Ford Transit Connect CNG Taxi Conquers the US
11 Sep 2011, 17:00 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Southern California has recently welcomed the debut of a scheme that will see over 100 compressed natural gas (CNG) Ford Transit Connect taxis enter service. Yellow Cab of Orange County, the company...
Chrysler to Sell Natural Gas-Powered Cars in the US by 2017
13 Apr 2011, 13:01 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Chrysler Group, the US-base automotive giant that is controlled by Fiat, wants to introduce cars running on compressed natural gas into the American market by 2017. The move isn’t all that sur...
Increased CNG-Powered Vehicles Sales for Ford
30 Mar 2011, 07:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The crisis in the oil rich Arab countries that started this year is continuing to bring the oil prices at new high levels, transforming, in turn, what was once an affordable price at the pump into a...
AT&T Buys Big Chevrolet Express CNG Fleet
26 Mar 2011, 10:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As one of the major fleet operators in the US, communications company AT&T is slowly joining the ranks of those that see the benefits of using cars with alternative fuels. In an attempt to lower...
New LNG/CNG Stations to Be Built in Dallas
18 Mar 2011, 13:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The expansion of the alternative means of propulsion for cars and trucks is placing a tremendous strain on the existing infrastructure and calls for the creation of fueling stations that can deliver...
Ford Bi-Fuel Vans and Trucks Coming from BAF
7 Mar 2011, 15:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With oil prices reaching a two and a half high, at $106 per barrel, having the possibility to choose a less fuel consuming vehicle is just the doctor ordered. And with the climbing oil prices showin...
UPS! 200 Million Miles of Green Deliveries
1 Mar 2011, 06:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As one of the largest fleet operators in the world, UPS is currently facing, as do all other companies, a very stringent problem: fuel price. With the numbers at the pump apparently engaged in some ...
Speedriven Mercedes SL600 Aims to Beat CNG Speed Records
24 Feb 2011, 14:07 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Before we start, we’ll inform you that this is a piece of news which shows that extreme power and ultra-high speed can be mixed with environmental protection. The subject is a 2007 Mercedes SL...
BAF Named Ford Qualified Vehicle Modifier (CNG)
31 Jan 2011, 14:09 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The automotive world is constantly working to reduce the environmental impact of vehicles and this means that automakers are seeking partners in this fight with emissions. The latest move of this ki...
Chicago to Have Ford Transit Connect Taxis
21 Jan 2011, 13:45 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American automaker Ford announced today that a fleet of alternative-fueled Transit Connect Taxis will join the Yellow Cab Chicago starting from March 2011. The vehicles, twelve CNG-powered Transit C...
Hertz to Operate CNG Fueling Station at LAX
17 Dec 2010, 08:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the most active rental companies when it comes to adopting green technologies, Hertz announced today it would install a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station on its lot near the Los An...
GM Readies CNG Vans
13 Dec 2010, 07:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the only major manufacturer in the US to offer a one-source van (Compressed Natural Gas) CNG option for its products, GM announced over the weekend it had finished working on the CNG system which...
GM Presents CNG-Powered Vans at Green Fleet Conference
19 Oct 2010, 14:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM will bring to the Green Fleet Conference in San Diego its newest compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles aimed at fleet operators, namely the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana ...
CNG Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana Pricing Released
1 Sep 2010, 12:15 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors has announced pricing for the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) option that will become available this fall for the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana. Customers who choose to use a CNG s...
GM CNG Vans, Rolling this Fall
14 Jul 2010, 07:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After back in May American manufacturer GM announced its plans of becoming the only manufacturer to offer a one-source van CNG option, it said yesterday that production for the CNG powered Chevrolet...
130 CNG Thomas Built Buses for LAUSD
12 Jul 2010, 07:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following what Thomas Built Buses, Daimler Trucks North America’s school bus manufacturer calls the biggest contract for natural gas buses in the company’s history, 130 CNG capable schoo...
Verizon to Buy CNG Capable Ford E-250 Vans
14 Jun 2010, 09:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The push to make fleets more eco-friendly (or cost effective, depending how one sees the matter) leads to more and more fleet operators in the US turn to alternative fuel-powered vehicles for their ...
US Comm Provider Adds 501 Ford e-250 CNG Vans
11 Jun 2010, 13:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Verizon, a broadband and other wireless & wireline communications provider, announced that it will add 501 Ford E-250 cargo vans that use clean-burning compressed natural gas (CNG) powertrains. ...
Ford F-450 and F-550, Available with CNG and LPG
7 Jun 2010, 14:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford announced today it will soon introduce a prep package which will allow the 6.8l V8 engine fitted onto the F-450 and F-550 Super Duty to run on both compressed natural gas ...
ANGA Applauds GM's Natural Gas Initiative
19 May 2010, 06:48 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors recently announced that its commercial vehicle line-up will include Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) versions of the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana ful...