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Alternative Fuels
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Natural gas truck sales spiked in February: ACT
COLUMBUS, Ind. – Natural gas retail truck sales surged in February, up 44% from January, but were still down 12% year-to-date through the first two months of 2019. ACT Research reported year-to-date sales are down 24%. “Bucking the early decline…
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Diesel to retain dominance
COLUMBUS, Ind. – Diesel won’t lose its place as the dominant fuel for commercial vehicles, even as alternative fuels and powertrain options become more viable. That was the message from Allen Schaeffer, executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum, when…
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Natural gas truck sales flat
COLUMBUS, Ind. – U.S. and Canadian natural gas Class 8 truck retail sales were flat year-to-date through August, according to ACT Research. “Despite the uncertainty of environmental change on the horizon, and continuing low oil prices, the future of alternative…
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Woodstock gets CNG fast fill station
WOODSTOCK, Ont. – Rural Green Energy has announced the opening of a compressed natural gas (CNG) commercial cardlock facility here. “We are pleased to have the support of our local municipality Oxford County and a large number of Ontario fleet…
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Mack tests DME-fueled Pinnacle
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Mack Trucks has landed its first customer to test the company’s Dimethyl Ether (DME)-powered Mack Pinnacle model, using the non-toxic, clean-burning alternative fuel. The demonstration, which will test the performance of DME, is in collaboration with the…
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Express Mondor to buy 50 CNG trucks, build public filling station
LANORAIE, Que. – Express Mondor has announced it will construct a compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station for its fleet of 50 new CNG-fueled trucks. The company is working with US Venture GAIN Clean Fuel Canada and Gaz Metro to…
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Demand for natural gas-fueled trucks continues to slow
COLUMBUS, Ind. – Natural gas truck sales in the US and Canada are down 29% year-to-date, according to the latest data from ACT Research. The industry forecaster says, however, that the slowdown could reflect the broader truck market, which has…
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Green Truck Summit focuses on transportation sector’s environmental impact
Alternative fuels and electric vehicles brought to the forefront
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Actual demand for natural gas trucks falling short of expectations
COLUMBUS, Ind. — Interest in natural gas trucks has waned, with demand falling well short of what was projected two years ago, according to a new report from ACT Research. The rapidly declining cost of diesel has meant the return…
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Fleets urged to ‘stay the course’ with alt-fuel strategies
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Attendees at the NTEA Green Truck Summit were urged to “stay the course” and to remain committed to greening their fleets through the use of alternative fuels and other technologies, despite lower diesel prices. Stephe Yborra, director…
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Natural gas truck market to continue growing, but more slowly: ACT
COLUMBUS, Ind. — The adoption of natural gas as an alternative to diesel fuel in the heavy-duty truck segment will continue to grow, but at a slower pace than first expected. That, according to the latest report from ACT Research,…
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HAS NATURAL GAS LOST ITS LUSTRE?
Last week I attended the Natural Gas Vehicles Canada Conference at the Westin Prince Hotel in Toronto. It was a well put together event with a strong list of speakers. The list of fleet attendees seemed shorter than last year’s…
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Q&A: Ryder’s Scott Perry on natural gas, its maintenance requirements and why leasing makes sense
Why Ryder’s doubling down on natural gas and the benefits of a full-service lease
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Natural gas can grow margins and fleet sizes, panelists say
‘With a 40% savings on 40 trucks, that means I could buy a natural gas truck in cash every three months with the savings,’ Cold Star Freight’s Kelly Hawes claims
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‘You can’t go broke going green’: UPS exec
And why he believes low rolling resistance tires are no better for the environment
