Fleets

The province of Ontario in Canada at year-end committed $200-$270 million to clean transportation, including its commercial trucking industry, for technology investments that will reduce the carbon emissions from heavy-duty trucks, and natural gas vehicles (NGV) comprise one of the major focuses for the program.

Oklahoma City-based Love’s Travel Stops plans to purchase Chicago-based compressed natural gas (CNG) provider Trillium CNG from WEC Energy Group, adding 37 public-access CNG locations to its natural gas vehicle (NGV) fueling network.

The Obama administration’s proposed new ozone standard could expand opportunities for the use of natural gas vehicles (NGV), according to both industry and government sources.

American Honda Motor Co. plans to drop its long-standing production of natural gas vehicles (NGV) through its NGV Civic model to concentrate on a new hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle, a top U.S.-based Honda executive said Monday.

American Honda Motor Co. plans to drop its long-standing production of natural gas vehicles (NGV) through its NGV Civic model to concentrate on a new hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle, a top U.S.-based Honda executive said Monday.

On a national basis, compressed natural gas (CNG) as an alternative transportation fuel continued to make progress in mid-August, with developments including new conversion standards in California to hip SUV fleets on the Las Vegas Strip.

With strong state legislative support, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) on Tuesday approved new commercial natural gas vehicle (NGV) programs for three Chesapeake Utilities Corp. companies operating in the state.

For North America’s trucking and municipal bus fleets, it seems that they just can’t get enough compressed natural gas (CNG).

A drilling services company based in New Mexico has had to suspend its plans to convert its truck and drilling rig fleets from diesel to natural gas because of the local gas distribution utility’s inability to service a proposed fueling station in Farmington, NM.