Welcome to WasteCon-APWA 2010 AUGUST 16, 2010
World’s Largest Another of the world’s largest liquefied natural gas fueling stations will open next month in Los Angeles. It will support a growing fleet of LNG-fueled garbage trucks. —Page 4
Eaton HLA for FL Then first Freightliner truck to be set up with retrofit-suitable hydraulic hybrid drivetrain, the HLA by Eaton, is on show here. —Page 7 Craig Teune, sales chief Cliff Buck, Jon Loftis and Brian Rhoades of Autocar with CNG-fueled Xpeditor truck with body by Labrie.
Hybrid? Natural Gas? Soon You Can Have It All Autocar Is Launching a CNG Hydraulic Hybrid for 2011
Billy Malone of Georgia’s DeKalb County is a national leader in landfill-derived biomethane for fueling vehicles. —Page 10
Trillium for Trash Veteran supplier of high-capacity CNG fueling installations seeks a larger role in the world of waste. —Page 11
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“This time next year, mid-summer, we intend to introduce the hybrid RunWise system on CNG power,” says Autocar sales manager Cliff Buck. Clients are getting the good news here, he says. That means a truck that not only burns clean compressed natural gas fuel, but far less of it, through use
of a “RunWise” hydraulic hybrid drivetrain (from Parker Hannifin). CNG emits better than 20% less greenhouse gas than diesel, Buck says. Tests of the RunWise hybrid over five years show a further 45% fuel savings, he says, with brake life extended 800 to 900%. Instead of every 90 days, “Now you’re going to be doing a brake job every two and a half years,” Buck says.
Autocar already claims the lead in Class 8 low cab forward refuse trucks powered by natural gas, as it expects to deliver more than 1,000 methane trucks in 2010, approximately double its volume of two years ago. Meanwhile 11 of Autocar’s dieselfueled Xpeditor E3 RunWise hydraulic hybrid trucks are entering service next month with three Florida fleets. —Page 6
Clean Truck Revolution! Acting Minutemen Jeremy Dormitzer, his brother Justin, and their dad Paul (with musket) pose with Freightliner sales chief Bob Carrick and Cummins Westport VP Gord Exel. Freightliner has now sold approximately 650 natural gas trucks like the M2 on show at WasteCon 3067 in the NGV Zone.