Green Truck Summit 2013 March 6, 2013
Green Truck-Work Truck 2013 Amp Is Buying Workhorse
Amp Holding, parent of Amp Electric Vehicles in Ohio, is buying Navistar’s Workhorse assets through a new Amp Trucks subsidiary. —Page 9
Parker’s New IVT
‘Son of RunWise’ hydraulic hybrid for Class 4-6 trucks. —Page 10
CNG Tanks, and for PSI
Quantum promotes CNG engine systems and full assemblies for its lightweight tanks. —Page 10
Ford’s engineer Chris Brewer describes new Transit and Transit cutaway line – all vehicles to be available for alt-fuel upfits.
Ford Beefs Up Its Alt Fuel-Ready Line Waiting for the 12
Indy’s Monarch Beverage likes CNG, looks forward to even bigger Kenworth trucks. —Page 8
Economical Electrics
XL Hybrids upfits available through Leggett & Platt. —Page 11
Roush Strip Chassis
Roush offers three propane-powered Ford strip chassis and will detail Dish Network order for 200 vans. —Page 13
2013 Ride-and-Drive
Hino is the sponsor of event starting at noon with a score of vehicles and a stationary display. —Page 14
Complete Issue Published Online www.ShowtimesDaily.com
Ford roars into the 2013 Work Truck Show with word that it’s expanding its line of vehicles delivered factoryready for alternative fuels with gaseous-prep engines. Among them are all-new Transit chassis cab and cutaway models, “engineered to tackle an almost unlimited variety of specialized jobs and vocations.” The Transit trucks come with 3.7-liter V-6 engines, available with a compressed natural gas/propane gaseousprep kit allowing Qualified Vehicle Modifiers to install CNG or propane autogas fuel systems while maintaining Ford dealer availability and warranties. Sales of Ford trucks with CNG/LPG-prepped engines have soared more than 350% since 2009, Ford said. Businesses are using CNG-fueled trucks to lower their operating costs, “with the payback period for
recouping conversion upfit cost as fast as 24 to 36 months of in-use service.” “The transit chassis cab and cutaway models join the industry’s broadest lineup of commercial chassis,” Ford says. The line-up includes E-Series cutaway and stripped chassis, F-Series Super Duty chassis cab, F-650 and F-750 medium-duty chassis cab and F-59 stripped chassis. And, Ford said, the next generation of the Transit Connect range will add yet another CNG-ready engine when it goes on sale later this year, offering a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine. The smaller engine will make Ford-sanctioned QVM upfits available for a wider range of smaller vehicles. A host of QVM upfitters including BAF for CNG and Roush CleanTech for propane, have vehicles at Ford’s big display (Booth 3139). —More Ford News on Page 5
‘The Right Thing to Do’ Going green is also the responsible thing to do financially, as payback times have gotten shorter and more and more fleets are going green because they’re finding that’s where the money is. The message of green on green was delivered forcefully at the NTEA-Calstart Green Truck Summit here yesterday. —See Page 6