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ARLINGTON, VA. — Trucking should expect “piecemeal” measures that promote natural gas use because the federal government probably is too divided to tackle comprehensive legislation that could include incentives for buying natural gas trucks, two congressmen said.

ARLINGTON, Va. — The low price of natural gas is a main reason why it is so appealing to trucking, but concerns ranging from infrastructure to maintenance are forcing the industry to go slow, executives said.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Fleet managers intent on choosing natural gas as a truck fuel will have to go through a complicated and expensive process to convert, including the development of training and maintenance procedures, said participants in the American Trucking Associations’ Summit on Natural Gas in Trucking.

ARLINGTON, Va. — The use of natural gas in Class 8 freight-hauling trucks should begin in earnest next year with the introduction of an engine suitable for heavy-duty loads, according to a panel of original equipment manufacturers.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Natural gas has tremendous potential as a trucking industry fuel, but its era for over-the-road freight hauling is just beginning, according to industry experts who addressed the Natural Gas in Trucking Summit here Nov. 29 and 30.

Exporting natural gas would benefit the U.S. economy, according to a study conducted for the Department of Energy.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Trucking companies that move to natural gas use in their fleets will have to choose engine and fuel types, modify their maintenance shops and possibly install new types of equipment, all of which will involve higher spending, executives at American Trucking Associations’ Summit on Natural Gas in Trucking said.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Some of the nation’s leading trucking executives at American Trucking Associations’ Summit on Natural Gas in Trucking said that with natural gas priced as much as $2 per gallon cheaper than diesel fuel, it can’t be ignored as an alternative fuel.