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reliable network of fueling stations across California in target market locations approved by Toyota, and consistent with the California Fuel Cell Partnership Road Map, Toyota said.

CEC has designated Linde for $4.25 million for hydro-gen stations in Oakland and San Ramon, the

latter to be a public access station adjacent to the Toyota San Francisco regional office and parts distribution center.

Toyota is at Booth 635. CaFCP is at Booth 732.

Toyota is stepping it up in hydrogen, bringing its brand new fuel cell concept vehicle to ACT Expo, and disclosing a new pact with infrastructure provider FirstElement Fuel.

FirstElement was last week designated for nearly $27.6 million from the California Energy Commission to build 19 hydrogen fueling outlets, two of them to be based wholly on renewables. Toyota pledged to support the Newport Beach-based company with a loan of at least $7.2 million.

FirstElement will work to develop an integrated and

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Propane-Diesel Dual FuelAlliance AutoGas founder Blossman

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with a new dual fuel offer from Prins

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Lightning Goes HeavyHydraulic hybrid driveline available

now for Class 7 and Class 8

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NGV Global is hosting the Gala Dinner and awards ceremony for this weeks 14th biennial conference and exhibition aboard the Queen Mary this evening. Buses depart from the Hyatt at 6:30pm. NGV Global is at Booth 1401.

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Toyotas Ed La Rocque and Geri Yoza with the companys brand new hydrogen fuel cell concept vehicle, making one of its first North American appearances, at Booth 635.

Chief ACT Expo organizer Erik Neandross, Argentina-based NGV Global executive director Diego Goldin, Canadian Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance president and outgoing NGV Global chair Alicia Milner, and Australia-based NGV Global business director David Perry at yesterday evenings reception. Neandross is CEO of Santa Monica, Calif.-based Gladstein, Neandross & Associates. Milner confirms that Agility Fuel Systems chairman (and Westport emeritus) Mike Gallagher will take over as NGV Global chair, and that NGV Global 2016 will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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As ACT Expo 2014 draws to a close, I want to thank you for your participation in this impor-tant event, which has been co-sponsored by the South Coast Air Quality Management District since its inception four years ago.

As Chairman of the SCAQMD, the regional air pollution agency for much of Southern Cali-fornia, I am counting on your knowledge-sharing to help us increase use of clean vehicles and clean fuels. This is a vital part of our strategy to bring clean air to the regions 16.5 million residents.

During the Expo, participants have had a unique opportunity to find out how alterna-tive fuels and technologies can work for them through hands-on product demonstrations, networking opportunities, informational ses-sions, off-site tours and best-practice success stories. This is important because each fleet has unique circumstances and one type of fuel or vehicle may be a better fit than another for your operations.

For the first time this year, SCAQMD spon-sored an Alternative Fuel Toolkit Workshop for local governments, fleet managers and employ-ers, designed to help fleet managers learn best

practices for using alterna-tive fuels, including electric, hydrogen, CNG and LNG. Each attendee received a digi-tal Alternative Fuel Toolkit as a takeaway. If you manage a fleet and missed this unique workshop, you can contact SCAQMD at (909) 396-3214 or [email protected] for more information.

As the Expo ends today, I encourage you to take full advantage of the informational workshops throughout the day to ask questions, get answers, and acquire the best contacts, information and assistance so that your fleet can reap the benefits of a customized clean fleet strategy.

Since 1988, and continuing today, SCAQMDs Clean Fuels Program leverages innovative public-private partnerships to bring forward an evolving portfolio of progressively lower-emitting vehicles and fuels. These vehicles and fuels not only bring

reduced emissions and cleaner air, but can also provide improved fuel econ-omy, greater security in energy costs, and enhanced community image.

Its my hope that by bringing together more than 3,000 people representing fleets, technology com-panies, fuel providers, policymakers and more, the 2014 ACT Expo has provided many opportunities for all attendees to learn more about the latest clean technology options avail-

able, so we can all benefit from a clean trans-portation future.

Sincerely,William A. Burke, Ed.D.

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The Future of Fuels, Today

William A. Burke

The authors of BSRs Transi-tioning to Low-Carbon Fuel: A Business Guide for Sustainable Trucking in North America are hosting a Future of Fuels ses-

sion this afternoon beginning at 3:30. The Future of Fuels session will cover the steps

truck operators can take now to reduce their cli-mate impact. Eric Olson and Ryan Schuchard of Business for Social Responsibility will explain how the Transitioning report fits with the interna-tional organizations just-launched Business in a Climate-Constrained World initiative.

The Future of Fuels session is in Room 201B.

Do You Buy Vehicles? Check This Out Click on over to www.nationalautofleetgroup.com to see how to get discounted vehicles, with no need to bid, via the NJPA-sanctioned National Automotive Fleet Group.

NAFG was formed by the Los Angeles areas Wondries Group, which won the National Joint Powers Alliance bid to supply as many as 210,000 vehicles per year including alt fuel vehicles to government fleets.

Fleet buyers for tax-supported entities dont have to go to competitive bid, says Wondries Clarke Cooper, because its already been done for them.

Discounts are substantial: On a Tahoe its over $10,000, Cooper says.

Through the NAFG website, he says, You build your own vehicle. Data on all possible available options is updated every day by the OEMs. The single order-to-delivery system covers light, medium and heavy duty vehicles, in all 50 states.

And the best thing? You never have to talk to a car salesman, Cooper says.

Clarke Cooper of Wondries has sold more NGVs than anyone close to 20,000, he reckons, including this dedicated-CNG Crown Victoria police car for the City of South Pasadena on show at SCAQMDs Booth 339. Hes being frisked by converter Mark Gilio of A-1 Alternative Fuel Systems (Booth 346).

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This is a pull-through market. Customers are asking us for this and were trying to respond, Volvos Frank Bio told attendees at yesterdays NGV Global 2014 plenary, echoing the sentiments of other OEMs that are actively devel-oping natural gas products. Theres greater awareness and education at the retail and fleet level of natural gas as an option, they said.

T.J. Reed of Daimlers Freight-liner Trucks (Booth 1405) said a big change has occurred in the last five years. Customers are sophisti-cated, and the industry is working together to remove obstacles. Its no longer about just vehicles, tanks and infrastructure but about inte-gration, reducing weight, improv-ing aerodynamics, and getting more fuel on the vehicle all of which are immediate developmental priorities for Freightliner.

GMs Dick Kauling said its dedi-cated CNG van and bi-fuel 2500HD pickup truck are seeing uptake. Pick-ups, in particular, show total cost of ownership savings. The more you burn, the more you get ahead, he said. This is an indication of where we see the market.

Reinhart Otten, representing Audi, noted the need for increased focus on sustainable energy explo-ration. His company has built the worlds first industrial power-to-gas plant capable of storing 6 MW of electricity in the natural gas grid. Audi and its related international brands have introduced 14 CNG vehicles in the last 15 months.

Indias Tata Motors, the countrys largest OEM, has been associated with CNG for 20 years. Its small micro-cargo vehicles are popular, said Prashant Banerjee. The coun-trys 1.8 million CNG vehicles on

the road today represent only a 2.8% share of Indias fuel used but its growing. One barrier for CNG in his country: with Type IV cylinders

disallowed, he said, the use of heavier CNG cylinders compromise payload and require reinforcement that adds to cost of vehicles.

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OEMs See More Awareness of Natural Gas

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Big trends in three transportation sectors marine, rail and heavy trucks are fueling growth in the international natural gas market. That was the key message from speakers at yesterdays NGV Global 2014 International Market Update.

In the marine sector, regulations requiring a 90% reduction in sulfur emissions are driving opportuni-ties for LNG, said Alicia Milner of the Canadian Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance. Following a recent survey of 22 ports in the critical ECAs (Emission Control Areas), 75% said they expected to offer LNG fueling within five years. Thus theres sig-nificant investment in LNG infrastructure at ports.

Advancing technology for locomotives and ten-der cars is pushing an uptick in LNG rail pilots with Class 1 railways. And on key highway cor-ridors, the opportunity is in the heavy truck sector.

Speakers led the audience on a round-the-world summary of NGV statistics. About half the worlds NGVs are operating in the Asia-Pacific region, said Emirates Gas VP Fazal Ali Khan. Iran leads the region with about 3.5 million NGVs, fol-lowed by Pakistan with 2.7 million. Khan outlined a program to produce a mother-daughter fuel-ing station demo in Dubai using natural gas and biomethane from a sewage treatment plant to fuel local government fleets.

In South America, Argentina leads with about 1.7 million NGVs. Brazil is next with 1.4 million

vehicles, according to Diego Goldin of NGV Global (South America). With new shale gas reserves, we have enough fuel for the next 500 years, he said.

Lennart Pilskog of NGVA Europe urged the industry to adopt consistent naming conventions for fuels. Acknowledging the current unrest in Ukraine, he explained that Russia supplies about 30% of Europes gas about half of it via Ukraine so the potential for disruptions, should they occur, only amount to about 15% of Europes total gas supply.

While the majority of Chinas roughly 2 mil-lion NGVs are CNG, Brenda Smith of Safety & Gas Advisers (Asia) said the excitement there cen-ters around LNG. The current market stands at about 100,000 LNG vehicles and 1,100 stations. By 2025, its predicted to top 700,000 vehicle and 7,500 stations.

LNG Blossoms in ChinaChinas LNG industry is experiencing exponential growth. Last year saw a 72% increase in the num-ber of filling stations about 400 were built and the industry is projected to grow seven-fold by 2025, managing director Brenda Smith of Safety & Gas Advisers (Asia) said here yesterday.

The drivers are severe air pollution, enhanced availability, competitive prices, government-driven

programs, and locally made vehicles, engines and supply equipment. Almost every component needed for vehicles and infrastructure is being made in China, she said. It wasnt, eight or ten years ago.

Chinas air pollution is infamous. Despite national emissions standards, local governments can adopt more stringent standards and thats what some cities, like Beijing, with its 10 ppm sulfur standard have done.

LNG itself is readily available with 100 existing small scale production plants expected to increase production to 50 million m3/day by this summer. Imports grew by 27% in 2013.

Despite some price fluctuations in 2013, payback is a big selling point: 11.3 months. Its also spurring some carelessness with handling of the gas, leading to methane venting. Were urging them to be more cautious to recover methane, Smith said.

The 2015 bi-fuel Chevrolet Impala, billed as the industrys only manufacturer-produced full-size sedan in North America that can run on both compressed natural gas and gasoline, will have a starting price of $38,210, including an $825 destination charge, GM said Tuesday. The bi-fuel CNG-gasoline Impala will be available in the fourth quarter for both fleet and retail customers. GM is at Booth 1128.

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The money will help offset the companys costs to modify its existing locations in Southern Cali-fornia and enable it to provide maintenance ser-vices on trucks with engines that run on natural gas, Penske says.

Penske (Booth 933) will get $75,000 each toward the upgrade of facilities in Santa Ana and Vernon to be completed by year-end, and in Carson, Fontana, La Mirada, Los Angeles and Sun Valley for completion next year.

The seven California sites will be in addition to NGV-capable Penske maintenance facilities in Baltimore, Phoenix and Salt Lake City, and in Davenport, Iowa; Neenah, Wisc.; and Potts-ville and Wilkes-Barre, Pa. More than a dozen others are being retrofitted too. Penske also has customer onsite NGV maintenance locations.

We have over 200 natural gas tractors in the fleet, says Drew Cullen, VP for energy and tele-com services. Counting contract maintenance, some 300 NGVs are supported. Approximately 85 of the Penske CNG trucks are available for short-term rentals, where they help customers decide where natural gas might best fit their operations.

Penske Truck Leasing reported late last month that its has been named a back-to-back winner of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay Affiliate Challenge Award. The firm conducted a SmartWay pro-gram workshop here on Tuesday.

Penske Northeast region field maintenance VP Bob Douglas is slated to speak at the Medium-Duty Electric Vehicle End-User Case Studies session

beginning at 2:30 this afternoon. In addition to its natural gas vehicles, Penske provides Staples, an operator of 100% battery-powered trucks by Smith Electric Vehicles, with commercial fleet maintenance services, supporting nearly 60 electric trucks.

Pennsylvania-based Penske, which introduced its fleet of CNG-fueled Freightliner trucks for leasing at ACT Expo in Washington, D.C. last year, is finding things friendly in California, where its been awarded grants totaling $525,000 from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee in nearby Diamond Bar.

Penske Steps Up NGV Maintenance

Hexagon Lincoln (Booth 767) has just publicized $15 million worth of recent new orders for its Tuff-shell brand lightweight Type IV CNG fuel cylinders. The firm is expanding production at its plant in Nebraska and says it will fulfill

most of the new orders by year-end.The Hexagon Lincoln Nebraska

plant expansion comes in addition to a new factory, for tanks and onboard CNG fuel system assem-blies, planned by the Agility Hexa-gon, LLC joint venture announced

here Tuesday. (Agility Fuel Systems is at Booth 1145.)

It has always been the premise of Hexagon Composites that com-pressed natural gas is a great solu-tion for transportation and storage of natural gas, and the marketplace continues to affirm this position, says Hexagon Lincoln parent Hexa-gon Composites.

Engine technology is improv-ing, as is the infrastructure situ-ation, with new fueling stations able to accommodate Class 8 truck fast-fills, the company says. Most importantly, states the recent Hexagon Lincoln orders announce-ment, CNG prices are still the lowest available at the pump.

When you consider unlimited hold times with no fuel loss, along with the ease in operation of CNG technology, it makes sense to see the market growth, says Hexagon Lincoln CNG automotive products VP Chet Dawes.

Late last year Hexagon Lincoln

disclosed an agreement with OMB Saleri to use a new, Miami brand solenoid valve to help speed CNG fueling specifically to suit the unique requirements of the heavy duty truck CNG vehicle market.

The Class 8 CNG truck appli-cation has unique requirements. Large capacity cylinders and fast filling capability are critical in this environment and these are spe-cifically the areas where the OMB Miami valve shines, said Dawes.

The OMB Miami is the first solenoid valve solution which addresses the specific needs of the CNG powered heavy duty truck application in North America, Hexagon said. With this new prod-uct offering, filling speeds are not negatively impacted by the added safety of an electric solenoid valve.

Hexagon Lincoln (Booth 767) is showing a new stationary storage module using a 26.7-inch-diameter Tuffshell compressed natural gas cylinder. This lightweight con-tainer makes it easy to move, stack and store natural gas at your filling station, the company says.

Hexagon Lincoln Racks Up the Orders

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Penske introduced its fleet of CNG-fueled Freightliner trucks for leasing at ACT Expo 2013.

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Blossman Services and Canadas BL Energie have formed a joint venture BL Energie USA to develop, certify, market and sell propane-diesel dual fuel systems for heavy duty Class 7 & 8 trucks.

Propane Dual Fuel for Heavier Trucks

Blossman Gas president and CEO Stuart Weidie with Bart van Aerie, CEO of Prins, and Yvon Boisclair, president of BL Energie.

Alliance AutoGas made its T3MR fuel manage-ment dispenser system for propane available to fleet customers effective May 1. The new T3MR includes a durable card reader, data manage-ment and real-time communications capabilities, and an ultra low-emission Stubli (Booth 861) fueling nozzle.

Fleet managers get comprehensive user-friendly reporting, Alliance AutoGas says, and a highly available data and processing function utilizing a widely used and accepted payment platform.

The fleets associated with Alliance Auto-Gas will now have the option of not only having access to real-time management data but also the security that vehicle operators will be using the safest autogas nozzle in the world the Stubli which emits only 0.4 cubic centimeters of fuel when disconnecting, said Alliance AutoGas founder (and Blossman Gas president and CEO) Stuart Weidie.

Weidie will provide details on the new T3MR propane autogas dispenser at the Propane Vehicle Conversions session beginning at 2:30 this afternoon.

Alliance AutoGas for Networked Propane Sales

Todd Stinnette of Alliance AutoGas/Blossman with T3MR fuel management dispenser

Stublis ergonomic pistol-grip GPV14 propane autogas fueling nozzle

The technology, from Prins in the Nether-lands, can displace enough costly diesel to reduce overall fuel costs by 17% to 20%, the companies say.

If successful, the new JV will help bring propane autogas to a new class of vehicle.

We are offering an alternative to carri-ers interested in converting new or existing trucks to propane autogas, says BL Energie Canada president Yvon Boisclair. His firm

has converted more than 150 Class 7 and Class 8 diesel trucks with Volvo, Detroit Diesel, Cummins and Caterpillar engines since setting up shop in 2009, he says.

The BL Energie USA joint venture intends to provide both U.S. EPA- and California Air Resources Board-certified conversions.

Blossman, BL Energie USA and Prins are exhibiting with Alliance AutoGas at Booth 923.

Alliance AutoGas Membership Tops 90

Alliance AutoGas, the brainchild of Blossman Gas president and CEO Stuart Weidie, said last month that it has chalked up fuel cost savings of $32 million while displacing the use of 18.6 million gallons of gasoline since its inception in 2009.

Alliance AutoGas has more than 90 members including propane supply companies, vehicle conversion outfits, and technology partners in 43 states. With over 150 vehicle platform certifications obtained, Alliance AutoGas has been quietly switching thousands of U.S. fleet vehicles to run on autogas, the organization says.

Alliance AutoGas claims 280 fleets serviced, 6,200 vehicles converted nationwide, and more than 220 million miles driven by those fleets.

There is now a national conversation about propane autogas, which provides an immediate, very practical solution, Weidie says.


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Previous hydraulic hybrids available from the company are medium duty deliv-ery trucks and shuttle buses, Lightning says. This new system moves Lightning Hybrids offerings into the heavy duty vehicles with other large bus and truck chassis options, such as Gillig and New Flyer, in the works.

Pilot systems have been in major international fleets since summer 2013, Lightning says. The fleets are pleased with reli-ability and efficiency results and are planning to purchase more of the hydraulic hybrid systems in the next quarter.

Lightning claims fundamen-tal advantages for the hydraulic hybrid, which stores energy in a high-pressure device called a hydraulic accumulator. There are

no batteries to wear out, and vehicle brake life is dramatically extended as more kinetic energy is captured as compared with electric systems.

Lightning Hybrids (Booth 829) has named Dave Brosky, formerly of Bosch Rexroth, as sales VP. He is based in Detroit.

Colorados Lightning Hybrids has been quietly testing a heavier version of its fuel-saving hydraulic hybrid driveline, suitable for Class 7 and Class 8 buses and trucks. Early installations include an 81-passenger Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner bus in Toronto and, with trials to begin this summer, a Tata BS III vehicle operated by BMTC, Indias Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corp.

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Lightnings dealer in India is preparing to install a Lightning hydraulic hybrid driveline in this 12-meter (39 feet) bus manufactured by Tata Motors, to be tested by Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corp.

Lightning Hybrids sales VP Dave Brosky, marketing director Bonnie Trowbridge, and CEO Tim Reeser


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We now make more than just cylinders, says Luxfer business development director Mark Law-day. But Luxfer (Booth 557) comes to ACT Expo 2014 as a much larger CNG cylinder manufac-turer too. The firm has three plants in North America now, one of which is for making a new line of Type IV all-composite CNG tanks.

Luxfer is marketing its new Type IV CNG cylinders as G-Stor Go. Its Type IIIs are offered under the name introduced last year, G-Stor Pro.

The initial G-Stor Go Type IV tanks are 22 inches in diameter, with 26 inches in diameter for Class 8 truck applications in development.

Type III CNG cylinders have metal liners, almost always aluminum, with a full high strength fiber overwrap, almost always carbon, often with glass fiber for impact resistance. Type IV tanks, aka all-composite, have polymeric liners and a full high strength fiber overwrap.

Luxfer will manufacture its G-Stor Go Type IV tanks at the former Vexxel Composites in Brigham City, Utah where the production capacity is 4,000 cylinders per year. Luxfer will apply its own designs. We purchased Vexxel so we could hit the ground running with Type IV production, Lawday says.

G-Stor Pro Type IIIs will continue to be

produced in Riverside, Calif. and at the Calgary facility acquired when Luxfer took over Canadas Dynetek Industries in September 2012. The Dynetek acquisition also brought the Dynecell line of hydrogen fuel tanks (and a Type III cyl-inder factory in Germany).

Beyond the fuel cylinder, Luxfer is showing a new quarter-turn valve for bulk CNG transport applications like the products it offers through the Luxfer-GTM Technologies joint venture a glass bulb pressure relief device (PRD), a solenoid valve for both 5,000- and 10,000-psi hydrogen tanks, and expansion-compensating neck blocks and mounting straps for the new Type IVs.

Luxfer has no plans to expand to onboard CNG cylinder assemblies, as offered by com-panies like Agility Fuel Systems (Booth 1145) and Trilogy Engineered Systems, which is exhibiting here with Kenworth (1157).

We are dedicated to supporting people like Agility and Trilogy in the marketplace, Lawday says.

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The Luxfer-GTM Technologies joint venture has mounted the first public display of new mobile fueling units for CNG. The GTM1350-R and G-Pak both employ aluminum-lined, G-Stor Pro brand Type III cylinders from Luxfer, packaged and plumbed by San Francisco-based GTM in Tulsa.

The GTM1350-R has a CNG capacity of 46,000 standard cubic feet of fuel, approxi-mately 335 DGE (diesel gallon equivalents). It has an onboard booster pump and dispenser, all on a compact trailer that can be towed by a standard, three-quarter-ton pickup truck.

There is nothing on the market today that can carry this much CNG behind a pickup truck while dispensing high pressure CNG, said GTM

Technologies president Michael Koonce. The GTM1350-R is fitted with Luxfers pro-

prietary glass-bulb PRDs. It has half-inch full-flow ball valves on each cylinder. The result is fast filling and fast discharging (as much as to 75,000 scf per hour) unmatched, says GTM, by traditional steel or Type IV all-composite tube trailers.

The Luxfer-GTM G-Pak uses similar technol-ogy for a package that can be carried on a pickup truck. G-Pak variants are offered for both CNG and hydrogen fuel.

The CNG capacity of the G-Pak 3 is 21 DGE at 3,600 psi. Hydrogen capacity is 6.3 kilo-grams at 5,000 psi.

Luxfer-GTM for New CNG Fuelers

The new G-Pak can be carried by a pickup, and the new GTM1350-R mobile CNG fueler can be towed by one.

Luxfer Branches Beyond the Tank

Luxfers new quarter-turn valve and G-Stor Go brand Type IV CNG cylinder


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The recent order for seven vehicles with twenty in the pipeline and additional option for eighty is the result of a successful two-year demonstration and validation period, in which six integrated street sweepers were operated throughout New York City, US Hybrid says.

The hybrid drive sweepers, manufactured by Global Environmental Products, are ready now for commercial deployment, US Hybrid says, with an optimized design thats quieter and more operator-friendly.

The US Hybrid powertrain in the Hybrid Electric Street Sweeper is said to reduce fuel consumption by 50% while providing a 60% reduction in GHG emissions.

The sweepers have a Cummins ISB diesel engine charging a 120-kilowatt lithium ion bat-tery pack. The drive yields 120 kilowatts (approxi-mately 60 horsepower) of traction power.

US Hybrids proven powertrain tech-nology will provide New Yorkers with clean, quiet sweepers that will dramatically reduce

street-level emissions, said US Hybrid president and CEO Dr. Abas Goodarzi.

US Hybrid focuses on niche applications that will be most benefited by hybrid technol-ogy, Goodarzi said. The street sweepers low speeds, curbside presence, and power demand make it an optimal application to showcase the fuel savings and GHG reductions that our prod-ucts provide.

The firms powertrain compo-nents are designed and manufac-tured at a new US Hybrid facility in Torrance, Calif. They are installed by Global Environmen-tal Products in San Bernardino.

We are committed to further develop-ing advanced electric hybrid technology, said Global president and CEO Walter Pusic.

US Hybrid is also showing a 150-kilowatt

hydrogen fuel cell at Booth 1756. Its said to be about half the size of the 120-kilowatt cell on which its based, the PureMotion 120 by UTC Power. US Hybrid took over the UTC busi-ness last year, and has continued Federal Transit Administration-supported work on better fuel cells for buses.

US Hybrid is talking up a follow-on order of hybrid electric street sweepers for the New York City Department of Sanitation.

US Hybrid for Global Sweepers for New York

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one million miles of operation with reduced fuel consumption by up to 50% and reduced maintenance costs, Parker says.

Our customers have been asking for a technology that can reduce operating costs while pro-viding an environmental benefit, Big Truck Rental president and CEO Scott Dols says in the Parker announcement. Parker RunWise is the premier cost-reducing tech-nology on the commercial market and we are excited to address our customers needs.

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First Hybrid Technology Widely Available in the Rental MarketsParker RunWise via Big Truck RentalParker Hannifin (Booth 1151) is promoting an arrangement with Tampa-based Big Truck Rental allowing customers to test its fuel-sav-ing RunWise hydraulic hybrid driveline in an Autocar refuse vehicle before committing to purchase.

RunWise will be the first hybrid technol-ogy widely available in the rental markets, Parker says.

Our partnership with Big Truck Rental gives municipalities and fleet managers the opportunity to test and experience the significant savings and environmental benefits of the RunWise-equipped trucks and learn how their fleets can benefit from hybrid technology, said Parker Hannifin hybrid drive systems GM Shane Terblanche.

The Autocar E3 equipped with RunWise tech-nology is available through Big Truck Rental to municipalities and waste management companies on a rent-to-own basis. RunWise global com-mercial truck customers have already surpassed

Parker Hannifins Veriflo division unveiled a new gas regula-tor for medium and heavy duty vehicles and a new high-flow CNG dispenser for fleet and industrial applications here yesterday.

The new gas regulator, Parker says, couples the high-est flow rates in the industry with the lowest low-pressure operating parameters, effectively increasing the usable range of CNG vehicles by 10% to 15%. The unit features an integrated heat exchanger and thermal shielding of internal components with PTFE seals. Together they allow continu-ous operation even in extreme minus 40F to 135F ambient temperatures.

The regulator system offers sta-ble, reduced pressure delivery and control of natural gas throughout the full range of extreme engine and environmental operating con-ditions, Parker says.

Parker Veriflow introduced an industrial bulk CNG dispenser it said is the only entirely integrated fuel dis-penser on the market. The robust unit features best-in-class certified components from Parker, an ANSI NGV 4.1- and CSA 12.5-compliant design, and ANSI/NGV- and 4.2/CSA 2.52-certified hoses, all designed to work together, ensuring time savings, exceptional durability, minimal downtime, safety, and consistent, reliable service.

Breakthrough features, Parker said, include four times burst pressure-rated components, ball valves with 100,000 full cycle life for reduced maintenance and minimized downtime, and an integrated design resulting in 15% to 20% fewer leak paths. The new Parker dispenser has a high-strength stainless steel frame with integrated hanging hardware for fueling hoses, and advanced diagnostics and monitoring using low-power electronic components. Parker is at Booth 1151.

Try it before you buy it.

Parker Supports CNGDispenser, Regulator Introduced Here

Right, Parker Veriflows industrial bulk CNG dispenser. Below, The machined-body version of Parker Veriflows new regulator for CNG vehicles. Its available with a cast body too.



tank arrays may be seen on the T680 and T800 trucks, respectively, and theres a rail-mounted rig by Agility on the T440. Agility is at Booth 1145.

Fellow Paccar company Peterbilt is showing two heavy duty natural gas trucks at Booth 357: the aerodynamic, on-highway Model 579 and the all-purpose vocational Model 567. Both of the CNG-fueled vehicles are powered by the 11.9-liter ISX12 G.

The new 579 and 567 will provide our natural gas customers with the industrys most innovative, advanced vehicles with new state-of-the-art CNG systems, said Peterbilt sales and marketing director Robert Woodall.

Peterbilt is featuring a back-of-cab cylinder

array by Quantum (Booth 1833), with Quantums Q-Lite brand Type IV cylinders for a capacity of 123 diesel gallon equivalents.

Kenworth Truck has brought no fewer than four CNG-fueled Class 8 trucks to ACT Expo 2104. Three have the new 11.9-liter, up-to-400-horse-power ISX12 G engine from Cummins West-port, and one has the 8.9-liter ISL G of which more than 20,000 have been sold.

Leading the way, says a pre-show release, is the new Kenworth T680. The new natural gas-powered Kenworth T680 offers fuel-saving aero-dynamics and cost-efficient natural gas to provide excellent operating cost benefits, said Kenworth vocational marketing manager Alan Fennimore.

Kenworth is showing a CNG-powered T680 with the ISX12 G engine in at Booth 1157. The truck will be available for sale later this year.

Kenworth is also exhibiting a T660 extended day cab and a short hood T800 roll on/roll off, also in a CNG configuration, and also powered by the ISX12 G.

A CNG-powered Kenworth T440 pickup-and-delivery vehicle with the 8.9-liter ISL G Cummins Westport (Booth 1150) rounds out the ACT Expo display.

Trilogy ES back-of-cab and rail-mounted CNG

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Questar Rebuild3 Final.pdf 1 7/30/12 7:00 PM CNG-fueled Class 8 trucks at Peterbilt Booth 357

LA Metro is seeking companies willing to con-vert six currently idle 42-foot low-floor buses with dated hybrid electric drives to SLEBs Super Low Emission Buses. The agency is open to any and all suggestions that will allow it to reduce nitrous oxide emissions to the neigh-borhood of 0.05 grams per brake horsepower or lower todays limit is 0.20 grams per bhp.

Our stated goal is to experiment with new technologies that can further reduce emissions,

says John Drayton, vehicle technol-ogy manager at the Los Angeles County Metropoli-tan Transportation Authority.

From a technol-ogy point of view, Its open-ended,

he says, noting that the six 42-foot North Ameri-can Bus Industries vehicles with gasoline-fueled series hybrid drives by the now-defunct ISE were themselves experimental vehicles.

This is a great platform for a small firm to jump in and try different things, he told Fleets & Fuels, noting that there may turn out to be multiple awards so that multiple approaches can be evaluated.

Bids are due June 3. Fleets & Fuels, April 17

LA Metros SLEB to Fight NOx

LA Metro wants to bring six NABI hybrids back as NOx-fighters.


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Landi Renzo USA, the North American arm of Italys world-leading supplier of gaseous fuel systems for light duty vehi-cles, is branching to Class 8 trucks with a dual fuel system installed by partner Baker Electromotive.

Landi (Booth 1345) and Baker are plac-ing trucks with factory re-manufactured Detroit Diesel engines with Freedom Transport of Illinois. The CNG-diesel vehicles are Freightliner Coronado glid-ers fitted with pre-EGR, 12.7-liter DDC Series 60 engines.

The engines are installed by Dave Syverson Truck in Albert Lea, Minn. Baker in turn installs the Landi Renzo dual fuel hardware dubbed DNG, for dual fuel CNG and Baker-designed CNG cylinder assemblies.

The multi-vendor set-up allows us to produce an OEM-level truck using an after-market strategy, says Baker Electromotive chief Skip Baker.

We make it brand new and then we dis-place up to half the diesel fuel, he told Fleets & Fuels. Baker has used CNG cylinders from 3M (Booth 1429) and Quantum (1833) for the dual fuel Freedom Transport vehicles.

Landi Renzo hardware includes an ECU capa-ble of interfacing with diesel electronics, pressure regulator, fuel injectors, fuel pump actuators, and accelerator pedal interfaces. Landi secured U.S.

EPA OUL/outside useful life approval of the DNG system late last year.

Freedom has one Landi-Baker CNG-diesel dual fuel truck in hand and has pur-chased the gliders to potentially convert another nine. The firm is looking at dedi-cated CNG vehicles too.

In light duty vehicles, Landi recently secured U.S. EPA certification of its CNG-gasoline bi-fuel conversions of 2015 Ford F-250 and F-350 pickups with the 6.2-liter engine. It has U.S. EPA and California Air Resources Board certifica-

tion of its dedicated-CNG Ford E-450 cutaway chassis with 6.8-liter engine for 2014.

Landi, a Qualified Vehicle Modifier for Ford vehicles, noted last month that National Energy Equipment, its sole official distributor for the Canadian market, has likewise been named a Ford QVM, with Transport Canada accredita-tion. Landi is also the proprietor of the Baytech line of NGV conversion systems.

Dual Fuel Systems on Pre-EGR, 12.7-Liter DDC EnginesLandi Renzo USA Branches to Class 8

Landi Renzo USA is supply dual fuel conversion gear for trucks like this Freightliner Coronado with pre-EGR, 12.7-liter Series 60 Detroit Diesel engines.

A-1 Alternative Fuel Systems (Booth 346) has just completed its 3,000th vehicle conversion. Not many folks out there can display those types of numbers, and we think that really shows the depth of experience we have as an upfitter, A-1 sales and business development manager Will Gutilla told Fleets & Fuels.

The 3,000 A-1 vehicle is a CNG-fueled, Ford E-450 cutaway chassis shuttle bus with 6.2-liter engine and

five Type III fuel cylinders.A-1 works with numerous

gaseous fuel system and fuel tank suppliers, Gutilla says, noting that approximately 70% of its business is CNG, and 30% propane autogas.

This is definitely a proud moment for our company, as we are also preparing to hand out 20-year service awards to several of our employees who have been with us since the beginning,

said A-1 chief Mark Gillio. Thats who this is really all

about, he said these guys who

have dedicated so much of their time and energy in making our operation a success.

A-1 Logs 3,000 Conversions

Odyne Systems (Booth 851) is talk-ing up two new California Energy Commission-funded contracts for its plug-in hybrid systems on commercial trucks in the California market.

Wisconsin-based Odyne will partner with Allison Transmissions California distributor, Valley Power Systems, Inc. of City of Industry to install its system in both new trucks and retrofits. Valley Power will inte-grate new hybrid systems on commer-

cial truck chassis under a contract administered by Calstart, and retrofit five existing medium- and heavy-duty work trucks under a $776,000 con-tract with EPRI, the Electric Power Research Institute.

The Odyne hybrid system dis-played here features a 28-kilowatt-hour Johnson Controls Lithium-ion battery, Remy HVH250 motor, Deere inverter, and Allison transmission.

With more than 8 million Class 4

to 8 trucks operating on the nations highways retrofitting trucks to plug-in hybrids is the fastest way to save fuel and cut emissions, says Odynes sales director Matt Jarmuz. We can more quickly reach those fleets.

Valley Powers depth and experi-ence with Allison transmissions and engagement in the California truck market made it a great choice for this unique production opportunity, Odyne said.

Fresno, Calif.-based A-1s 3,000th vehicle is a CNG shuttle bus for Sun Metro, converted at A-1s new facility in Elkhart, Ind.

Odyne Plug-Ins via Valley Power Systems

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Leggett & Platt CVPs new sales and marketing manager is Brad Wagoner, who cut his alt fuels teeth on com-pressed natural gas. But, he told Fleets & Fuels, In many cases thats not the only application thats going to work.

I want us to be a fuel-neutral company, Wagoner says. We want to be able to provide everything to

the fleets so they can make an edu-cated decision.

Leggett & Platt installs CNG systems from Landi Renzo-Bay-tech (Booth 1345) for Ford and GM vehicles, CNG systems for Chrysler-Dodge vehicles from NatGasCar, CNG systems for Ford Transit Connect vans from Altech-Eco, CNG systems for

Ford trucks from Westport (1045), and propane autogas systems from Icom North America (Booth 823) which it notes holds U.S. EPA certifications for more than 600 vehicle platforms.

Leggett & Platts three hybrid offerings are hybrid electric upfits using equipment from XL Hybrids (445), plug-in hybrid electric upfits with equipment from Indianas Echo Automotive, and hydraulic hybrid conversions

using gear from Lightning Hybrids (829).

Wagoner himself is a veteran of BAF Technologies, which was acquired by Westport last sum-mer. Among its consolidation moves, Westport conversions of Ford F-250 and F-350 pickups to CNG-gasoline bi-fuel opera-tion in Canada will be handled by Leggett & Platt in Oakville, outside Toronto.

Work truck upfitter Leggett & Platt CVP is at ACT Expo for the first time, advising customers of a full range of gaseous fuel and hybrid drive offerings at Booth 1651: CNG for Ford, GM and Chrysler vehicles, propane autogas, and hybrids: electric, plug-in electric, and hydraulic.

Leggett & Platt Runs the Alt Fuels Gamut

Leggett & Platt CVP is showing this Ford van with Landi Renzo USA

conversion hardware at Booth 1651.

Snaking in with a new name for a powerful product is Powertrain Integration, which is promoting its 8.0-liter propane engine now dubbed PIthon at Booth 928.

Pythons are strong, powerful snakes that constrict their prey, says company president Robert Pachla. PIthon squeezes every bit of power, every penny of savings out of operators precious fuel and maintenance dollars.

PIthon fills a huge gap for big block engines in the medium-duty on-highway market, the manufacturer says, adding, PIthon-equipped vehicle weights average approximately 500 pounds less than comparable diesel chassis, which enables users to increase their payload by an equivalent amount or possibly save more fuel.

PIthon powers the new propane-fueled Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp S2G truck that was in yesterdays

ride-and drive, and is being offered as on option on the Saf-T-Liner C2 Propane school bus by Thomas Built.

Both have fuels systems by CleanFuel USA (Booth 932), as do FCCC MT-45 vans with 6.0-liter Power Train Integration engine 1,000 of which are being deployed by UPS this year.

CleanFuel USA is at Booth 932 and FCCC is at 1401.

Powertrain Integration operations manager Brad Shantry is speaking at the Propane Vehicle Conversions session begin-ning at 2:30pm today.

Powertrain Integration is emphasizing propane as its picked PIthon as the

handle for its 8.0-liter engine.

Powertrain Integrations P thon Engine Squeezes Out the Power and Savings

Leggett & Platt CVPs new sales and marketing manager Brad Wagoner.


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Customer fleets have driven more than a million miles using the new XL3 hybrid electric drive from XL Hybrids, the Boston-based company says. Its a major milestone for both the company and the industry, XL said, noting that customer fleets are now logging more than 200,000 miles per month.

There are very few alternative fuel companies that can claim such a fast uptake of their technology, said XL president and founder Tod Hynes. The fact that one million miles was reached so quickly indicates our customers are taking full advantage of the reduction in fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions they can achieve with our innovative hybrid electric powertrain.

The nations largest corporate fleets are accel-erating deployment of our technology, including The Coca-Cola Company and FedEx, Hynes said. More global brands are ordering new XL Hybrid

powertrains for their fleets, so we expect to rev up even more industry milestones in 2014.

XL (Booth 445) says that its technology reduces fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by 20%. With one million miles achieved, XL customers have effectively saved 18,000 gallons of gasoline, the company says, and, with fewer fueling stops, 184 hours worth of driver productivity.

XL Hybrids, which hit the market in 2010 with a bolt-on kit for converting GM vans to hybrid electric operation, now offers upfits for Ford vehicles and for larger vehicles, with kits for cutaways and strip chassis vehicles, as well as for vans.

Our clients tell us that once they install XL Hybrids powertrain, their operations teams embrace the new technology immediately, says XL sales and marketing VP Jay Sandler in the million miles announcement. They rave about the fact that no addi-tional training or infrastructure is needed.

Best of all, they see savings on fuel costs right away and begin meeting sustainability goals at a faster rate.

XL Hybrids: A Million Miles

XL Hybrids has just added PepsiCo to its list of big name customer fleets.

Your Online Destinations for Cutting Petroleum Use and Saving Money

Clean Cities Find your local coalition and the benefi ts of partnering with us at the Clean Cities website (cleancities.energy.gov).

Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC)Discover the relevant information, inter-active tools, and calculators you need to choose the petroleum reduction solution that works for you at afdc.energy.gov

FuelEconomy.gov Compare vehicle models back to 1984 and learn fuel-saving tips to minimize fuel use, reduce emissions, and save money at the federal governments o cial website for fuel economy information.

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Interested in moving larger volumes of natural gas quicker? With faster payback on your infrastructure investment? APG, Clean Energy, Galileo, GE, Hexagon Lincoln, InoxCVA, Luxfer-GTM, Shell, Westport, and Xebec are among the companies here who are interested too.

Likewise ACT Expo organizer Gladstein, Neandross & Associates (Booth 670), which is hosting HHP Summit 2014, the third in the series, in New Orleans October 7-9. Natural gas for marine, mining, rail and energy exploration and production will all be covered.

Weve seen here this week how the North American natural gas boom has been good for road vehicles, says Erik Neandross, CEO of GNA. But its likewise prompting an historic shift in how trains and ships and mining vehicles are fueled, as well as the large powerful engines that make more efficient oil and gas production possible.

Chart Industries exhibiting here at Booth 1451 is a Presenting Sponsor of HHP Summit 2014, along with Caterpillar and Pivotal LNG.

Decision-makers in all of these sectors are coming to understand that they can save money and reduce emissions by replacing or offsetting diesel fuel with natural gas, Neandross says.

And, he adds, they understand that they can best learn how at the HHP Summit. A Call for Abstracts has been issued, with responses due July 2. www.hhpsummit.com

HHP Summit in New Orleans in October

Come to the NGV Global closing ceremonies start-ing at 4pm today and find out, comrade, where the next world natural gas vehicles meeting the 15th Biennial Conference and Exhibition will be held.

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The Next NGV Global?

EDTA in Indianapolis in Two WeeksThe Electric Drive Transportation Asso-ciation is hosting EDTA 2014, the national electric transportation confer-ence and expo, at the Indiana Conven-tion Center in Indianapolis May 19-21. www.edta2014.com

NGVs in Brussels in JulyNGVA Europe and the international NGV Communications Group are getting ready for the Fifth International NGVA Europe International Show & Workshops at the Kart Expo center in Brussels, Belgium July 8-10. www.ngv2014brussels

Chart Industries (Booth 1451) supplied the 67,000-gallon LNG fuel tank for the Harvey Energy, which was launched this past January. The offshore supply vessel will be the first U.S. flag ship to operate primarily on LNG fuel. New Orleans-based Harvey Gulf International Marine has a charter contract for Harvey Energy and at least two additional sister ships with Shell (Booth 1551).

Rio was perhaps our favorite!

North American NGVs in NovemberNGVAmerica has slated the 2014 North American NGV Conference & Expo for November 10-14 at the Kansas City Con-vention Center in Kansas City, Mo. Co-hosted by NGVAmerica and the Canadian Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance. NGVAmerica is at Booth 856.

Plug-In 2014 in JulyThe Electric Power Research Institute is hosting Plug-In 2014 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Cen-ter in San Jose, Calif., July 28-30. www.plugin2014.com

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