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Congress Must Adopt a Fuel Neutral Energy Policy Approach, says CleanFUEL USA

Congress Must Adopt a Fuel Neutral Energy Policy Approach, says CleanFUEL USA

PR Newswire GEORGETOWN, Texas, April 13, 2011 GEORGETOWN, Texas, April 13, 2011 -- Last week, The New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions (NATGAS) Act of 2011 was introduced to the U.S. Congress by a bipartisan set of sponsors in an effort to boost consumption of alternative fuels. The new bill, aggr ... Continue reading

Quantum Awarded New Contract for High Capacity Ultra-Light Weight Carbon Composite Natural Gas Vehicle Storage Systems for Light-Duty Trucks

Quantum Awarded New Contract for High Capacity Ultra-Light Weight Carbon Composite Natural Gas Vehicle Storage Systems for Light-Duty Trucks

PR Newswire IRVINE, Calif., April 11, 2011 IRVINE, Calif., April 11, 2011 -- Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. today announced that it has secured a new purchase contract for 250 ultra-light weight compressed natural gas (CNG) tanks from a large US natural gas vehicle integrator of light duty trucks. Qu ... Continue reading

Ryder to Participate in National Natural Gas Vehicle Education Event

Ryder to Participate in National Natural Gas Vehicle Education Event

MIAMI--Ryder System, Inc. , a leader in commercial transportation and supply chain management solutions, today announced that it will participate in the “NGVs Take the Hill�?? public display event on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, a few blocks from the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The event, ... Continue reading

Propane Industry Urges Congress to Protect Consumer Choice in Alternative Fuel Vehicle Purchasing Decisions

Propane Industry Urges Congress to Protect Consumer Choice in Alternative Fuel Vehicle Purchasing Decisions

Noting the introduction of the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions (NATGAS) Act of 2011, NPGA President Richard Roldan urged Congress to think twice about enacting any bill that removes consumer choice from purchasing decisions on alternative fuel vehicles. ... Continue reading

"Natural Gas Act" Excludes All Other American-made Clean Fuels

"Natural Gas Act" Excludes All Other American-made Clean Fuels

Washington, DC – April 7, 2011 – Advocates of the T. Boone Pickens-backed NAT GAS Act have again introduced legislation that singles out only one alternative - natural gas - for federal incentives while excluding all other alternative fuels. The New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act ( ... Continue reading

Chesapeake Energy Corporation Reaches Milestone in Natural Gas Fleet Conversion Program

Chesapeake Energy Corporation Reaches Milestone in Natural Gas Fleet Conversion Program

OKLAHOMA CITY--Chesapeake Energy Corporation announced today that it continues to make significant progress towards its goal of converting its entire corporate fleet of 4,200 vehicles to clean, compressed natural gas (CNG) by 2014. Phase One of the program, which involved converting the Chesapeake fleet in Oklahoma, wa ... Continue reading

Obama Finally Starts to Make Good on Campaign Promises; Discovers the Virtues of Natural Gas

Obama Finally Starts to Make Good on Campaign Promises; Discovers the Virtues of Natural Gas

DULLES, Va.--Noting "the potential for natural gas is enormous," President Obama put aside his feud with the oil and gas industry for a moment Wednesday, and for the first time promoted the use of natural gas, particularly gas-fueled vehicles, as part of his energy policy, according to Natural Gas Intelligence (NGI). A ... Continue reading

X Prize Cars, Electrathon Teams Part Of Green Grand Prix At Watkins Glen International

X Prize Cars, Electrathon Teams Part Of Green Grand Prix At Watkins Glen International

WATKINS GLEN, March, 20, 2011: Automotive X Prize teams from New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Indiana will compete at the 7th Annual Green Grand Prix Friday, April 15, at Watkins Glen International. Two of the vehicles are educational entries from Cornell University and West Philadelphia High School. The X Prize ca ... Continue reading

Clean Energy Signs Contract with Dillon Transport to Build & Operate Natural Gas Fueling Station to Support Freight Carrier's New LNG-Powered Texas Truck Fleet

Clean Energy Signs Contract with Dillon Transport to Build & Operate Natural Gas Fueling Station to Support Freight Carrier's New LNG-Powered Texas Truck Fleet

SEAL BEACH, Calif.--Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has signed an agreement with major contract freight carrier Dillon Transport to build, operate and supply an LNG/CNG fueling station on Dillon-owned property in Dallas, Texas. The new Clean Energy natural gas fueling facility, also available 24/7 for public access, will supp ... Continue reading

U.S. Car Buyers Still Unclear on How Hybrids Work

U.S. Car Buyers Still Unclear on How Hybrids Work

Washington DC March 14, 2011; The AIADA newsletter reported that the differences between various alternative fuel cars are confusing consumers, according to a new survey of some 1,900 new car buyers and browsers in the U.S. That lack of knowledge could mean fewer hybrids are purchased according to Synovate, the market ... Continue reading

House Panel Clears Bill to Stop EPA from Regulating Vehicle Emissions

House Panel Clears Bill to Stop EPA from Regulating Vehicle Emissions

Washington DC March 14, 2011; The AIADA newsletter reported that house committee on Tuesday cleared a bill to block the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions, including vehicles from the 2017-2025 model years – sending it to the House floor. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), ... Continue reading

BAF Technologies Launches New Line of Bi-Fuel Ford Vans & Pick-Ups

BAF Technologies Launches New Line of Bi-Fuel Ford Vans & Pick-Ups

DALLAS--BAF Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp. , has expanded its CNG product line to include Ford vehicles equipped with the BAF proprietary bi-fuel compressed natural gas (CNG) system. “Not only will our new BAF bi-fuel models provide commercial and municipal fleets with increased flexi ... Continue reading

BMW Plans To Sell At Least 30,000 Units A Year Of Its i3

BMW Plans To Sell At Least 30,000 Units A Year Of Its i3

According to Harald Hamprecht writing for Automotive News, BMW AG aims to sell at least 30,000 units of its i3 electric vehicle a year beginning in 2014. "We are targeting volume production for the i3," said Ian Robertson, BMW’s global sales and marketing boss. Robertson said sales volume for the i3 could be "comp ... Continue reading

Daimler, Renault Extend Electric Cars Deal

Daimler, Renault Extend Electric Cars Deal

According to Reuters, Renault and Daimler have reached a new deal under which the Reanult will develop electric motors for the Smart and Twingo brands, while Daimler will supply batteries, a German paper reported. "By doing this we will immediately be able to boost sales," Daimler's head of research and development Tho ... Continue reading

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