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NexGen Renewable Diesel Fleets, yes, and the Baja 1000 too.

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Hino: 1,200+ 195h Hybrids Truck accounts for lion’s share of HVIP. —Page 4

Workhorse Goes Upscale E-Gen trucks for UPS getting BMW gensets.

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TruStar for Branded CNG A New outlet opens in Florida.

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Roush Adds Ford F-750 Propane systems for Blue Bird school buses, too.

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Tico’s Propane Yard Goat Truck shown here by PERC is said to be a first.

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Honda Adds Two Plug-Ins Commonality with the Clarity Fuel Cell.

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California: $23.6 Million for e-Trucks Statewide Project for Cleaner Trucks at Ports & Railyards Flanked by government and industry representatives, Sandy Berg, vice chair of the California Air Resources Board, awarded $23.6 million to the South Coast Air Quality Management District here yesterday.

The funding will cover a statewide demonstration project to clean up dirty trucks servicing ports and railyards along California’s busy freight corridors.

“We’re here today to launch the largest scale demonstration project of zero-emission Class 8 trucks in modern history,” Berg said, adding that SCAQMD will oversee the

project to deploy 43 zero-emission battery electric and plug-in hybrid drayage trucks serving the busiest hubs in five California air districts: the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, San Diego, the San Joaquin Valley and the Port of Los Angeles.

According to a project summary, battery electric trucks will be developed by BYD (Booth 1731) and a team consisting of Peterbilt and TransPower (1845). A team including Peterbilt and Kenworth (1445), partnered with BAE Systems,

Sandy Berg, vice chair of the California Air Resources Board

will deploy an electric truck with a natural gas-powered range-extender. Volvo will deploy a plug-in hybrid electric diesel truck under its Mack brand.

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NexGen Fuel Unveils Baja Contender One of the many “firsts” unveiled at ACT Expo 2016 is an off road “trophy truck” from NexGen Fuel (Booth 923).

nobody has ever run a diesel-powered trophy truck – and obviously nobody has ever run a renewable diesel-powered trophy truck,” O’Keefe said. “So it’s kind of two firsts.”

According to Pat O’Keefe, president and CEO Acknowledging significant conof NexGen, the off road racer, which is powered fusion in many circles between by a diesel engine using NexGen renewable die- renewable diesel and biodiesel sel, will participate in the 49th annual Baja 1000 fuels, O’Keefe offered a welloff-road endurance race in Mexico later this year. practiced tutorial on how renew“We’re pretty excited about the fact that able diesel is chemically identical to a petroleum product – it’s made with hydrogen at conventional petroleum refineries – but is derived from renewable feeds, like fish oil and slaughterhouse waste. Moreover, renewable diesel does not include any of the olefins or the aromatics that cause NOx emissions.

“By removing the olefins and aromatics you essentially have a very, Champion driver Tanner Foust and Pat O’Keefe of Golden very pure fuel,” he says, adding, “The Gate Petroleum with the CLP Motorsports Superlite Coupe significance about ‘why’ we’re doing in Santa Monica this past summer at the completion of a it for the Baja 1000 reflects the fact 2,507-mile trek using just 37.6 gallons of renewable diesel. that diesel inherently gets better fuel mileage than gasoline, so it’s more of an advantage strategy that should help us because we won’t have to stop for fuel as often as the gasoline-powered guys.”

To emphasize the mileage benefits, a second vehicle on display in the booth is a sports car that Publisher the company drove from Jacksonville, Florida Kirk Fetzer

Pat O’Keefe of NexGen-Golden Gate Petroleum with renewable diesel-powered Baja 1000 ‘trophy truck’ at Booth 923.

to Santa Monica, California on a single tank of renewable diesel.

While NexGen maintains a focus on purely renewable fuels – beginning with renewable diesel and moving toward renewable gasoline – and getting those fuels to the market, O’Keefe said that subsequent large scale distribution of the fuel occurs through Golden Gate Petroleum, a 70-year-old family-owned business, as well as other petroleum distributors.

Golden Gate Petroleum is currently providing renewable diesel to the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, and Walnut Creek, with both San Jose and Marin County planning to switch in the near future.

“The huge new opportunity is the whole State of California,” he added. “They recently issued a mandate that they are switching all diesel to renewable diesel.”

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Ryder Comes Through Again Ryder System, which launched its natural gas truck leasing program at the first ACT Expo in 2011, is sponsoring the lunch in the ACT Expo 2016 Expo Hall today.

Natural gas-fueled Ryder truck availability has now spread to Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin and Quebec.

Customers include Anheuser Busch, Blu LNG, CEVA, Dean Foods, Eagle Distributing, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, Golden Eagle Distributors, Mohawk Industries, Tops Friendly Markets, Saddle Creek Logistics, Staples, UBCR, Willow Run Foods, 99 Cents Only Stores, Northeast Foods, C.A.T. Inc., West Air Gases, and Mansfield.

Ryder currently has 21 natural gas compliant maintenance facilities, with eight additional facilities scheduled for upgrades.

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Hino Hybrid Quietly Makes Its Mark

More than 1,000 in California, and a 9% COE Share Nationwide Hino Trucks has enjoyed quiet success with its 195h COE/cab-over-engine hybrid electric, placing upwards of 1,000 in California and more than 1,200 nationwide since sales commenced in 2013, says marketing and dealer operations VP Glenn Ellis. Hino has benefited from the California Air Resources Board’s Hybrid Voucher Incentive Program, and has in fact accounted for 82% of HVIP vehicle expenditures, he says.

What’s more, the 19,500-pound GVW 195h has snared 9% of the national market for all Class 5 COEs, Ellis told Fleets & Fuels on the eve of ACT Expo 2016.

Besides HVIP in California, voucher programs in New York State and the Chicago area have helped with Hino 195h deployments.

The Hino 195h is powered by a diesel-fueled Hino J05E-TP 5L turbocharged engine producing 210 horsepower and 440 foot-pounds torque. A sixth-generation hybrid driveline has a 36-kilkowatt (48-horsepower) traction motor powered by a 288-volt nickel metal hydride battery. The 195h has a six-speed automatic (and PTO-capable) Aisin A465 transmission.

The Hino hybrid was launched at the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis in

“The 19,500-pound GVW 195h has snared 9% of the national market for all Class 5 COEs,” —VP Glenn Ellis

March 2011 (sales were delayed because Japan’s tragic earthquake and tsunami took place scant days later).

The 195hDC (double cab) was introduced at the Work Truck Show in 2013.

Ellis notes that Hino’s Insight telematics package, including remote diagnostics and case

Toyota Takes the FCV Commercial Toyota has been quiet lately concerning its hydrogen fuel cell-powered Mirai sedan, but has quietly placed approximately 150 of the zeroemission vehicles with customers in California,

Toyota’s hydrogen fuel cell Mirai at Booth 1310.

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and will bring the car to the U.S. Northeast either late this year or early in 2017.

“We view this as the first truly commercial launch of fuel cell vehicles in the United States,”

management capabilities, will be standard on all of its trucks in 2017. The company celebrated the grand opening of a new California parts distribution and training center in Ontario this past February.

Hino Trucks, a Toyota Group company, is at Booth 1718.

says Ed LaRocque, national marketing manager for advanced technology vehicles.

“Between now and the end of 2017 it’s our plan to sell or lease about 3,000 vehicles,” he told Fleets & Fuels here yesterday.

One incentive, he notes, is free fuel: Toyota will cover the cost of the first $15,000 worth of hydrogen fuel for Mirai drivers.

Hydrogen is currently priced at $10 to $15 per kilogram but because of the FCV’s efficiency – Mirai is rated at 67 miles per gallon of gasoline – it costs about the same to operate as a typical sedan.

The hydrogen car carries an MSRP of $57,500, or can be leased for $499 per month.

Toyota (Booth 1310) is partnered with FirstElement Fuel for hydrogen in California.

FirstElement recently began branding fuel from its 15 California stations as “True Zero” hydrogen.

Toyota is partnered with Air Liquide for hydrogen in the Northeast.

Air Liquide is planning a network of a dozen hydrogen fueling stations in the U.S. Northeast and has disclosed locations for four: Hartford, Conn., the Bronx, N.Y., and Braintree and Mansfield, Mass.

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Workhorse Goes Upscale for UPS Workhorse Trucks and lead customer UPS spread the word this week that 125 E-Gen brand range-extended electric trucks are being upgraded with more powerful gasoline engines.

“A compact, quiet-running 2-cylinder engine replaces a prior 4-cylinder engine to extend their range, improve performance and fuel efficiency,” UPS said.

“The updated trucks deliver significant fuel economy equivalency gains – up to four times the fuel economy of a gasolinepowered vehicle.”

The trucks with the new 650cc engines are to be deployed in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio and Texas later this year.

The engines and indeed the gensets, are from BMW, and are the same as are used in the range-extended version of BMW’s i3 electric vehicle.

“These low-emission trucks are designed specifically to meet the stop and start needs of UPS’s urban delivery routes, while driving unprecedented fuel and maintenance savings,” said Workhorse CEO Steve Burns.

“This new system enables the vehicle to accommodate UPS’s typical route on battery energy and uses a very small internal

The HorseFly drone is seen as a complement to electric-drive Workhorse package delivery trucks.

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combustion engine to add additional energy to the batteries when and if needed and eliminates range anxiety,” he said.

Workhorse is also supplying UPS with 18 all-battery trucks for use in the Houston area.

As a complement to its zero-emission and super low-emission trucks, Workhorse is developing a package delivery drone called the HorseFly. The batterypowered HorseFly would charge off of the parent truck’s electrical system and could allow drivers to avoid torturous driveways and possibly hazardous climbs – by the truck or on foot – in rural areas.

HorseFly weighs just 9.5 pounds, and can carry a 10-pound package. Its eight rotors are powered by lithium ion batteries by Panasonic. The Federal Aviation Administration granted permission for testing late last year.

Workhorse is showing an actual HorseFly drone at Booth 1745. Also on show is an E-Gen chassis with the new BMW genset.

Room for One More?

“Real estate on a chassis is always at a premium,” says Bob Carrick of Freightliner, who told Fleets & Fuels here yesterday that his company is working with Agility Fuel Systems to position the compressed air tanks used for big rig brakes in the extra space available in CNG fuel system cabinets. Agility is the exclusive supplier of CNG fuel systems to Freightliner (Booth 929), furnishing hardware from its new plant in Salisbury, N.C., which is in close proximity to the Freightliner manufacturing plants in Cleveland, N.C., and Mt. Holly, N.C. Back-of-cab CNG fuel system on a Freightliner Cascadia tractor is seen here on Agility’s Booth 1045.

CWI Unveils ‘Near Zero’ Engine

Cummins Westport’s 8.9-liter ISL G NZ – “Near-Zero” engine is on display for the first time at a public event at Booth 832. The NZ is the first mid-range natural gas engine to be certified by both the U.S. EPA and California Air Resources Board to the 0.02 g/bhp-hr optional Near Zero NOx emissions standards, Cummins Westport says. When coupled with the use of RNG/renewable natural fuel, it holds the promise of near-zero emissions for heavy duty vehicles. It is available as an option today. Cummins Westport plans to release an NZ version of its 11.9-liter ISX12 G engine in 2018.

New Eagle Brings New Broducts

Controls and development specialist New Eagle is promoting several new products being presented at Booth 1610. “For the first time this year we’ve brought the Yasa motors,” says key accounts director Dwayne McKenzie, “a very power-dense motor that provides 100 kilowatts consistent and 160 kilowatts peak motor performance for electric and hybrid electric applications… We’ve also brought our telematics units that allow customers to record data, do diagnostics, and update their controller software if they’re using one of our controllers,” he said. “And we’re showing our new GCM196 Bosch controller, a general control module with

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TruStar Executes Branded-Station Strategy

Opened Fifth CNG Outlet, in Florida, Last Week TruStar Energy (Booth 745) celebrated the opening of a new compressed natural gas fueling station in Fort Myers, Fla. this past Thursday, following through on a strategy of building stations not only for customer operators, but stations carrying its own badge.

The company has previously opened TruStarbranded CNG outlets in Orlando, Tulsa, Houston, and Lafayette, La. The new Fort Myers station, open 24/7, is “designed for future expansion and to provide easy access for commercial fleets,” TruStar says.

It has four traffic lanes and two dual-hose fast-fill fueling pumps. It is capable of fueling several hundred vehicles a day – delivering 11.6 GGE/gasoline gallon equivalents per minute – “and serves as a midpoint TruStar Energy’s Anthony Flynn (far left) and J.J. Taylor’s Jose Rivera look between Tampa and Fort on as TruStar Energy president Adam Comora cut the ribbon at the new Lauderdale for fleets trav- TruStar-branded CNG outlet in Fort Myers, Fla. this past Thursday. Fort Myers City Councilman Johnny Streets and Keith Gruetzmacher of Teco elling the I-75 corridor.”

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As now built, the station has two 250-horsepower Ariel (Booth 856) Customers can use such commercial fuel JGQ300 compressors, each generating 736 scfm cards as Comdata or Fuelman, as well as all of gas, one PBS Industries dryer and two ANGI major credit cards.

“Florida already has a high volume of CNG Energy (659) fast-fill dispensers.

TruStar Energy’s TruStar-branded CNG station in Fort Myers is the company’s fifth, and the second in Florida.

vehicles on the road today, and even with low diesel prices, we continue to see more fleets switching to CNG from diesel,” TruStar president Adam Comora says in today’s announcement, noting that the fuel is “cleaner, domestically produced and abundant, and resistant to price volatility.”

“Close to several major fleets, as well as a heavy traffic corridor, our new Fort Myers station will be a valuable and productive resource for businesses in the area,” Comora said.

SimpleFuel for H2 at Home One of the many new products unveiled at ACT Expo 2016 is an on-site hydrogen fueling solution from SimpleFuel (Booth 1712).

SimpleFuel comprises a team of three companies originally assembled to compete for the Department of Energy’s H2 Refuel “H-Prize” award: IVYS Energy Solutions, PDC Machines, and McPhy Energy.

Team representatives noted that SimpleFuel is the only company remaining in the H-Prize competition after two down-selections, with the only remaining activities involving delivery on the metrics during a demonstration later this year.

“It’s the combination of the abilities of the three organizations that ‘makes the magic,’” says Prabhu Rao, North American CEO for McPhy Energy.

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provide cost-effective fueling.”

“We are putting it forth as a product that supports the development of the hydrogen infrastructure in California and other parts of the country,” explained Rao. “And what you see here is an integrated generationcompression-storage-dispense solution that uses water and electricity to generate high L to R: PDC Machines business development VP Kareem purity hydrogen at rates of approximately 10 Afzal, IVYS Energy president and CEO Darryl Pollica, and McPhy Energy North America CEO Prabhu Rao. kilograms per day dispensing at 700 bar and can satisfy a fleet of about 15 to 20 cars.” is also easier because of the simplicity of the “So, for about the same cost of one large sta- product.” tion, we can deploy between ten and 15 of these, Asked about production possibilities, Rao avoiding the fuel anxiety that some customers said that the company is currently “building have,” he said. one for a customer” that will be delivered in Rao said that potential future applications September.

“Then we’re looking to ramp it up,” he said. include home fueling, workplace fueling, fleets “This is an appliance model of a solution. And and small retail stations.

“It’s very cost-effective in terms of capital,” he when we say appliance you know that volume adds. “The footprint is very small and permitting is behind it.”

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Roush Now Offers Ford F-750

Continues to Do Well on Blue Bird School Buses, Too Roush CleanTech has brought a new product offering to ACT Expo 2016, displaying a Ford F-750 truck with dedicated-propane fuel system at Booth 817. The vehicle was introduced last month, at which time Roush said it costs less than similar diesel counterparts.

“Fleet managers can purchase an F-750 that not only costs less initially, but also saves money at the pump and uses a clean-operating, American-made fuel,” said Roush sales and marketing VP Todd Mouw.

The base model propane-fueled Arizona’s Kyrene School District purchased 25 propane autogasF-750 comes with a 50-usable- fueled Blue Bird Vision buses with Roush CleanTech fuel systems in 2014 and this year added 73 more. gallon, driver-side fuel tank. An extended tank option is available. The truck has bought in 2014.

Ford’s 6.8-liter V-10 engine.

“With our Blue Bird propane autogas school An early customer is Michigan’s Victory Pro- bus fleet, our technicians don’t have to worry pane, which according to Roush already has 25 about the difficulties we encounter when servicpropane-powered Ford F-650s. ing our diesel buses,” said Kyrene transportation “We will increase our autogas fleet with and facilities director Eric Nethercutt.

“Working with propane is as easy as workRoush’s first two Ford F-750s, and 13 more have been ordered,” said Victory Propane president ing on a gasoline engine,” he said. Like the new Gregg Falberg. propane-fueled F-750, the Blue Bird Vision proA Ford F-550 truck with Roush fuel system is pane buses have 6.8-liter Ford V-10 engines. on display at the Propane Education & Research Roush noted that the Kyrene district curCouncil’s Booth 911. rently pays an average of $1.15 per gallon for Roush continues to thrive in the school bus propane autogas compared with $1.50 per gallon market too, noting in recent weeks that the for diesel. And, the school district will benefit Phoenix-area Kyrene School District now has from a 36¢-per-gallon federal tax rebate.

Other recently announced Roush-Blue Bird 98 Roush propane-powered Blue Bird Vision school buses, having added 73 this year to 25 school bus operators include:

• the Metropolitan School District of Warren Township, just east of Indianapolis, with 11 buses; • Pennsylvania’s Derry Township School District, which has three vehicles and will place three more in service for the 2016-2017 school year; • the Olympia Community Unit #16 School District in Stanford, Ill., near Peoria, which has 12 propane buses out of a total fleet of 33; and • ABC Student Transportation, which operates 35 vehicles on behalf of DPS – Detroit Public Schools.

Roush, a fully vested Ford QVM – Qualified Vehicle Modifier – also said last year that it would provide CNG systems for Type C Blue Bird school buses powered by the 6.8-liter Ford V-10.

Ford is at Booth 1110.

Roush CleanTech says it has delivered or has on order more than 7,000 Blue Bird buses ‘across over 500 school districts in the U.S. and Canada.’

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Inside the Broadwind skid.

Broadwind-Safe for Plug-and-Play CNG Broadway Energy is showing a plug-andplay CNG skid powered by a Safe North America compressor at Booth 339.

The unit comes fully plumbed and wired for compressing natural gas with a gas inlet and electrical power the only connections needed. The skid as shown here assumes the use of a separate dryer and/or storage cascades when needed, although those components can be included as well, says Broadwind CNG sales director Dave Postuma.

A unit shipped to XNG/Xpress Natural Gas, a “virtual pipeline” company that delivers natural gas to off-grid customers, included two Safe compressors, a dryer, and dispensing outlets, Postuma told Fleets & Fuels.

Safe North America is a unit of Italy’s Landi Renzo. Mario Pirraglia is president.

Landi Renzo USA is at Booth 945.

Tico Unveils Propane Design prototype began work at WBCT where it has accumulated more than 200 additional operational hours.

“All the reports are coming back beyond expectations,” Sohn says. “The fuel consumption is less than what we were anticipating, what our engineers were anticipating. The drivers

Some call them yard trucks.

But, according to Randy Sohn, western regional sales manager for Tico Trucks, they’re also called terminal tractors, yard goats, yard dogs, yard mules, switchers, and even shunters.

We’ve heard spotter, too.

are loving the torque and responsiveness of the engine. Overall they’re just loving the truck.”

After ACT Expo 2016 the truck will complete demonstrations at WBCT before being sent to Tacoma, Wash. for additional demonstrations.

Meantime, Sohn said that the company expects to enter “full production on demand in mid-summer,” adding, “There have been numerous discussions here at ACT that will likely lead to production orders.”

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Randy Sohn, western regional sales manager for Tico Trucks with propane-powered yard hostler at Booth 911 (the Propane Education & Research Council).

But regardless of the name used, ACT Expo 2016 attendees can see prototype number one of a new propane-powered design from Tico at Booth 911.

Sohn said that Tico operates a rental fleet of 1,300 diesel-powered yard trucks that operate in ports across the southern and eastern seaboard, but the company is now entering “the sales side of things.”

He said that the propane-powered prototype on display resulted from a request from one of their clients, Ports America, which operates the WBCT/West Basin Container Terminal here in Long Beach.

“They’re trying to go all propane,” he said.

“They’re trying to take their forklifts, their stack reachers – everything to clean energy.”

He said that Tico worked with engine manufacturer Power Solutions International to build a new vehicle “from the ground up” (with Allison Transmission) that can be certified with the State of California and the U.S. EPA. “Our criteria is that we don’t care about horsepower but we want lots of torque,” he added.

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Catalina Composites for Type III Tanks Catalina Composites is promoting its line of largediameter Type III CNG cylinders at Booth 850 – and custom solutions for customers.

A state-of-the-art production facility designed for highly efficient throughput and the purchase of forged 6061 aluminum from an affiliate company – APP/Aluminum Precision Products – will yield a market edge, says GM Kjeld Johansen.

“All operations are in-house under one roof,” he says. In-house heat treatment of the aluminum liners “will set us apart from our competitors,”

he told Fleets & Fuels here yesterday.

The Garden Grove, Calif.-based company will offer tanks with diameters ranging from 12 to 26 inches, and lengths up to 132 inches.

“We are in the early stages of the qualification process for the 16-inch,” Johansen says. The 22-inch product will follow, and then the 26.

Catalina’s tanks are are to be certified to NGV2-2007/FMVSS 304, ISO 11439, ISO 11119-2, and/or ISO 11515 requirements.

They are manufactured in a 107,000-squarefoot facility designed for maximum production and energy efficiency.

“We listen and work closely with our customers from design conception to a finished product

A 22-by-90-inch Type III composite CNG tank by Catalina Composites.

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that meets their specific needs,” the company says. “Our customers come to us for innovative solutions.”

Catalina Composites is a division of Catalina Cylinders, which was established in 1992.

Clean Energy Promotes NGV Easy Bay To address the needs of fleet owners convert- needs,” said Clean Energy facilities modification ing their fleets to natural gas or service centers services director Rick Mendoza. providing repairs, Clean Energy Fuels (Booth “Having an affordable system that can be 667) is promoting its NGV Easy Bay as part of installed quickly and meets local, state and its facility modification group. national codes is an option that hasn’t been Easy Bay, the company says, “is the first code- available in the marketplace,” he said.

Clean Energy names Lesher Mack Sales & compliant industrial vapor barrier system that can be designed and installed in less than 30 days.”

Designed to be a low-cost alternative to a total facility modification, Clean Energy’s NGV Easy Bay “is scalable and can accommodate a single bay isolation project, or be used to divide a large building into multiple bays.” It is retractable for easy storage, and can even be relocated to another facility.

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Service in Lebanon, Pa. as an NGV Easy Bay customer. GM Tod Dissinger recognized that in order to stay ahead of the competition, adding natural gas capabilities was essential for his business, which sits along a key transportation corridor in southeastern Pennsylvania.

“Companies that switch to natural gas want to know where to fuel up and how they are going to get service. We wanted to be ahead of the curve and have that competitive edge,” he said.

Clean Energy also provides such facility modification services as on-site training, testing, inspection and recertification for existing methane detection systems, custom solutions for ventilation/heating, “and ensuring your modifications meet local, state and federal regulations.”

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Spire & Mainstay Join Forces

Spire Natural Gas Fueling Solutions (Booth 1050) and Mainstay Fuel Technologies announced a partnership here combining Spire’s CNG fueling station offerings with Mainstay’s CNG vehicle fuel systems expertise.

Spire and Mainstay promise ‘customized CNG vehicle and fueling station solutions.’ The Spire CNG outlet in Greer, S.C. is shown here.

“Customers can count on Spire and Mainstay for a seamless transition to compressed natural gas fueling,” said Spire senior VP and COO Peter Stansky.

“We will provide customized CNG vehicle and fueling station solutions tailored to each fleet’s unique needs,” he said, “with competitive pricing both on the road and at the pump.”

“This joint effort enhances the ability of both our companies to be competitive in the marketplace, and we appreciate Spire’s commitment to Mainstay and CNG as a transportation fuel for the future,” said Mainstay CEO Rod Grandy.

The firms promise “integrated product and service offerings while complementing each company’s current strategies and operations, which will remain independent.”

Mainstay meanwhile has just announced a new 165-DGE back-of-cab CNG cylinder assembly using Type IV cylinders from Luxfer (Booth 653).

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keeps them on the road,” he said.

Questar (Booth 463) says that over the past three years it has built ten CNG stations along transportation corridors in Texas, Kansas, Arizona, California, Colorado and Utah. Along with Utah’s Questar Gas, Questar Fueling currently owns and operates nearly 40 CNG outlets.

“Companies such as Frito-Lay, AnheuserBusch, Swift Transportation, Central Freight Lines, Dart Transit and many others operating medium- and heavy-duty trucks are finding it easier and more cost effective to fill up with clean-burning natural gas. The price for CNG is currently about $2 per equivalent gallon.”

Questar Fueling provides consultation, design work, packaging and installation of CNG stations.

Utah-based Questar Fueling has opened new public-access CNG fueling stations in Denver and in Buttonwillow, Calif., serving Frito-Lay and other fleet operators.

“Our transportation customers want clean fuels like reliable, low-cost natural gas for their fleets and they don’t have time for delays,” said GM Carl Galbraith. “Our high-speed, highvolume CNG-fueling stations have captured

their attention.

“Some of the nation’s largest fleet operators, including Frito-Lay, are transitioning to cleanburning natural gas, and we’re committed to developing the CNG-fueling infrastructure that

FCCC commercial chassis product manager Mike Stark with Power Solutions International on-highway sales president Bob Pachla at Booth 929.

PIthon Power Via FCCC for Los Angeles USD Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. is showing a propane-fueled S2G box truck, the first of 30 ordered by the Los Angles Unified School District, at Booth 929.

An order for 20 more is expected, says FCCC commercial chassis product manager Mike Stark.

The truck has an 8.0-liter “PIthon” brand engine from Powertrain Integration.

Powertrain Integration was acquired last year by PSI – Power Solutions International – via a deal announced last year at ACT Expo 2015 in Dallas.

The propane-fueled S2G is available as a bobtail for propane delivery, or as a flatbed or stake truck – and of course as the box truck seen there.

“This is a factory-built truck,” says Stark. “It doesn’t have to go to a secondary source. It comes off our assembly line as a turnkey truck.”

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Yale University is a new XL Hybrids customer.

XL Hybrids: 25 Million Total Customer Miles

XL3 upfits are compatible with new and existing Class 2 to 6 commercial fleet vehicles.

The equipment can be installed in less than six hours, after which “it works seamlessly in the background with zero impact on fleet operations or service.”

The XL3 drive is available on seven OEM platforms, including the Chevy Express/GMC

Savana vans, Ford Transit vans, Ford and GM cutaway/stripped chassis vehicles including low floor shuttle bus modified chassis, Class 5-6 Ford F59 stripped chassis, and the Reach commercial diesel van by Isuzu and Utilimaster.

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XL Hybrids is trumpeting its total of 25 million customer road miles this week, stating that operators have collectively eliminated the use of more than 440,000 gallons of gasoline.

XL Hybrids (Booth 1427) offers the XL3 hybrid electric drive, an aftermarket system that requires no driver training or special fuels, yet “delivers immediate cost savings with a 25% increase in miles per gallon.

“The number of fleet vehicles using XL Hybrids’ technology is increasing significantly as we work with major fleets, including the Coca-Cola Company, AmeriPride Service and the City of Boston, and gain new clients, such as BMC Stock and Yale University,” said Clay Siegert, co-founder and chief operating officer for XL Hybrids.

“These additional fleet customers are exponentially increasing the number of customer road miles driven with XL Hybrids’ electric drive technology,” he said.

In addition to paring fuel use by close to half a million gallons, XL customers have: • reduced carbon dioxide emissions by more than 4,000 tons; • saved 3,500 hours of driver productivity with fewer stops for fuel fills; and • experienced 99.9 plus percent vehicle uptime.

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ClipperCreek Launches ChargeGuard Affordable Access Control: ‘Unlike Anything Else Available on the Market’ ClipperCreek unveiled ChargeGuard as a simple keybased security option for its electric vehicle chargers.

“The ChargeGuard option, priced at an affordable $78, delivers reliable key-based access control for the Level 2, 240V ClipperCreek HCS Series product line which starts at $565,” the

position for open access charging.

Eric Lu of the Eric Lu State Farm Insurance Agency in Tucker, Ga. is the first ChargeGuard taker for commercial use. “I own a Nissan Leaf and felt that installing a charging station would be very convenient for me and my clients,” Lu says in the ChargeGuard release. “I like having the key switch without the bother of being on a network generating codes.”

ClipperCreek suggests that fleet managers use ChargeGuard to restrict charging locations to specific fleet vehicles for data gathering. Multitenant housing managers can use it to restrict charging to eligible residents. Commercial property managers can utilize it to offer charging for

enrolled tenants.

“ClipperCreek’s constant innovation efforts have resulted in another value improvement,” said ClipperCreek president Jason France. “Customers have been asking for a simple, cost-effective means to control charging station use and ChargeGuard is the perfect solution,” he said.

“ChargeGuard is an option on all HCS charging stations.”

ClipperCreek offers a standard three-year warranty on its chargers, which come in a fully sealed, rugged NEMA 4 enclosure with 25 feet of charge cable and a separate, low profile wall mount connector holster.

ClipperCreek is at Booth 1406.

Honda Adding Clarity Series EVs Announces ‘Bold Step to Leverage Common Platform’ ClipperCreek bills its new ChargeGuard, unveiled here yesterday, as ‘an affordable access control solution designed for fleet, workplace, multi-tenant, hospitality and residential charging applications.’

company says. The combination costs as little as $643, and as such “is a great value for an accesscontrolled charging solution… unlike anything else available on the market.”

“ChargeGuard,” states yesterday’s announcement here, “is an affordable access control solution designed for fleet, workplace, multi-tenant, hospitality and residential charging applications.”

“The HCS with ChargeGuard is a robust and cost effective solution for companies who desire access control but do not want to pay high upfront hardware costs or ongoing network fees,” said ClipperCreek sales director Will Barrett.

“ChargeGuard allows station owners to issue keys to restrict usage and control electric utility expenses,” he said. “ChargeGuard was developed in part based on feedback from employers who want to offer charging for their employees at an affordable price point.”

Using the ChargeGuard is simple: plug the vehicle in, insert the key into the unit, and turn to start charging. The key can be removed and power will be available until the vehicle is disconnected.

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American Honda proclaimed a “bold step” late last month, announcing that its new Clarity Fuel Cell car, a hydrogen-fueled vehicle to be launched late this year, will be joined in 2017 by a 100% battery-powered Clarity Electric and later by a Clarity Plug-in Hybrid – all sharing a common platform.

Honda’s hydrogen-fueled Clarity Fuel Cell car will be the basis for a pure EV and a plug-in hybrid electric for 2017.

The new line of five-passenger Clarity cars will provide “unparalleled choices to customers through three different electric powertrain options,” the automaker said.

The Clarity Electric will go on sale next year as the “first affordable, midsize, five-passenger battery electric vehicle (BEV) to offer premium content and features.”

And, Honda said, “The third vehicle in the Clarity series, the Clarity Plug-In Hybrid, will launch in all 50 states later in 2017 and will be

the volume leader in the series, seamlessly combining an all-electric driving range in excess of 40 miles with a hyper-efficient gasoline-hybrid extended range mode.”

“This Honda trio of dedicated, advanced technology vehicles, along with the expanded application of two- and threemotor hybrid systems to our core models, represents a strong commitment to Honda’s future and will help create a new volume pillar for electrified vehicle sales,” said American Honda executive VP John Mendel.

In addition to the Clarity series, Honda said that a re-engineered 2017 Accord Hybrid will go on sale later this spring.

Honda is at Booth 1301.

American Honda’s Robert Langford is slated to speak at the Choosing Electric general session beginning at 9:00am Thursday morning.

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TransIT Services of Frederick County, Md. is holding a ribbon-cutting today to welcome five full battery ZEPS buses by Complete Coach Works into service.

ZEPS stands for Zero-Emissions Propulsion System. CCW (Booth 1801) announced the TransIT sale late last year.

“The buses will be the first fully refurbished all electric buses to operate on the East Coast,” the agency says.

Taking on ‘fuel,’ through a wire, in Maryland.

The buses are 1999 vehicles built by Gillig, completely refurbished by CCW, which installs a fully electric driveline and batteries.

The five ZEPS buses are expected to save nearly $470,000 each on fuel and maintenance costs over their 12-year life.

TransIT hopes to add four more of the vehicles over each of the next four fiscal years.

“We will evaluate the electric bus performance and cost savings regularly,” said division director Nancy The back of the bus at Booth 1801 Norris. “If they prove to be all we expect, The cost of the five ZEPS buses and chargwe hope to order additional electric buses ing stations is being covered by a combination over each of the next four years if funding of FTA/Federal Transit Administration, MTA/ is available.”

Transit Administration and local grant funding.

McNeilus for Low-Profile Back-of-Cab CNG McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing is promoting The system “offers customers exceptional industry’s best service and support network,” an enhanced, high-capacity, low-profile back- value in innovation, performance, weight, McNeilus says. of-cab fuel assembly for CNG at Booth 750. The fill time and durability, all backed by the Upgrades included three of Luxfer’s new and new array holds 92 diesel gallon lighter-weight Gen2 G-Stor Go Type IV equivalents. cylinders, “optimizing the overall weight “We’ve improved our newof the system and minimizing the height est back-of cab system, reducing to meet low-clearance specifications,” overall weight and increasing McNeilus says. Each cylinder is fitted capacity, all while maintaining the with a Luxfer G-Flo one-turn valve “that lower profile municipalities and not only extends vehicle range by providing more usable gas at the required construction vehicles with dump body configurations require,” flow rate, but also significantly increases said McNeilus project engineer the filling flow rate.”

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A dedicated pressure-relief device system spans the full length of each The new design “provides customers with the benefit of all cylinder and provides continuous heat the needed capacity to get them protection. through a full day’s work in a McNeilus boasts more than 5,000 single module,” he said.

NGen brand CNG-equipped vehicles Said to be “ideal for fleets with on the road. “We offer only fully tested Class 7 and Class 8 trucks,” the and certified configurations that are new NGen assembly features a backed by a national service network and streamlined design with 50% an expert team to assist customers,” said fewer fitting connections and Brad Nelson, Oshkosh senior VP and 25% fewer plumbing components president of the commercial business than industry standard systems, The new CNG fuel cylinder array from McNeilus maintains the lower profile segment at McNeilus. needed for dump body vehicles.

Luxfer is at Booth 653. the company says.

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Rethink Methane Next Month “It’s time to change the way we think about methane,” says ACT Expo organizer Gladstein, Neandross & Associates. Accordingly, GNA will host the second annual Rethink Methane conference June 29-30 at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel in Sacramento, Calif.

Renewable methane, known too as biomethane or RNG/renewable natural gas, can help California meet its climate protection and air quality improvement goals, GNA says.

“By pursuing renewable methane’s full potential, California lawmakers can harness a powerful tool that will help the state meet its goal of increasing renewable energy to 50% and reducing petroleum consumption by 50% by 2030,” says GNA president Cliff Gladstein.

Biomethane can • serve as a practical storage medium for solar- or wind-based power-to-gas installations; • help create a near-zero-emission hydrogen energy infrastructure; and • strengthen California’s economic future.

“The economic development potential of renewable methane feedstocks that have gone largely untapped – such as dairy manure, agriculture stubble, forestry biomass, and power-to-gas

– coupled with the environmental benefits of reducing greenhouse gases from these sectors, bolsters the urgency of getting public policies in place to accelerate their development,” Gladstein said.

The Sacramento symposium, GNA says, “will educate and encourage policymakers to implement policies and incentives that accelerate the production, distribution and consumption of renewable methane, as well as develop a robust capacity to produce hydrogen and methane from surplus renewable power.”

GNA is at Booth 1353. www.rethinkmethane.org

NGVAmerica in Denver September 7-9, 2016 NGVAmerica 29th Annual Meeting & Industry Summit at the at the Hyatt Regency Convention Center in Denver. Executive-style summit: no trade show. www.ngvamerica.org

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Harvey Gulf International Marine’s Harvey Power and Harvey Energy, the first U.S.-flag ships to operate on LNG, at Port Fourchon, La. The two PSVs – platform support vessels – are under charter to Shell. The third, Harvey Liberty, was delivered for service with Shell on Monday.

HHP Summit 2016 in October in Chicago ACT Expo organizer Gladstein, Neandross & Associates will host the fifth annual HHP Summit October 11-13 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The conference brings together the marine, rail, mining and energy exploration and production operators of high horsepower engines, all of which can benefit both economically and environmentally by switching from diesel to natural gas fuel.

“Discussions are no longer conceptual, and what was once theory is now becoming practice,” GNA says. “By collaborating to drive infrastructure development, technology and engine advancements, and the creation of up-to-date regulations and policies, all high horsepower sectors stand to benefit economically.”

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June 19-22, EVS29, the 29th annual World Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition, aka the world electric vehicles show. Palais des Congrès in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Organized and hosted by the Washington. D.C.-based Electric Drive Transportation Association (Booth 1417). www.evs29.org

World Propane-LPG in Turkey September 27-29, 29th World LPG Forum & 2016 AEGPL Congress. Istanbul Lutfi Kirdar (International Convention & Exhibition Center) in Istanbul, Turkey. Organized by the Paris-based and World LPG Association-affiliated AEGPL (Association Européenne des Gaz de Pétrole Liquéfiés). www.worldlpgforum-aegpl2016.com

Chart Industries (565), Clean Energy Fuels (667), Cryostar (956), Luxfer-GTM Technologies (645), Parker Hannifin (845), and Questar (463) are among the ACT Expo 2016 exhibitors actively pursuing opportunities in the HHP sector. Shell, an ACT Expo 2016 sponsor, is a major supplier of LNG as a marine fuel, especially in Europe.

GNA is at Booth 1353. www.hhpsummit.com

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World Natural Gas Vehicles in Central Europe The next NGV Global Conference & Exhibition, which had been scheduled St. Petersburg, Russia, in October, will now be held in Central Europe in March. www. ngvglobal.org/events

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