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Kenworth adds natural gas engine option to T680, T880, T880S trucks
Kenworth's T680, T880 and T880S model trucks have the option of adding the Cummins Westport L9N near zero NOx emissions natural gas engine. More details here.
August 13, 2018
Equipment
Cummins natural gas engine now available in Volvo VNL 300
Volvo Trucks North America's VNL 300 daycab tractor is getting the Cummins ISX12N natural gas engine option with available 350 horsepower. Details here.
July 24, 2018
Business
Bill floated in Congress to reduce excise tax on alternative fuel trucks
The tax code currently imposes a 12 percent excise tax on the sale of heavy-duty trucks. The bill’s backers said in a press release that alternative fuel trucks, such as natural gas-powered trucks, are more expensive than diesel-powered costs, effectively resulting in a penalty for purchasing an alt-fuel-powered truck. The bill would change that.
September 26, 2016
Business
Alt fuel ‘reality check’: Cheaper diesel drives down interest in natural gas
The recent slide in the price of diesel — and the prospects of that trend to continue — have caused trucking’s interest in natural gas to wane some, according to a recent report. The adoption curve for natural gas, however, is still expected to reach 23 percent of units sold by 2025.
November 25, 2014
Truck Stops
Love’s expands nat gas network, opens new AL stop
Love’s announced this month it is adding compressed natural gas fueling capabilities to another station along Interstate 40. It has also opened a new stop in Muscle Shoals, Ala.
October 30, 2014
Business
Volvo halts natural gas due to market demands
Volvo announced this week it is placing on hold its plans to launch a compression-ignited liquefied natural gas engine in North America, saying it is adapting its plans to the pace of the alt fuel market in the U.S. and Canada.
October 1, 2014
Business
Inspections, natural-gas vehicles probed at GATS
An analysis of Vehicle Maintenance BASIC violations shows the driver is in control of carrier scores; And natural gas, according to some, is ready to ‘Ride on’ indeed.
August 22, 2014
Business
Senate bill aims to promote natural gas adoption in long-haul trucking
The Senate this week introduced its version of a bill to cut natural gas-powered trucks a break, as it would give them an exemption to federal truck weight standards as a means to mitigate the weight of nat gas tanks and to prevent natural gas adopters from being at a competitive disadvantage.
August 13, 2014
Business
Freightliner making Cummins’ nat gas engine available for severe duty truck
Daimler Trucks North America this week announced the availability of the Cummins Westport ISX12 G natural gas engine as a factory-installed option for the Freightliner 114SD severe-duty truck beginning in 2015.
July 30, 2014
Business
A new ‘alt’ fuel? GTL turns nat gas into usable diesel
Shell’s gas-to-liquid plant takes natural gas and turns it into a form of diesel that can be dropped into diesel engines already on the road. But it’s cleaner, quieter and has a higher cetane rating.
July 9, 2014
Business
New partnership on CNG trucks
Mainstay Fuel Technologies and Watson Engineering are teaming on Mainstay’s proprietary on-board CNG fuel storage and delivery systems for heavy-duty trucks.
June 24, 2014
Business
Peterbilt announces new nat gas powertrain option of Cummins ISX12 G and Eaton’s UltraShift
Peterbilt announced this week a new powertrain option for several of its natural gas vehicles that combines the Cummins Westport ISX12 G and the Eaton UltraShift Plus automated transmission. It will be available for its Models 579, 567, 384 and 365 and works for both CNG- and LNG-powered trucks.
June 4, 2014
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