While truckers are ordering new equipment in record numbers, the latest research shows that they are not turning to natural gas fueled trucks as fast as had been projected two years ago, according to ACT Research. The disparity can be attributed to the rapidly declining cost of diesel, thus making the return on investment for […]
Ryder System has launched a new online natural gas vehicle maintenance training program for its entire North American maintenance network, reaching more than 6,000 maintenance and service employees across Ryder’s 800 maintenance facilities. The program is designed to provide the company’s technician workforce with knowledge of all natural gas vehicle platforms and configurations. This program […]
Republic Services has announced the deployment of 107 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) solid waste and recycling trucks to serve customers in Anaheim and throughout Orange County. The new CNG fleet replaced older diesel and liquid natural gas powered trucks, and represents a significant local investment in cleaner, safer and more efficient vehicles. “We are committed […]
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced that its customers ordered 70 percent more natural gas vehicles through the third quarter of 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012. The Company also announced select deals in the transit sector building on its continually-growing portfolio of natural gas fuel customers. Transit Highlights Long Beach Public Transportation […]
Courtesy of The New York Times by Diane Cardwell and Clifford Krauss: In Ontario, Calif., a United Parcel Service truck equipped to use natural gas. U.P.S. plans to announce it will expand its natural gas truck fleet to 800 by the end of 2014. Now the trucking industry, with its millions of 18-wheelers moving products […]
Courtesy of NPR by Christopher Joyce: The way Americans get their electricity is changing. Coal is in decline. Natural gas is bursting out of the ground in record amounts. And the use of wind and solar energy is growing fast. All this is happening as power companies are trying to choose which kind of energy […]
