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First 100% Natural Gas 2010 Taxi Immediately Qualifies for a $4,000 Tax Credit

First 100% Natural Gas 2010 Taxi Immediately Qualifies for a $4,000 Tax Credit

ASHEVILLE, N.C.--Altech-Eco Corporation of Asheville, North Carolina announced today that they have obtained a Certificate of Conformity (COC) from the EPA for their DEDICATED 2010 Ford Transit Connect compressed natural gas (CNG) conversion system. The “Dedicated” system means that the vehicle runs entirely ... Continue reading

Alternative Fuel Summit to Promote Propane AutoGas Vehicle Conversions for Fleets

Alternative Fuel Summit to Promote Propane AutoGas Vehicle Conversions for Fleets

Alliance AutoGas representatives will discuss the advantages of retrofitting gasoline vehicles to run on AutoGas ASHEVILLE, N.C., Feb. 25 -- Leading fleet industry speakers will gather next week at the Propane Engine Fuel Summit to discuss the benefits of AutoGas as an engine fuel. The summit, available via live Webcas ... Continue reading

Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil Announce Start of Operations of Al Khaleej Gas Project Phase 2

Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil Announce Start of Operations of Al Khaleej Gas Project Phase 2

IRVING, Texas--Qatar Petroleum and Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced the Al Khaleej Gas-Phase 2 (AKG-2) project, with 1,250 million cubic feet per day (mcfd) of sales gas capacity, initiated operations in December 2009. “Working in partnership, Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil are successfully commercializing ... Continue reading

Bloom Energy Box Fuel-Cell - The Game Changing Energy Technology - VIDEO ENHANCED

Bloom Energy Box Fuel-Cell - The Game Changing Energy Technology - VIDEO ENHANCED

AUTO CENTRAL - February 22, 2010: Last night, CBS' 60 Minutes television show did a story on a new technology and device that could be, should be, might just be the most incredible breakthrough in the last 100 years. In short, the device is a "fuel-cell" electrical power generator that is placed on site thereby allevia ... Continue reading

HUMMER Sale to Tengzhong Cannot be Completed - Not Too Late Mr. Pickens!

HUMMER Sale to Tengzhong Cannot be Completed - Not Too Late Mr. Pickens!

Hummer Should remain American and CNG Powered -- Wind down of HUMMER business to begin DETROIT, Feb. 24 -- General Motors today announced that Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co., Ltd. (Tengzhong) was unable to complete the acquisition of HUMMER. As a result, GM will begin the orderly wind-down of the HUMME ... Continue reading

Clear Air, Greener Transportation: Nation's 1st Propane Refueling Network Targets Dallas

Clear Air, Greener Transportation: Nation's 1st Propane Refueling Network Targets Dallas

CleanFUEL USA announced a partnership with Ferrellgas, one of the largest distributors of propane, to develop a number of alternative refueling stations starting in Dallas-Ft Worth, which will be followed by full rollouts in Austin, Chicago, Indianapolis, Orlando, Phoenix, San Antonio, St. Louis and along I-10 corridor ... Continue reading

Clean Fuels Ohio Launches $11 Million ARRA Grant That Includes Propane AutoGas Vehicle Conversions

Clean Fuels Ohio Launches $11 Million ARRA Grant That Includes Propane AutoGas Vehicle Conversions

ASHEVILLE, N.C., Feb. 22 -- Clean Fuels Ohio has scheduled a media event to announce the launch of the Ohio Advanced Transportation Partnership, a DOE-based initiative to bring 280 alternative fuel vehicles and 15 refueling stations to Ohio. The contract, which provides $11 million under the American Recovery and Reinv ... Continue reading

T. Boone Pickens to Meet with Media Today at the NADA Convention in Orlando

T. Boone Pickens to Meet with Media Today at the NADA Convention in Orlando

Barring any travel delays, T. Boone Pickens, founder and chairman of BP Capital Management, is scheduled to meet with media today at the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention in Orlando, Fla. Later, Pickens will make a keynote address to the nation's new car dealers at the NADA convention, which run ... Continue reading

Navistar Pursues Natural Gas for MaxxForce 13 Engines

Navistar Pursues Natural Gas for MaxxForce 13 Engines

WARRENVILLE, Ill.--Navistar, Inc. has signed a concept development agreement with Clean Air Power Ltd. (AIM: CAP) to develop Navistar’s MaxxForce® 13 big bore engine to run on natural gas and clean diesel fuel for the North American market. “The MaxxForce 13 natural gas engine will meet Class 8 customer we ... Continue reading

Exxon Mobil Corporation Announces $6 Billion Profit Fourth Quarter 2009

Exxon Mobil Corporation Announces $6 Billion Profit Fourth Quarter 2009

IRVING, Texas--Exxon Mobil Corporation 1,160 Earnings 1 $ Millions 6,050 7,820 -23 19,280 45,220 -57 $ Per Common Share Assuming Dilution 1 1.27 1.54 -18 3.98 8.66 -54 Capital and Exploration Expenditures - $ Millions 8,263 6,829 21 27,092 26,143 4 1 See Accounting guidance adopted in first quarter 2009 EXXONMOBIL'S CH ... Continue reading

NaturalDrive Receives 2010 Certification for CNG 6-Liter Truck Retrofits

NaturalDrive Receives 2010 Certification for CNG 6-Liter Truck Retrofits

NaturalDrive Partners, LLC has obtained model year 2010 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions certification for its dedicated compressed natural gas (CNG) retrofit of the General Motors 6 liter three quarter and full ton trucks. Models covered include the C25, K25, and K35 Silverado and Sierra vehicles in 2WD ... Continue reading

NRC Chairman Jaczko to Keynote USA's Largest Energy & Environment Conference February 1 in Phoenix

NRC Chairman Jaczko to Keynote USA's Largest Energy & Environment Conference February 1 in Phoenix

PHOENIX--The Honorable Gregory B. Jaczko, Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will keynote the 13th annual Energy & Environment Conference (EUEC) to be held February 1 to 3, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona at the Convention Center. Chairman Jaczko will join a record number of over 650 senior level speakers at ... Continue reading

Altech-Eco Receives Final EPA Certification for Its Dedicated 2010 Ford Focus CNG Conversion System; Immediately Qualifies for $4,000 Tax Credit

Altech-Eco Receives Final EPA Certification for Its Dedicated 2010 Ford Focus CNG Conversion System; Immediately Qualifies for $4,000 Tax Credit

ASHEVILLE, N.C.--Altech-Eco Corporation of Asheville, North Carolina announced today that they have obtained a Certificate of Conformity (COC) from the EPA for their DEDICATED 2010 Ford Focus compressed natural gas (CNG) conversion system. This is the only EPA certified 2010 CNG system for the 2010 Focus worldwide. The ... Continue reading

Altech-Eco Receives Final EPA Certification for its BI-FUEL 2010 Ford Focus CNG/Gasoline Conversion System; First in the World, and 700 Miles on a Single Fill-Up

Altech-Eco Receives Final EPA Certification for its BI-FUEL 2010 Ford Focus CNG/Gasoline Conversion System; First in the World, and 700 Miles on a Single Fill-Up

ASHEVILLE, N.C.--Altech-Eco Corporation of Asheville, North Carolina announced today that they have obtained the world’s first and only Certificate of Conformity (COC) from the EPA for their BI-FUEL 2010 Ford Focus compressed natural gas (CNG) conversion system. The “bi-fueled” system means that the vehi ... Continue reading

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