Welcome to ACT Expo 2016

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Welcome to ACT Expo 2016
Penske Sponsors Gala Dinner
First-ever ACT Expo Fleet
Awards tonight.
—Page 3
UPS for Clean Vehicles
Carlton Rose lays out the
company’s vision.
—Page 4
First Priority GreenFleet
New alt fuel vehicle company
is a ‘one-stop shop.’
—Page 4
Bauer Adds Quiet Compressor
The C23-powered, low-decibel
M-Series Q.
—Page 6
Agility’s New CEO Speaks Out
NGVs remain a good bet,
says Kathleen Ligocki. —Page 10
BYD Sells Battery Buses
Antelope Valley Transit
commits to 85. —Pages 11 & 12
ChargePoint Fleet Focus
A new EV charging station
and fleet plan.
—Page 12
CNGci Gets Canada Approvals
New market for largediameter Type IIIs.
—Page 13
Nohm Battery Bus Debuts Here
Mass Production in China
for ‘price parity.’
—Page 18
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Love’s Loves
CNG, and
Trillium
Love’s Travel Stops
veteran Bill Cashmareck,
now the general
manager for Trillium
CNG, unveiled the new
CNG identity at the ACT
Expo 2016 opening
reception yesterday
evening.
Love’s Travel Stops, which operates 340 locations in 39 states, was
already establishing a network of
CNG fueling outlets along major
Bill Cashmareck
interstate corridors when earlier
this year it acquired Trillium CNG,
a specialist in high-throughput
compressed natural gas fueling
stations.
“The acquisition of Trillium
CNG provides Love’s with a great
opportunity to leverage the very
best of two companies,” Love’s coCEO Frank Love said in announcing
the deal.
“Trillium’s established network
The Love’s Gemini division hauls
petroleum fuels using CNG tractors.
of CNG locations and its deep
expertise within the industry will
also allow Love’s to serve new types
of customers in new markets while
expanding reach to existing customers,” he said.
The joint company is exhibiting
at Booth 1165.
Trillium’s Bill Zobel will discuss
Moving to Mainstream Commercial
Operations at the Advancing the Transportation Infrastructure Needs of Today
and the Future session in Room 204
at 2:30pm today.
RNG + Near Zero = Game Changer
Heavy duty vehicles with well-towheel emissions
levels approaching nil are possible today given
the combination of new “Near Zero” engine technology
from Cummins Westport and the use of RNG – renewable natural gas. A new Game Changer white paper commissioned by the South Coast Air Quality Management
District and half a dozen privatesector sponsors details the
possibilities. The document was released here
yesterday.
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Welcome Back to Long Beach
On behalf of Gladstein, Neandross & Associates (Booth 1353), producers of
the 2016 Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, I’d like to extend to
you all a very warm welcome back to the great seaside city of Long Beach
(an operator of CNG and battery-electric buses, street sweepers powered
by bio-based LNG, and work vehicles fueled with renewable diesel).
It is with pride, excitement and enthusiasm that we kick-off this year’s
ACT Expo. We look forward to highlighting milestones, celebrating
achievements and shining a spotlight on clean fleet efforts and deployments from throughout the year, across the country and around the globe.
This year’s show is packed full of the latest and greatest advanced
transportation technologies and clean fuels. Adding to an always strong
presence from the natural gas and propane industries, half of this year’s
show floor is filled with exciting electric drive technologies. In addition,
emergent fuels like renewable diesel and hydrogen fuel cell technologies
are here in full force.
Beyond clean fuels and drivelines, this year’s ACT Expo will see an even
greater emphasis than ever on the management and efficiency technologies
that can reduce fuel use and pollution.
Telematics, autonomous and connected technologies will be addressed
in more than half a dozen conference sessions. The North American
Council for Freight Efficiency held a workshop here yesterday, as did
the California Hydrogen Business Council and Natural Gas Vehicles for
America. Business for Social Responsibility is hosting the Future of Fuels
Spring Forum on Thursday. BSR will unveil the “Fuel Tool,” designed
with UPS, Walmart, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola to provide fleet owners and
managers with credible data to compare the climate impacts, sustainability challenges and trade-offs, and best practices for the fuels they use –
and are considering using.
Also on Thursday, the California Air Resources Board,
California Energy Commission and Caltrans will discuss
the highly anticipated Sustainable Freight Action Plan.
The elephant in the room?
Erik Neandross
The low cost of oil. It’s made
for consolidation, revised business plans, gnashing of teeth. Yet new fleets
continue to embrace alternatives.
Low cost oil has made for leaner and meaner operations and a wealth
of advances in alternative fuel handling and dispensing equipment, and
the technology to better keep track if it all.
As we’ve done in prior years, we’re looking to deliver the tools and
information fleets need to make responsible investment decisions in
advanced clean transportation technologies. As we see every year, business gets done here at ACT Expo. New truck orders are placed and fueling
agreements signed. These deals are why we do what we do.
Thanks to our friends and colleagues at ShowTimes for synthesizing the
many exciting announcements, product details, photos and company news
from across the board here at ACT Expo. This daily digest of happenings
at the show is your guide to the sessions and show floor. We look forward
to hearing stories and feedback from your own ACT Expo experience.
Welcome to the 2016 ACT Expo.
Erik Neandross, CEO
Gladstein, Neandross & Associates
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Penske Truck Leasing, which weighs into ACT
Expo 2016 as a Platinum Sponsor, is also the
sole sponsor for the first-ever ACT Expo Fleet
Awards and Fleet Awards Dinner, which kicks
off tonight at 6:30.
On the conference side,
• Tom Scollard, Penske Logistics dedicated
contract carriage VP and customer Mike Cullen, senior VP for distribution at Wegmans,
will take part in the ACT Expo 2016 Shippers
& Carriers Driving Clean Fuel Investment and
Sustainability General Session in the Grand Ballroom this morning;
• Russ Scaramastra, Penske strategic initiatives VP, will moderate the Driving
the Future of Transit and Mobility session at 2:30pm in Room 101
today;
• Matt Krasney, Penske fuel
strategy director, will moderate the
Over-the-Road Fleet Success Stories
session at 4:00pm in Room 103
today; and
• Drew Cullen, Penske fuels
and facility services senior VP, will
participate in the Achieving Corporate
Sustainability Goals: Zeroing in on Transportation
executive roundtable session at 9:00am Thursday in the Grand Ballroom.
Penske is showing a CNG-fueled Freightliner Cascadia tractor from its rental fleet in
Booth 1345.
CNG-fueled Freightliner Cascadia is one of hundreds
in the Penske fleet.
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Looking Beyond Petroleum Prices
Attendees at ACT 2016
represent a single community with some unfinished
business. That was the
message offered yesterday
afternoon by Carlton Rose,
global fleet maintenance
and engineering president
at UPS.
The community’s unfinished business divides into
three main areas: expectation, innovation, and collaboration, he said.
Rose provided a UPS
perspective in each of these
Carlton Rose of UPS
areas, in the stated hope
that some of the messages, lessons and observations would help to advance interests and needs
across the assembled audience.
“UPS moves 6% of the U.S. GDP and 2% of
the global GDP through our network on a daily
basis,” he said. “We’re a company that operates
100,000 vehicles and more than 500 aircraft. We
have 435,000 employees who live and work in
220 countries and territories. We’re a company
with a significant global
footprint that feels an obligation to customers, to consumers and to communities.
“We’re all in,” he added.
As part of that impressive presence, he noted
that UPS operates one of
the industry’s largest alternative fuel and advanced
technology fleets, including
all-electric, hybrid electric,
hydraulic hybrid, propane,
CNG and LNG designs.
“In all, that’s more than
6,800 vehicles,” he said,
adding that those vehicles
have logged 505 million miles in the U.S. and
countries around the world to date and that the
company has a goal “to hit 1 billion miles by the
end of next year.”
Turning toward the topic of innovation across
the advanced technologies, Rose asserted that
UPS is confident that natural gas will be “a
long term play,” as evidenced by the company’s
investments since 2000, including: 825 CNG
First Priority GreenFleet’s display includes two battery electric
vehicles, plus a propane pickup and a CNG Chevy Cruze.
First Priority GreenFleet Debuts Here
Offers An Array of Alt Fuel Options to Fleet Managers
First Priority GreenFleet is making its ACT
Expo debut at Booth 1453 – and announcing
this morning a new alliance with Icom North
America.
New Jersey-based GreenFleet is a unit of
First Priority Global, which earlier this year
purchased the assets of Electric Vehicles International in Stockton, Calif., and said the acquisition would help the company position itself as a
“one stop shop” for advanced vehicle solutions
– more than just EVs.
“Under the GreenFleet banner, we intend to
offer our customers a full range of zero- and lowemission options that will allow them to select
the products that best fit their needs,” said First
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Priority GreenFleet CEO Alex Cherepakov.
GreenFleet is partnering with EV Connect for electric vehicle charging.
The standout EVI customer is UPS,
which began taking delivery from EVI, in
2012, of 100% battery-electric, Freightliner
Custom Chassis Corp-base vehicles, with
UQM drivelines and lithium iron phosphate
batteries from Valence Technology. Other
EVI customers include Frito-Lay and the
Pacific Gas & Electric utility.
Icom North America (Booth 823), best
known for its JTG II liquid injection and
related propane autogas systems (the company has some 600 certifications), has itself
tractors, 1,635 CNG package cars, and 18 fueling stations; 1,300 LNG tractors and 15 fueling
stations; 1,000 propane package cars; 62 ethanol
package cars in Brazil; and 19 RNG tractors in
the United Kingdom.
UPS is also exploring ways to get more out
of traditional fuels, ranging from a waste engine
heat recovery process to the redesign of 125
existing electric hybrid vehicles. Rose pointed
to a Tuesday morning UPS announcement that
the company will be installing new two-cylinder
engines that further increases range, performance
and fuel efficiency.
The new BMW engine may be seen on a
Workhorse chassis at Booth 1745.
Extending his gaze “over the horizon,” Rose
expressed great hope for both lithium air batteries and hydrogen fuel cells.
“We’re all a part of the innovation ecosystem,” he said. “And like any ecosystem, to stay
healthy, we must continue to evolve. To do that
we must see above and beyond the unpredictability of petroleum prices. We have an incredible opportunity. By working together… we can
create a stronger, more efficient industry and
complete our unfinished business.”
broadened its scope. Icom last year formed
Green Bridge Technologies to market CNG
vehicles developed by Crazy Diamond Performance. CDP is one of the only options for natural gas versions of such compact GM vehicle as
the Chevy Cruze.
GreenFleet’s ACT Expo display reflects its
growing reach. In addition to an EVI battery
truck, it includes a CNG-fueled Chevy Cruze by
GBT-Crazy Diamond, a Chevy Silverado 3500
pickup with an Icom liquid injection propanegasoline bi-fuel system, and an all-battery, zeroemissions eLion school bus with 100-mile range.
Icom North America’s display features a
propane-gasoline bi-fuel Ford Explorer with
3.5-liter Ecoboost engine.
Stockton, Calif-based EVI became a First Priority
GreenFleet affiliate earlier this year.
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Bauer Launching New Quiet Compressor
Bauer Compressors (Booth 1335) is taking
the occasion of ACT Expo 2016 to introduce a new quiet CNG compressor, the C23
M-Series Q. The unit is “Whisper Quiet,”
Bauer says – emitting just 65 decibels.
The new M-Series units feature
Bauer’s high inlet-pressure compressor
driven by a 50-horsepower motor. A
new-design cabinet with improved sound
insulation makes the M-Series Q “perfect for the smaller station installed in or
around densely populated areas where low
noise and visual appeal is of the utmost
importance,” Bauer says.
Bauer offers a family of six compressed natural gas solutions ranging
from 7.5-horsepower units which deliver
9 standard cubic feet per minute (4.5
gasoline gallon equivalents per hour) for
small fleets, up to 350-horsepower packages delivering 875 scfm – 438 GGE per
hour – for large fleets and public stations.
Bauer also offers equipment for LNG/
liquefied natural gas boil-off recovery.
Bauer is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year.
The innards
and outside of
Bauer’s new
C23 M Series Q.
Toyota Prius C Cars for Best Buy:
1,000 Hybrids as New ‘Geekmobile’
Best Buy is to deploy more than 1,000 Toyota Prius C
hybrids as the new “Geekmobile” for the retailer’s Geek
Squad home service technicians. “An armada of agents
is about to roll
out,” Toyota said
last month, noting that the Geek
Squad logs “an
estimated 12.6
million miles (or
roughly 20.3 million kilometers, 100.8 million furlongs or 4.2 million leagues)… making the hip hatch’s
EPA estimated city fuel economy of 53 mpg particularly attractive.” Toyota is at Booth 1310. More than
700 Prius C cars are to be deployed initially with the
remainder phased in by year-end. “The new, greener
Geekmobile will cut the Geek Squad fleet’s emissions
by 50%,” Best Buy says.
N.A. Repower’s DT466 Is Certified
The California Air Resources Board has certified North
American Repower’s dedicated-natural gas, spark-ignition version of the
7.6-liter International
DT466 engine Class
5-8 trucks and buses,
the Southern California company reports.
“This is the first full certification for a dedicated heavy
duty CNG engine repower specifically designed as a
retrofit that CARB has issued,” states a release. The
N.A. Repower system includes a fully remanufactured
DT466 engine, CNG fuel tanks, fill panel and installation, and is backed by a full warranty for up to four years
and 200,000 miles. Finance and leasing solutions are
available for fleets. Warranties are administered through
Premium 2000. Booth 447.
Landi Renzo Certifies Ford 6.8L
From Quebec to California on CNG!
Taavi Rutishauser on the Long Beach
Convention Center concourse with the
CNG-fueled Freightliner Cascadia 113
he drove here from Montreal. It is one of
100 such CNG vehicles being furnished
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to C.A.T. – Canadian American Transportation – by Ryder Systems via a full
service link agreement announced in late
2014. The trucks have CNG fuel systems
by Quantum.
Landi Renzo USA has secured both U.S. EPA and California Air Resources Board certification of its natural gasfueled version of Ford’s 6.8-liter engine for model year
2016. The V-10 powers vehicles including F650/750
series and F-53/59 chassis trucks. “Continuing with a
tradition of quality products available from Landi Renzo,
our 6.8L V-10 heavy duty CNG system has been developed by some of the world’s leading alternative fuel
engineers and is available exclusively through Landi
Renzo USA’s ship-thru partnerships and certified installation network,” the company says. Booth 945.
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Toyota Promotes CNG Car-Hauler
Designed & Built in Collaboration with Peterbilt, Cottrell, Agility
Toyota Fleet is showing Toyota Transport’s
first CNG-fueled car-hauler – laden with such
advanced technology Toyota vehicles as the
hydrogen fuel cell Mirai, a Camry hybrid, a
RAV4 Hybrid, a Prius and five Lexus models
– at Booth 1805.
“We started exploring the CNG option more
than three years ago, and it has been worth the
wait,” Toyota Transport senior compliance analyst Kirk Welch said in publicizing the vehicle
this past November.
The truck has a Peterbilt 365 day cab tractor
(with 11.9-liter ISX12 G engine by Cummins
Westport; Booth 832) modified for CNG operation in league with Cottrell Trailers (Gainesville,
Ga.). Agility Fuel Systems (Booth 1045) helped
with a design that allows for continued use of a
nine-car trailer with an over-the-cab head rack.
It’s the first full
car-hauler trailer with
head rack that Cottrell has manufactured
onto a CNG truck,
Toyota says.
“This was a first
for Toyota Logistics
but also for Cottrell,”
said Cottrell western
regional sales manager
Adam Strong. “We
were able to work with
Peterbilt and Agility
Fuel Systems to alter the design of our headrack
to accommodate the natural gas tanks while still
maximizing payload.”
The Agility design employs Type IV CNG
cylinders from Hexagon Lincoln affording
fuel storage of 90 diesel gallon equivalents –
45 DGEs per side.
Icom for Connecticut
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‘Grandma & Grandpa’– the ninth battery bus out of 50 – is on display
at Booth 1433.
Phoenix Zeus Bus for L&R
Phoenix MotorCars, which offers the 100% battery electric Zeus (for
zero emissions utility shuttle) bus, is showing one of 50 vehicles
for the Los Angeles-based L&R Group at Booth 1433.
In addition to WallyPark, L&R operates airport parking services
under the Joe’s Airport Parking and Joe’s Auto Parks brands, and
according to Phoenix will deploy the 14-passenger battery buses
at the Los Angeles, San Diego and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
international airports.
All 50 buses will have fast-charging capability, “which allows
full charging to take place in less than three hours,” Phoenix says.
Each is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more
than 60 tons of carbon dioxide per year.
“We provide our clients with sizable savings in fueling and
maintenance costs, making us a great solution for our customers,”
said Phoenix president Steven Davis.
“L&R is a forward-thinking company that’s making a difference
in the airport and parking industry,” he said.
Phoenix notes that L&R’s operations include airport parking
facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark,
Orlando, Philadelphia, San Diego and Seattle.
Phoenix also offers battery electric flatbed and utility trucks.
The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dubai-based Al
Yousuf LLC.
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Icom North America, which claims upwards of 600 certifications for propane
autogas vehicle upfits using its JTG II and related systems, is providing
equipment for a pioneering fleet of propane-powered service trucks operated by Connecticut’s West Hartford AAA.
“It’s not only the first AAA fleet but the first tow trucks to go propane in
the U.S. as well,” says West Hartford AAA manager Glenn Chamberland.
Five trucks are in service with a total of a dozen planned by year-end.
By the end of 2017, the entire West Hartford AAA fleet of 28 vehicles will
be propane-powered, Chamberland told Fleets & Fuels.
The fleet is mostly Ford
F-250 trucks with the 6.2-liter
V-8 engine, he says. The first
propane-fueled tow truck based
on the Ford F-450 chassis, with
6.8-liter V-10 engine, will be
introduced this summer. West
Hartford AAA will phase out its
existing Dodge and Hino flatbeds in favor of Ford F-650s
Icom North America is supplying propanenext year, Chamberland says.
gasoline bi-fuel systems for service trucks
The fleet logs from 1.4 miloperated by West Hartford AAA.
lion to 1.6 million miles per
year, he adds, noting that West Hartford AAA is currently paying $1.21
per gallon for propane autogas. CNG/compressed natural gas is going
for about $2.42 per gallon in his area, he says.
The new vehicles have Icom propane-gasoline bi-fuel systems installed
by Cusson Automotive in South Windsor, Conn.
Hocon Gas, which has half a dozen Connecticut locations and operates
its own fleet of propane-powered service trucks, is supplying the propane
autogas fuel. Hocon and Cusson jointly support regional school bus and
commercial fleets.
Icom North America is at Booth 823.
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Interview with Kathleen Ligocki, CEO of Agility Fuel Systems
Agility Fuel Systems is now more than
five years old – what’s changed?
Agility Fuel Systems has experienced tremendous growth over the last five years. We
joined two very innovative predecessor companies to create the leader in natural gas fuel
systems in the North American market today.
We offer products that are designed and engineered for durability, performance and safety.
With over 30,000 vehicles on the road our
experience in the industry is unparalleled.
But clearly that is not the end game. Our
company continues to evolve from a custom
shop assembler to a fully integrated manufacturer of state-of-the-art fuel systems…
the next phase of our quest is to be the best
world-class supplier in this industry.
Agility CEO Kathleen Ligocki with a CNG-fueled
Freightliner Cascadia at Booth 1045. The truck has a
160-DGE Agility back-of-cab fuel system, integrated
with the ECU to allow Cummins Insite diagnostics of
both the engine and CNG fuel system.
Is this the reason why you opened the new
facility in North Carolina?
Yes, we have committed significant capital to
construct a new green field facility in Salisbury,
N.C. allowing us to insource all key manufacturing processes including OEM class paint
capabilities, fabrication, assembly and vehicle
integration. We are very pleased with our progress in launching our North Carolina plant and
we believe it positions Agility to continue to lead
the transition to natural gas in the transportation industry.
How is your joint venture with Hexagon
Composites working out?
The relationship with Hexagon Composites is a
strong one. In fact, we are celebrating two years
since we created the joint venture with Hexagon
to manufacture cylinders. Our objective was to
gain economies of scale and to jointly develop
innovative new products more quickly. This
week at ACT Expo, we are presenting a new
27- inch diameter cylinder that will increase our
flagship behind-the-cab system from a capacity
of 160 to 175 diesel gallon equivalents while
maintaining the same dimensional characteristics. This new product introduction is a great
example of how this joint venture is showing
outstanding results.
Last year you also signed a collaboration
agreement with Cummins – can you provide
us with an update?
Cummins is both an outstanding strategic partner and a long-term investor in Agility. During our year of collaboration, we have focused
together on driving the adoption of natural gas
by improving uptime and product performance.
We have started this process by training and
certifying 30 Cummins distributors as Agility
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Authorized Service Providers, which will significantly improve our nationwide service coverage.
We will also distribute parts through the Cummins network to improve parts availability and
uptime for our customers.
On the product performance side, at ACT
Expo we will present our first prototype of an
Agility fuel system utilizing a Cummins ECU,
allowing service technicians to use the Cummins INSITE tool to diagnose both the engine
and the fuel system. We are very excited by the
suite of advanced features that this connection
between the engine and the fuel system will provide our customers in the near future.
How do see the see the natural gas vehicle
market in a scenario of low oil and diesel
prices?
We are firm believers in the long-term future of
natural gas commercial vehicles driven by both
economic and environmental factors. On the
economic front, our customers purchase a commercial vehicle for five to 15 years, a long-term
fleet commitment. The price of oil fluctuates
wildly versus natural gas, a stable and abundant
fuel source. Many of our customers have invested
in fuel stations, allowing them to purchase gas
wholesale at rates still below the price of diesel. While we do not have a crystal ball, we do
believe that the equilibrium price of oil is closer
to $75/barrel making natgas purchases a prudent
decision. On the environmental front, NGVs can
make a substantial impact in terms of reducing
greenhouse gases which negatively affect global
warming, while also reducing NOx emissions,
the main contributor to smog in urban areas.
Certain segments of the market, particularly
in the refuse and transit industry, have continued their commitment to transition their fleets
to natural gas vehicles, as these companies recognize the environmental and societal benefits
NGVs provide in the communities they serve.
In the heavy truck segment, where shorterterm return on investment calculations can be
critical, this year we have noted fleet operators
and OEMs balancing natgas with diesel. Still,
we see many examples of great companies with
broader environmental strategies and long-term
fleet perspectives continuing to reduce their
environmental footprint by switching to NGVs.
We at Agility are very excited with the prospects of natural gas vehicles transforming the
heavy duty transportation industry and our role
in providing solutions for a more sustainable
future for generations to come.
Agility provided the fuel systems as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles made NGV history last year with a $40
million investment in 179 Detroit-based parts-haulers for FCA Transport. The tandem axle day cab
Peterbilt 579 tractors have Type IV CNG cylinders by Hexagon Lincoln in back-of-cab Agility assemblies.
Each holds 160 diesel gallon equivalents of natural gas affording a single-fill range of more than 600
miles. TruStar Energy (Booth 745) provided a CNG fueling facility for the Fiat Chrysler fleet.
China-based BYD notched an historic deal this
year when the Antelope Valley Transit Authority
north of Los Angeles moved to become America’s first all-electric transit fleet. In February, the
AVTA board approved a measure to invest some
$72.4 million in as many as 85 all-battery buses
to be built at BYD’s new facility in Lancaster,
Calif. – the former Rexall R.V. factory.
AVTA is to deploy the first 29 battery buses
this year – 13 of BYD’s new 60-foot articulated
battery buses and 16 all-electric 45-foot commuter coaches, accounting for about $29.1 million of the board-approved outlay.
In total, the agency has ordered 14 articulated 60-foot buses, 35 of BYD’s 45-foot highway
coaches, and 36 standard 40-foot battery buses
from BYD.
AVTA will use a combination of depot conductive and in-route wireless/WEVC inductive
charging. Two 50-kilowatt inductive chargers
from Utah’s Wave are being installed.
The 60-footers have 540-kilowatt-hour lithium iron phosphate battery packs – also by BYD
– and the 45-foot coaches have 390-kilowatthour packs, says BYD VP Macy Neshati. BYD
makes its own lithium batteries and all of the
buses come with onboard chargers.
“The actual device that charges the bus is on
the bus,” BYD’s Neshati says, noting that BYD
includes the AC units as part of the vehicle price.
In addition, BYD is supplying “a smart box” charging interface for each vehicle. Wired together for
overnight conductive charging of the AVTA fleet
in Lancaster, they will optimize charging, allowing the most depleted buses to be automatically
charged first after drivers connect them to the
system – a feature that will be critically important
as the fleet and electricity demand grows.
AVTA has floated an RFP for more powerful inductive charging units to be installed at
as many as 15 in-route sites. “We’re looking
at 250 kilowatts,” says executive director Len
Engel (bids are due May 10). AVTA will also be
buying inductive receiving units to be installed
on the initial buses.
Engel says AVTA has budgeted approximately $3.5 million to cover the cost of charging infrastructure for its first 50 battery buses.
BYD’s Neshati notes that while the AVTA
order for 85 battery buses is the standout for
BYD North America, the three-year-old company is to deliver the first of three dozen 45-foot
low-floor vehicles for the Denver Mall this summer, and also has an order for ten vehicles from
Long Beach Transit (which is also to use Wave
wireless charging).
Upwards of two dozen additional BYD battery buses are on order from municipalities and
universities in California, Maryland, Missouri,
Oregon, Washington State and Alberta – where
the city of St. Albert, near Edmonton, recently
ordered the first three for Canada. Even more
recently, Link Transit, in Wenatchee, Wash., has
ordered four 35-foot BYD K9S battery buses.
ACT EXPO 2016
BYD Notches Its Biggest U.S. Battery Bus Sale
As of March 1 of this year, BYD bus fleets had
notched more than 100 million miles in revenue
service and have been evaluated by more than
150 cities in 36 countries
BYD (Booth 1731) stands for “Build Your
Dreams.”
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ACT EXPO 2016
ChargePoint Is Doing More for Fleets
Networked EVSE (electric vehicle supply equipment) provider
ChargePoint announced its new CPF25 charging station and
upgrades to its Fleet Plan here yesterday.
“The new offerings enhance ChargePoint’s fleet
solutions, meeting the charging needs of every
fleet and shared-use scenario, from campuses
and government sharing programs to large commercial fleets,” the company says.
EVs offer lower fueling, operating and maintenance costs as compared with traditional gasoline vehicles. That’s why “EV fleet vehicles are
increasingly joining the 430,000 EVs driven
by consumers on U.S. roads to not only help
combat climate change but to also improve
transportation economics for their owners,”
ChargePoint says.
“We are seeing forward-thinking organizations making the transition,” says CEO Pasquale
Romano. “Adopting EV platforms simply makes
sense for any fleet manager.”
His company’s new CPF25 station is a fully
networked, 32-amp, Level 2 charging station
with RFID card/smartphone reader authentication, robust Wi-Fi, and SAE J1772 connector.
ChargePoint’s updated Fleet Plan, for use in
conjunction with the CPF25,
• maximizes station utilization with realtime information for drivers and fleet operators
on which stations are in use or available and what
their historical utilization patterns are;
• optimizes vehicle utilization with real-time
information on the charging location;
• saves money and energy with such features
as scheduled charging to allow charging to coincide with the lowest cost energy rates, and the
ability to lower installation costs by stretching
existing electrical infrastructure with panel sharing technology; and
• supports fleet drivers 24/7 “so fleet operators don’t have to,” the company says.
ChargePoint (Booth 1512) has also introduced
ChargePoint’s new CPF25 features ‘a rugged, easy
to mount, compact and attractive case rated for
indoor or outdoor use.’
the ChargePoint Fleet Card for operators wanting to use public infrastructure.
BYD for SunLine
SunLine Transit has taken a 14-month
lease on three 40-foot all-battery buses
from BYD (Booth 1731).
“BYD has demonstrated that its electric bus technology is reliable and can
meet the needs SunLine has for service
routes,” said agency GM Lauren Skiver.
Should SunLine decide to buy the buses, it
will realize “a return on its investment with
cost savings over the lifetime of the bus.”
“Our BYD electric buses provide a
multitude of benefits from reduced operational costs, including significant fuel savings, cleaner air due to no tailpipe emissions, and less noise pollution, making
for a more comfortable ride for both bus
operator and passenger,” said BYD coach
and bus VP Macy Neshati.
SunLine expects 155 miles of singlecharge range.
SunLine Transit, which serves some
3.5 million passengers per year in the
Palm Springs area east of Los Angeles, is
taking three all-battery buses from BYD.
BYD is also showing here, for the first
time, an all-electric prototype delivery
truck for UPS fitted with BYD batteries
and driveline.
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CNGci Wins Canada Approvals
CNG Cylinders
International reports
approval of its Type III
CNG fuel cylinders
in British Columbia
(Canadian Registration
Number R2348.15)
and Ontario (CRN
R2348.5), substantially
broadening its market
penetration.
CNGci customers include Mainstay Fuel Technologies, which uses the big
Type IIIs for both back-of-cab and rail-mounted fuel system assemblies.
CNGci (Booth 634) continues to promote its large Type III, carbon fiberon-aluminum cylinders – with diameters
of 23 and 25 inches – for their superior
heat dissipation when fueling, “allowing for significantly more gas and thus
more usable DGE in the cylinder under
fast-fill conditions, which is an industry
game-changer.”
CNGci uses seamlessly forged
AL6061 liners with an aerospace-grade
carbon fiber full body overwrap. Aluminum billets yield “a stronger, superior
product,” the company says.
CNGci’s 93.5-inch tank can hold
49.2 DGEs under fast-fill conditions.
The company is based in Oxnard, Calif.
ACT EXPO 2016
Ford AFVs
at ACT Expo
Ford is showing its 2017 Fusion Energi – a plugin hybrid electric vehicle – and its lightweight military-grade aluminum F-150 Super Duty pickup at
Booth 1110. As announced at ACT Expo 2015 in
Dallas, the F-150 is available with gaseous-prep
V-6 or V-8 engines allowing for easy conversion to
natural gas or propane autogas fuel. The F-150 for
2017 is shown here.
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ACT EXPO 2016
Luxfer Launches
Lighter Type IV
CNG Cylinder
InsightFuel Born of SSP/AFV
InsightFuel, a new company
combining SSP and AFV Natural
Gas Fuel Systems, is promoting
its expertise for CNG fueling
stations and natural gas vehicles
at ACT Expo.
The company, founded by Jeff King, offers the
tubing, conduit, fittings, filters, regulators and
valves needed to make NGVs and CNG stations
a practical reality.
InsightFuel (Booth 760) also includes CNG
Plus, a construction services business that helps
Need tubing? Conduit?
Fittings? Valves? InsightFuel
has them for NGVs and for
NGV fueling stations.
contractors build CNG stations “faster and safer
with new materials and methods.”
“We’re going to reach smaller light duty
and medium duty fleet operators throughout
the U.S.,” King said.
“Through this three-pronged approach, we
can make the largest positive impact on the environment by expanding the market to create new
operators of clean fuel fleets.”
Luxfer has begun shipping new Gen2 Type IV CNG
cylinders to customers in the trash truck, Class 8
heavy duty truck and medium duty truck sectors.
A Freightliner tractor with a 94 diesel gallon
equivalent McNeilus NGen CNG fuel system is
shown here.
At ANGI Energy Systems we are true believers and activists
in making CNG go from an alternative fuel to a standard
viable fuel source for all NGV markets. With over 30 years
of experience and a leader in the industry, we provide
innovative refueling system solutions for all of your needs.
The Gen2 cylinders are equipped with
Luxfer’s proprietary G-Flo valves for faster filling and more usable gas. “The combination of
our higher-volume, lighter-weight cylinders and
our unique valve technology should help relieve
end-user ‘range anxiety’ about CNG-powered
vehicles,” Lawday said.
Luxfer (Booth 653) also offers G-Stor Pro
brand Type III CNG cylinders with aluminum
liners.
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Luxfer Gas Cylinders is launching its longawaited “Gen2 G-Stor Go” brand CNG fuel
cylinder here this week, offering an all-composite, all-carbon fiber tank that’s lighter and
has a larger capacity than its first-generation
Type IV cylinder, which was introduced at ACT
Expo 2014.
“We’ve increased the volume by 9% and
reduced the weight by 15%,” says Luxfer alternative fuel business development director Mark
Lawday.
For a truck with a back-of-cab CNG cylinder
assembly, the improvement could add from 70
to 120 miles between fills, he says.
“When compared to conventional competitive hybrid carbon-fiberglass cylinders, the DGE
volume improvement increases to 14% and the
weight savings grows to 30%,” Luxfer says.
“We’re seeing that level of improvement across
our entire range,” Lawday told Fleets & Fuels.
Gen2 G-Stor Go cylinders with diameters
of 22 to 27 inches are available. Lengths range
from 40 to 140 inches. The new tanks feature
a new polymer liner and a patented boss design
for “the highest level of liner performance and
gas retention.”
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ACT EXPO 2016
ANGI Unveils
Encore CNG
Dispenser
ANGI Energy Systems is
unveiling its Encore CNG
dispensers at ACT 2016. The
products reflect the result
of joint development efforts
between ANGI & Gilbarco
Veeder-Root, the leader in
petroleum fueling.
Encore has had a long pedigree in the gasoline
and diesel fueling markets with a good reputation for reliability. The new CNG dispensers
offer virtually all the options available on the
company’s petroleum product line, including
multiple screen options, EMV compatibility
and Apple Pay. The CNG portions of
the dispenser offer similar flexibility
with sequencing and buffer fill options
and multiple hose configurations.
Company representatives cited “a
recognized need for a reliable and highperformance dispensing solution with
CRIND capabilities that also capitalizes
on ANGI’s decades of innovation in the
CNG dispenser and compression business.”
In developing the new product, ANGI
started with its reliable Series II CNG controller, which includes the company’s CNG
filling algorithm. Applied engineering produced a design utilizing 1” tubing and full
port ball valves to provide reduced pressure drop and increasing flow rates.
Rigorous component and system
testing was completed before approximately 20 field trial units were built
and sold. Subsequent field trials have
yielded tens of thousands of successful transactions, validating ANGI’s
charter.
Production units for the USA and
Canada will be offered for delivery in late Q3
or early Q4 2016.
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natural gas or RNG also offers a significant greenhouse gas reduction.
Available for new transit and truck applications, as well as repowers of existing
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ACT EXPO 2016
RNG in California: More Than You Think
Biomethane Now Has More Than Half the Market, Says CARB
New figures from the California Air Resources
Board indicate that, as of the end of 2015, approximately half of the natural gas being used as a
vehicle fuel in the state is bio-based RNG/renewable natural gas, aka biomethane. Only 10% of
the state’s NGV fuel consumption was bio-based
in 2013, rising to 22% in 2014.
Not all of the state’s NGV fuel is reported
but even with the caveat, RNG accounted for
more than half of the fuel for NGVs in the state
last year.
“Nationally it’s close to 35% RNG” as a
percentage of the fuel consumed by NGVs, says
David Cox, operations director at the Sacramentobased Renewable Natural Gas Coalition.
“We’ve been firing on all cylinders as an industry,” he told Fleets & Fuels. The 50% mark in California, he says, was reached in the third quarter
of 2015.
According to CARB, some 10.2 million diesel
gallon equivalents of natural gas were used as a vehicle fuel in California in 2013. The tally grew to 27
million DGEs in 2014 and 68.1 million last year, a
growth rate of about 250% per year. The total for
the fourth quarter of 2015 was 19.6 million DGEs.
Put another way, 57% of the natural gas delivered for NGVs in California during the fourth
quarter of 2015 was RNG.
“Bottom line,” says one Fleets & Fuels source:
“There is a huge amount of RNG being used in the
market. The LCFS is working really well. Super low
carbon fuel is being used more and more. That’s a
really good thing.”
The leading supplier of RNG in California is
Clean Energy Fuels (Booth 667), which offers the
product under the brandname “Redeem” as both
LNG and CNG. UPS is a major customer.
Clean Energy also supplies Santa Monica’s
highly visible Big Blue Bus with Redeem brand
biomethane.
American Public Gas Association,
NGVAmerica, and
American Gas Association
presenting sponsors of the
Ruan, one of the first fleets to use RNG from Fair
Oaks Farms, will continue to fuel at AmpCNG’s
three stations in Indiana.
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Amp Americas (Booth 851) announced today
that it has formed AmpRenew as a new division
focused on the sale of renewable natural gas from
AmpCNG’s biogas operation at Fair Oaks Farms
in Indiana, site of the largest on-farm biodigester
in the country.
“In addition,” states a release, “Dillon Transport and Ruan Transportation Management Systems have signed fueling agreements with AmpRenew to fuel a portion of their fleets at AmpCNG’s
public-access fueling stations.”
AmpCNG CEO Grant Zimmerman is slated
to speak at the Low Carbon Fuels: Getting to
Truly Zero Emissions session at 4:00 pm today
in Room 201.
Cummins Westport
announced the Near
Zero engine, which is
available now as an
ISL G option, at the
NGVAmerica meeting in
Denver this past fall.
GNA president
Cliff Gladstein and
SCAQMD deputy
executive officer for
science & technology
Matt Miyasato at
the Game Changer
session here
yesterday.
RNG + NZ = Game Changer
Heavy duty vehicles with well-to-wheel emissions
levels approaching nil are possible today given the
combination of new “Near Zero” engine technology from Cummins Westport and the use of
RNG – renewable natural gas.
The combination promises to solve the “black
box” conundrum – finding the technologies that
will allow ambitious California and federal, and
indeed global clean air and climate change goals
to be met in an economically acceptable manner.
“We now have a clear, cost-effective strategy to
achieve our air quality goals and climate-change
objectives,” Gladstein, Neandross & Associates
president Cliff Gladstein said in kicking off the
Game Changer session here yesterday morning.
GNA (the organizer of ACT Expo) prepared
the 192-page Game Changer white paper, which
was released here yesterday. The document was
commissioned by the South Coast Air Quality
Management District and private-sector sponsors including the Southern California Gas and
Pacific Gas and Electric utilities, the California
Natural Gas Vehicle Partnership, the American
Gas Association, Agility Fuel Systems and Clean
Energy Fuels.
GNA describes the one-two technological punch as “the transformative sustainability
solution that has made zero emission equivalent
vehicle operations possible for the heavy-duty
transportation sector, starting with heavy-duty
vocational applications like refuse, transit, municipal, and urban delivery and then expanding to
over-the-road trucking.”
The near-zero engine, with California Air
Resources Board-certified nitrogen oxide emissions at just 0.02 grams per brake-horsepower
– 90% below 2010 U.S. EPA requirements – was
introduced this past autumn by Cummins Westport (Booth 832). The technology is first being
applied to the 8.9-liter ISL G, which powers
thousands of vehicles including refuse trucks and
transit buses.
Cummins Westport commenced production
of the ISL G NZ last month, and plans to extend
the technology both to its 11.9-liter ISX12 G
(in 2018) and to the still developmental 6.7-liter
ISB6.7 G – which was itself launched at ACT
Expo 2015 in Dallas one year ago.
Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus, which has
already converted to RNG from Clean Energy
Fuels (Booth 667) for its fleet of approximately
200 vehicles, plans to acquire 25 new ISL G NZpowered buses in the coming year, to re-power
an additional 30 existing vehicles with the new
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engine in 2018, and to subsequently buy 50 further new ones.
By taking advantage of California LCFS and
federal RIN credits, the agency expects to save
some $750,000 in fuel costs, maintenance officer
Getty Modica said here yesterday.
On the refuse side, “We’ve tried other technologies, we will continue to try other technologies,
but we keep coming home to natural gas every
time,” said Marty Tufte of Waste Management.
Also giving fleet perspectives were Duane
Lippincott, senior project manager for corporate
automotive engineering with UPS, and Oliver
Cruz, fuel operations program officer with the
City of Long Beach.
Other speakers at yesterday’s Game Changer
session included Harrison Clay of Clean
Energy Renewable Fuels, and Matt Miyasato of
SCAQMD.
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ACT EXPO 2016
Nohm’s New All-Battery Bus
Start-Up Aims for EVs Boasting ‘Price-Parity’ with Diesels
Nohm’s bus, shown at a sneak preview for fleet managers in San Francisco this past Thursday, is being formally unveiled here.
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manufacturing in California, likely in 2018.
Nohm’s partner is China’s Five Dragons
Group (FDG), which according to a backgrounder has just opened a $500 million,
1.2-million-square-foot factory able to produce
100,000 battery buses per year.
“Between the two markets, you can justify
the spend,” Nohm founder and CEO Bryan
Hansel said at a sneak preview of the Nohm
vehicle in San Francisco last week. Nohm is
pursuing “a price-parity strategy,” he said.
“We’ll definitely have product on the road in
2016 and in 2017 we’ll be full-scale.”
The company is targeting both transit and
truck fleets. “We want Joe the Plumber to be
able to buy one,” Hansel said.
“A range of flexible truck configurations
will be available, along with a full warranty and
a nationally known fleet servicer,” the backgrounder states.
The bus shown in San Francisco – and at
Booth 1625 – has a 76-kilowatt-hour battery
affording a single-charge range of about 100
miles. A more powerful, 96-kilowatt battery
will be available, too.
Also according to the backgrounder, initial
deployment will be focused on the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas “to create network
effects and build zero emissions freight and passenger systems.” Nohm vehicles will be able to
charge using both Level 2 and DC fast-charge
equipment (SAE J1772-compliant). Inductive/wireless charging is in development with
Utah’s Wave.
Nohm was launched in May 2015 as a joint
venture between Smith Electric Vehicles and
Hong Kong-based FDG Electric Vehicles.
Hansel is the former CEO of Smith.
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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.
—Page 6
TruStar for Branded CNG
A New outlet opens in Florida.
—Page 8
Roush Adds Ford F-750
Propane systems for Blue Bird
school buses, too.
—Page 10
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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ACT EXPO 2016
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
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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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ACT EXPO 2016
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.”
Peoples Gas are at right.
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.
The consortium has meanwhile unveiled “a
hydrogen filling appliance that’s designed to
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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
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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.”
ACT EXPO 2016
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.
After two weeks of testing in Savannah, the
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ACT EXPO 2016
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.
Catalina Composites GM Kjeld Johansen at
Booth 850
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.
“The NGV Easy Bay gives
our customers flexibility in
how they approach meeting
Clean Energy’s NGV Easy Bay is retractable and portable.
their natural gas maintenance
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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.”
ACT EXPO 2016
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
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Questar Fueling’s new CNG
outlet in Buttonwillow, Calif.,
off I-5 just west
of Bakersfield
Questar CNG in California and Colorado
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.
ACT EXPO 2016
The sky’s the limit…
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.
At ANGI Energy Systems we are true believers and activists
in making CNG go from an alternative fuel to a standard
viable fuel source for all NGV markets. With over 30 years
of experience and a leader in the industry, we provide
innovative refueling system solutions for all of your needs.
WE ARE THE FUTURE OF FUEL TODAY.
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ACT EXPO 2016
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.
The key can also be left in place in the “on”
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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.
Complete Coach Works for the ZEPS Bus
ACT EXPO 2016
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.”
Lucas Crist.
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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ACT EXPO 2016
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
World Electric Vehicles in Canada
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.”
The American Power Group (Booth 859),
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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
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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