Engines/Drivetrains Kenworth delivers first truck with X15N natural gas engine March 1, 2024 Kenworth is now delivering the first of its trucks with the 15-liter Cummins natural gas engine. The first of those trucks went to UPS. It was…
Equipment Hexagon Agility preparing for higher natural gas truck demand February 26, 2024 Hexagon Agility says it has been installing compressed natural gas and renewable natural gas fuel systems on Class 8 pilot trucks running Cummins’ new X15N natural gas engine. The orders…
Equipment Certarus orders natural gas/hydrogen pipelines on wheels August 17, 2023 Calgary-based Certarus has ordered a fleet of mobile pipelines from Hexagon Agility, which will be used to deliver fuels such as hydrogen and natural gas to sites where infrastructure for…
Engines/Drivetrains, Trucks Mack introduces CNG-fueled Granite May 3, 2023 Mack Trucks has announced availability of a compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered Granite model. The truck was developed for refuse customers looking for a cleaner fuel alternative,…
Sustainability Tourmaline, Clean Energy to build CNG fueling network in Western Canada April 21, 2023 Canada’s largest natural gas producer Tourmaline Oil and Clean Energy Fuels announced they will jointly build a $70-million compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling network in Western Canada. Truck fleets such…
Equipment Natural gas truck sales rise, but public CNG stations decrease October 18, 2022 Class 8 natural gas truck sales in the U.S. and Canada are up 18% through August compared to the same period last year, ACT Research reports. But while retail sales…
Equipment Cummins, Rush Enterprises team up to produce natural gas powertrains June 29, 2021 Cummins has agreed to take a 50% stake in Rush Enterprise’s Momentum Fuel Technologies, which produces natural gas fuel delivery systems for commercial vehicles. The joint venture will pair Cummins…
Equipment Natural gas truck sales down in 2021: ACT April 30, 2021 Natural gas Class 8 truck retail sales have contracted 25% in the U.S. and Canada in 2021 through February, according to data from ACT Research. “Sales of natural gas-powered vehicles…
Infrastructure Three CNG stations coming to Trans-Canada Highway in Northern Ontario April 1, 2021 The federal government will invest $3 million in Envoy Energy to install three natural gas stations in Northern Ontario, announced Marc Serre, parliamentary secretary to Seamus O’Regan Jr., Canada’s Minister…
Equipment Seven C.A.T. natural gas trucks destroyed in fire March 1, 2021 A fire at C.A.T.’s Coteau du Lac yard Feb. 28 destroyed seven of its compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks, but the gas quickly dissipated avoiding further explosion and damage, the…
Equipment Natural gas truck sales down 9% in 2020 January 29, 2021 Natural gas truck sales in the U.S. and Canada were down 9% for the first 11 months of 2020, according to ACT Research. In its Alternative Fuels Quarterly report, ACT…
Equipment B.C. fleets continue adopting natural gas December 4, 2020 SURREY, B.C. – At least 13 B.C. transportation organizations have put 144 natural gas-fueled vehicles into service this year, FortisBC reports. While the biggest adopter was BC Transit, with 78…
Equipment C.A.T.’s natural gas trucks get boost with Hyliion e-axles October 19, 2020 COTEAU-DU-LAC, Que. — C.A.T. Transport is taking a new step in its natural gas propulsion approach, as the company’s first hybrid truck hit the road a few days ago. The…
Sustainability CNG truck retail sales rise 27% October 29, 2019 Steve Tam COLUMBUS, Ind. – U.S. and Canadian Class 8 natural gas truck retail sales jumped 27% in the first eight months of 2019, according to Alternative Fuels Quarterly,…
Sustainability CNG filling stations opened along Hwy. 401 December 14, 2018 LONDON, Ont. – Three trucks tops along Hwy. 401 in Ontario now have compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations for heavy trucks. The stations were installed by Union Energy Solutions…