, available now through select upfitters including Venchurs Vehicle Sys-tems (Booth 211), measures 21-by-60 inches.

The new 3M tank, on show at Booth 360, measures 26-by-80 inches.

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Hino Trucks at Booth 355.

3M Unveils Larger CNG CylinderWisconsin’s Odyne Systems is par-

ticipating in a $45.4 million U.S. DoE ARRA-backed initiative with the Electric Power Research Institute and Southern California’s South Coast Air Quality Man-agement District.

“It is anticipated that over 120 Odyne advanced plug-in hybrid systems will be installed on vehicles for partners in the program, including investor owned utilities and municipal electric compa-nies,” the company says. Booth 436.

Via Motors (231) is participating too.

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Bidding to tempt fleet managers wary of the up-front costs associated with LNG trucking, Paccar’s PacLease and Kenworth Sales units, and Utah’s Blu LNG, are offering LNG-fueled Ken-worth T800 trucks for rent along the Interstate 84 and I-15 corridors from Las Vegas through Utah, Idaho, and eastern Oregon.

Blu LNG (Booth 359), now affiliated with China’s ENN, is busily establishing a network of LNG fueling stations to support the Class 8 vehicles. The network will eventually spread nationwide.

“This rental program has the potential to really open up the market for buying and leasing natural gas-powered trucks,” said PacLease sales director Olen Hunter.

The program will offer Kenworth 800 trucks – all with the Westport HD 15-liter engine

and associated 120-gallon LNG fuel system from Westport Innovations – in four different configurations.

Idaho’s Blu LNG fueling stations are in Boise, Idaho Falls and Jerome. In Utah, there are three in Salt Lake City, one in Salina and one in Washington. There are also locations in Las Vegas, and in Pendleton, Ore.

The trucks will be available starting July 15 at the Kenworth Sales dealership in Salt Lake City and the PacLease franchise location in West Val-ley City, Utah. They will be available for month-to-month rental terms on a first-come, first-served basis, the company said this week: “With 48 hours notice, the trucks can also be moved to select Kenworth Sales Company-PacLease loca-tions throughout the four western states where Blu has recently completed construction of LNG fueling stations.”

“For companies involved in regional food and beverage distribution, oil and gas exploration, hauling raw products for the agricultural indus-try, or finished products for food processors, this will be an opportunity to test natural gas-powered trucks in their specific operations and duty cycles,” said PacLease sales chief Hunter.

The program with Blu “offers fleets the opportunity to make sure the fueling

infrastructure has been established to meet their needs and routes,” he said. “Additionally, they can determine if the price difference between LNG and diesel fuels offers them enough sav-ings to consider more wide spread adoption of natural gas-powered trucks into their fleet operations.”

Kenworth Truck is at Booth 238.

Four Rental Kenworth T800 Models Along the I-84 and I-15 Corridors

LNG Trucks Via Blu and PacLease

Kenworth alternative fuels specialist Andy Douglas with PacLease sales director Olen Hunter as the first of the LNG-fueled T800s rolled off the Kenworth line in Renton, Wash. The first are tandem axle day cab tractors specified for local and regional-haul operations with 80,000 GVW ratings. Trucks spec’d for sleeper and heavy-haul operations are to follow in July.

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American Honda brought four types of alterna-tive fuel/advanced technology vehicle to ACT Expo 2013, where it unveiled the dedicated-CNG 2013 Civic Natural Gas on Tuesday.

“Model year ’13s are being made avail-able for the first time this weekend,” says alt fuel marketing man-ager Eric Rosenberg.

Honda brought its new Accord plug-in hybrid too, and the hydrogen fuel cell FCX Clarity for the ACT Expo ride-and-drive.

Also at Booth 201 is the 100% electric Fit EV (which uses the same motor and driveline as Clarity). Honda made waves in recent weeks by reducing the three-year lease price of the battery car from $389 per month to just $259, even for existing customers – and is throwing on a 240-volt EV home charg-ing station equipment from Leviton.

Charger installation, alas, is not included. But the Fit EV is “the only EV on the market with no down payment, unlimited mileage, collision coverage and a free home charging

station, giving cus-tomers an unprec-edented value that only Honda can pro-vide and a compel-ling reason to get off the barrel and onto the grid,” said envi-ronmental business development VP Steve Center.

Honda stream-lined the Fit EV online application

process to allow for quicker approval and delivery, and said that “the network of quali-fied Fit EV Honda dealers in California, Ore-gon, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island and Connecticut will have expanded from 36 to more than 200 by the end of June.”

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The Lafayette, Ind.-based Tippe-canoe School Corp has saved more than $10,000 on just five propane autogas school buses, the Propane Education & Research Council reports, noting that TSC serves 19 schools covering 465 square miles and owns 160 buses transporting some 12,000 students daily, accu-mulating a million miles of travel per school year.

High fuel costs were a prevail-ing concern, PERC says. “Our fuel budget usually takes a big hit with the up and down diesel prices, and we pay anywhere from $3.60 to $4.00 a gallon for diesel,” TSC transportation director Kevin Neafie says in a PERC case study. “When budgeting fuel, sometimes we’re already in the red by the third quarter.”

After researching alt fuel options, Neafie bought five 78-pas-senger Type C Blue Bird Vision school buses, their 6.8-liter Ford engines fitted with Roush Clean-Tech autogas fuel systems.

“Before tax credits, we pay nearly half the price of diesel for propane, cutting our fuel expendi-tures by more than 50%,” Neafie said. “So far we’ve saved $10,000 on the five Blue Bird buses alone.”

“In addition to the significant fuel-cost savings,” says the PERC

report, “the school district esti-mates a savings in maintenance costs. Over the estimated 18-year lifetime of each bus, the district will save $5,955, totaling $29,775 for its current fleet of propane autogas buses.”

A combination of grants, tax incentives and credits helped TSC lower the acquisition cost. McAl-lister Power Systems, the dealer that sold TSC the Blue Bird buses, credited the district $5,000 toward each vehicle, amounting to $25,000

in up-front savings. The district also received a $52,600 grant from the Indiana Department of Energy, which Neafie said helped the dis-trict buy the buses “practically debt-free.”

TSC is also taking advantage of alt fuel and infrastructure tax cred-its through the federal American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. The organization qualifies for a credit up to 30% of the cost of its refuel-ing dispenser and a credit of $.50 per gallon on fuel, PERC says.

Also according to the PERC study, diesel engine manufacturers have introduced lower-emission models.

“We’ve had issues with the new diesel buses, mainly with the exhaust gas recirculation imple-mentation, loss of power and burn-off issues,” Neafie said. “The pro-pane buses have simply performed better.”

PERC is at Booth 401. Roush CleanTech is at Booth 419.

Pilot Program Alone Has Already Saved $10,000 in Fuel Costs

Roush Blue Birds for Tippecanoe School

Tippecanoe is cutting fuel costs by $10,000 per year with just five Roush propane Blue Bird school buses, and will likely buy more.

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NGVAmerica (Booth 446) has picked the Georgia World Congress Cen-ter in Atlanta for the 2013 North American NGV Conference & Expo – to be held November 18-21. It will be the first time in nearly two decades that the association has hosted its annual conference in the Southeast, having last convened in Atlanta in 1994 (and in Orlando in 1992).

Natural gas vehicle market development in the Atlanta area and, more generally, the southeast region, was a major determinant in picking the George venue, NGVAmerica says.

AGL Resources, the parent company of Atlanta Gas Light, “has com-mitted to strong promotional support and backing, as have other southeast gas company members.”

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Next year’s ACT Expo will be held May 5-9, 2014 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach California.

Organizer GNA (Gladstein, Neandross & Associates; Booth 215) will simultaneously host NGV Global 2014, the world natural gas vehicles meeting.

“It is hard to ignore the natural gas vehicle presence at ACT 2013,” NGV Global’s David Perry told ShowTimes here. “Natural

gas is unmistakably dominating the aisles and table talk, attention that bodes well for NGV Glob-al’s 14th biennial event to be co-located with ACT Expo 2014 in Long Beach.”

ACT Expo 2014 in California with NGV Global

Marrying the best of Austrian compressors with U.S. technology, GreenLine Fuel Corp has devel-oped a quiet, self-contained and fully integrated CNG fueling system sized for medium fleets.

At the heart of the GL-70 is an LMF multi-stage compressor, enclosed in a soundproofed protective container. The system provides up to 70 gasoline gallon equivalents per hour, and can dispense up to 840 GGE per day, even with low inlet pressures.

The prototype is on show at Booth 260.“We are the U.S. distributor for LMF, so it

made sense to take the best of Austrian com-pressor technologies with the 125-horsepower, direct drive, five stage LMF, and package it for the U.S. market,” says VP Justin Beerer.

“GreenLine builds the whole package in Temecula, Calif.,” he says, “to conform to U.S. laws and standards.”

Accoustic liners reduce generator noise to just 60 dB outside the container, he says.

Production of the first two GL-70s will begin in the next couple of months. List price, which Beerer says varies as every application is different, is “in the high $200,000s – low $300,000s.”

GreenLine Unveils New CNG Compressor

“Now we know what it’s like to run a trade show,” says Dwayne McKenzie, director of distribution at New Eagle, the Michigan-based supplier of electronic, hydraulic and fuel controls.

New Eagle, founded five years ago by Rich Swortzel, decided to celebrate its anniversary last Thursday with a bash at its Ann Arbor, Mich., facility. But it was more than a party. “It ended up as a mini-trade show,” McKenzie says. Cus-tomers and suppliers brought their projects and products. “There were ten external vendors, more than 20 exhibitors, and more than 150 people came through.”

Several brought trucks and vehicles that New Eagle had helped convert, and displayed them in the parking lot.

“It was so successful we might do it every two years,” McKenzie told ShowTimes here.

A New Face at New EagleCharged with helping lead New Eagle further into alternative fuels is Alan McEwan, who joined the company ten days ago as director of business development. He was formerly engine fuels program manager at the Propane Educa-tion & Research Council. “New Eagle is looking

for further opportunities in the alternative fuels business,” he says.

One that preceded McEwan will come to fruition this fall when the Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp school bus enters production. New Eagle is providing the control system on the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) Powertrain Integration 8.0-liter 8-cylinder engine. It also provides torque security for electronic throttle control.

New Eagle Party Becomes a Trade Show

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Hexagon Lincoln has received several new orders for its new 26-inch-diameter Tuffshell brand Type IV compressed natural gas cylinders, strengthening the mar-ket position of its Norwegian

parent Hexagon Composites.The total value of the latest

order exceeds $5 million (approxi-mately NOK 30 million), the par-ent company said yesterday.

Further, Hexagon Composites

said, “These orders represent only the company’s most recent major orders for the newly launched 26-inch Tuffshell line of high pressure composite fuel tanks.” The new cylinders, offi-cially launched in January, “are the largest Type 4 NGV fuel

tanks in the marketplace.”“The new 26-inch Tuffshell

fuel tank is well suited for the increased range requirements of Class 8 truck fleets,” said Hexagon Lincoln sales direc-tor Chet Dawes.

Hexagon Lincoln is at Booth 540.

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