DALLAS — Penske Truck Leasing expects to add 10 to 15 new natural-gas maintenance facilities this year, bringing its total to 30 to 35 by year’s end, company officials said.
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Denso Announces New Alternator for Medium-, Heavy-Duty Market
DALLAS — Automotive supplier Denso has developed a new high-amperage alternator for the medium- and heavy-duty truck market that the company said is smaller, lighter and more efficient.
May 7, 2015Frito-Lay Reports Cutting Diesel Fuel Consumption Significantly
DALLAS — Frito-Lay North America has reduced its diesel fuel consumption significantly since it began adding natural gas, electric and high-efficiency diesel trucks to its fleet over the past 10 years, a company executive said.
May 6, 2015Carrier Panel Shows Differing Views on LNG, CNG Fuel Choices
DALLAS — Several trucking executives gave their reasons for changing some of their fleet operations to either compressed or liquefied natural gas, and said they were backers of the alternative fuels for reasons ranging from economic to sustainability.
May 6, 2015Alliance AutoGas Debuts First EPA-Certified Propane-Diesel System
DALLAS — A large national propane supplier has introduced a first-ever Class 8 propane-diesel blended fuel system certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as emissions-complaint.
May 6, 2015Trucking Executives on Panel Express Cautious Optimism for Natural Gas
DALLAS — Several trucking industry executives said they see a future for natural gas as a viable fuel for the industry despite relatively low oil prices.
May 6, 2015Parker Hannafin Releases CNG Fill Products
DALLAS — Parker Hannafin Corp. released several new compressed natural-gas products here at ACT Expo May 6, including a CNG fast-fill fuel dispenser called the XF70, and a time-fill system called the TF25.
May 6, 2015Fleets in NACFE Study Saved $477 Million Last Year Adopting New Technologies
DALLAS — Fourteen major trucking fleets operating more than 53,000 tractors and 160,000 trailers achieved almost half a billion in fuel savings last year by adopting a variety of fuel-efficient technologies, according to an annual fleet fuel study released by the North American Council for Freight Efficiency.
May 6, 2015T. Boone Pickens: Natural Gas Remains a Viable Option as Transportation Fuel
DALLAS — Oklahoma oil man and natural-gas supporter T. Boone Pickens on May 5 joined the chorus of optimistic voices speaking here at the 2015 ACT Expo that despite current cheap diesel prices, the future of natural gas as a transportation fuel hasn’t dimmed.
May 5, 2015Cummins Westport Unveils 6.7-liter Natural-Gas Engine
DALLAS — Cummins Westport Inc., the joint venture between Cummins Inc. and Westport innovations that makes natural-gas engines, unveiled a new 6.7-liter nat-gas engine that will be in full production next year.
May 5, 2015