Volvo to Showcase Natural Gas and DME-powered Trucks at ACT Expo 2014
Volvo Trucks will showcase a compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered Volvo VNL daycab and a prototype dimethyl ether (DME)-powered VNL daycab at next week’s Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, North America’s largest alternative fuel and clean vehicle technology conference.
The CNG and DME-powered vehicles are a sampling of Volvo Trucks’ “Blue Power” natural gas strategy for North America. Volvo currently offers CNG and liquefied natural gas (LNG) -powered versions of its VNM daycab and VNL sleeper and daycab models powered by spark-ignited gas engines.
Volvo continues to work toward commercialization of DME-powered trucks for the North American market.
According to Volvo, “the fuel mirrors the exceptional performance qualities and energy efficiency of diesel and burns clean without producing any soot.”
Volvo is also developing North America’s first fully integrated natural gas solution, a compression ignition engine that utilizes LNG.
Category: General Update, Green, Vehicles
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