Alliance AutoGas has showcased a Ford F-650/F-750 tractor featuring a new product innovation – the Bi-Fuel AutoGas System — at the recent NPGA Propane Expo in Atlanta. Westport’s Prins VSI system “plug and play” conversion on the 2016 Ford F650/F-750 is unique in that no intake manifold drilling, cutting, or splicing of wiring is required. […]
Stop-start vehicles are expected to account for up to 55% of all vehicles sold according to the latest research. The technology of stop-start systems, which allow the engine to stop automatically instead of idling when a vehicle is stationary and to quickly restart when it is time to resume driving, are gaining increased acceptance from […]
For daily commuters, weekend fun rides and even pizza delivery options, a new breed of electric bike is starting to roll at a price point that is far below that of some of the big brand name entrants. Meet Bat-Bike, which manufactures electric bicycles with an electric motor assist featured so that the bicycle can […]
According to the latest research, more than 75% of U.S. transit buses are diesel or diesel hybrids. As a result says the the APTA, “America’s transit bus fleet is one of the newest and cleanest heavy-duty fleets around.” In 2013, 77 percent of transit buses were powered by diesel engines and fuel, or diesel hybrid […]
GE Transportation has completed the first production test of its GE Evolution Series Tier 4 engine. This production test evaluates the performance, emissions and mechanical properties of the engine. This is the first engine to go through the newly built test cell in Grove City and will be sent to one of GE’s locomotive assembly […]
Commercial fleets aren’t the only ones tapping into telematics. Consumers are getting in on the bandwagon now as well. Consider this: Autonet Mobile and AT&T Inc. announced an agreement to bring Autonet Mobile’s telematics solution, via mobile applications, to allow consumers to access their cars from their phones, allow auto OEM’s to update their cars […]
According to the latest research, Millennials decidedly skew toward used cars when they buy. In fact, used car purchases made up 78 percent of all Millennial car purchases last year, compared to 68 percent of all car purchases by adults 35 and over. And while Millennials accounted for 39 percent of all traffic to […]
UPS has placed an order for 445 new 160 DGE Behind-the-Cab CNG fuel systems for delivery in 2015 from Agility Fuel Systems, a leading designer and producer of natural gas fuel storage and delivery systems for heavy duty trucks and buses. UPS, which has been a leader in the adoption of natural gas in heavy […]
Nissan has announced total U.S. sales for March 2015 of 145,085 units, marking the second-best U.S. sales month in company history. For the company’s 2014 fiscal year, Nissan set an all-time record with 1,399,557 total U.S. sales, an increase of 8.9 percent over its 2013 fiscal year. At the same time, sales of the all-electric […]
Krug Energy, based in Arkansa, has turned to compressed natural gas to serve a fleet of 20 new Kenworth CNG-powered tractors. The fueling station, located in Searcy, Arkansas, was engineered by TruStar Energy, one of the nation’s largest designers and builders of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). It serves trucks from several other local fleets as […]
