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EPA approves diesel alternative DME under Renewable Fuel Standard

The EPA has approved biogas-based dimethyl ether for inclusion under the Renewable Fuel Standard, Oberon Fuels reports. DME is being touted as a convenient option for transportation, as truck makers and fleets look for domestically produced, renewable fuels.

September 5, 2014

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Love’s opens fifth fast-fill CNG fueling location in Texas Triangle

Love’s Travel Stops has opened its first fast-fill compressed natural gas (CNG) station for heavy-duty trucks in Dallas, the company’s fifth such station in the Texas Triangle. Three more Love’s fast-fill CNG locations are scheduled to open in additional areas to complete the Texas Triangle. “The availability of CNG at another travel stop along the Texas […]

August 28, 2014

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ampCNG opens four CNG locations in Texas

ampCNG, which owns and operates a network of compressed natural gas locations across the country, has announced the opening of four new CNG truck fueling locations in Waco, Amarillo, Harrold and Rosenberg, Texas. All four locations have three natural gas vehicle fueling positions, offer Class-8 tractor-trailer access and have the company’s “ultra fast-fill” dispensers that […]

August 28, 2014

Seat belts, natural gas pains and a glimpse at the future

A bit on “smart” seatbelts and the latest on natural gas adoption in trucking and its alleged “stalling point.”

August 26, 2014

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Senate introduces bill to give nat gas users a weight exemption

The Senate this week introduced its version of a bill to cut natural gas-powered trucks a break, giving them an exemption to federal truck weight standards as a means to mitigate the weight of nat gas tanks and to prevent natural gas adopters from being at a competitive disadvantage.

August 13, 2014

eHighway tech to be tested in California next year

A two-mile demonstration project using overhead cables to power electric trucks is slated to begin in California in Jul 2015.

August 12, 2014

The prong-shaped pantograph wand relay system makes contact with the power lines and acts as a conduit for the electrical power flowing from the lines and directly to the vehicle’s electric motor.

Love’s to open CNG fueling at two Oklahoma travel stops

Love’s Travel Stops announced plans to open fast-fill compressed natural gas fueling capabilities for heavy-duty trucks and a CNG fueling option for passenger vehicles at existing travel stops in Ardmore and Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. The additions are expected to open in mid-2015 and will bring the number of Love’s Travel Stops in the state offering […]

July 31, 2014

American Power Group partners with Green Buffalo Fuel to open Canadian LNG markets

American Power Group Inc. (“APG”) will be working with Green Buffalo Fuel, LLC (“GBF”) to begin marketing APG’s V5000 Dual Fuel Turbocharged System using GBF’s unique patent pending LNG fuel tank in the Canadian market. GBF is already marketing APG’s vehicular dual fuel system in the U.S. It is estimated that there are approximately 320,000 […]

July 30, 2014

Clean Energy opens nat gas ‘Gateway to the West’ for CNG fleet

Clean Energy announced this week it has opened two new compressed natural gas fueling stations for Seaboard Transport. The America’s Natural Gas Highway stations are located in Albuquerque, N.M., and Winslow, Ariz., and were built to help fuel Seaboard’s new CNG-powered 58-truck fleet. In other Clean Energy news, the nat gas provider says Texas’ Commission […]

July 16, 2014

Clean Energy, Saddle Creek doubling CNG fueling capacity at Lakeland facility

Clean Energy Fuels announced it is doubling the compressed natural gas station capacity at Saddle Creek Transportation’s CNG station in Lakeland, Fla., where an additional 25 Freightliner Cascadia tractors with Cummins ISX12 G heavy-duty natural gas engines are expected to fuel. Additional fueling agreements recently signed have resulted in the construction of new natural gas stations to support Clean Energy’s growing […]

July 10, 2014

GTL: Trucking’s next ‘alt’ fuel?

What if instead of burning natural gas directly as a fuel it could be converted to high-energy diesel fuel capable of being dropped in diesel engines already on the road today?

July 7, 2014

Kenworth monitoring wider use of natural gas

Just five years ago, Kenworth sold natural gas trucks in only six states. In 2013 that number jumped to more than 20.

June 20, 2014

EVO CNG, Trillium CNG open fueling location in Wisconsin

Venture partners EVO CNG and Trillium CNG announced the opening of Wisconsin’s largest compressed natural gas fueling station in Oak Creek, Wis. The station is the first under the EVO Trillium CNG umbrella. The station’s anchor tenant, Sheehy Mail Contractors, operates 10 Freightliner Cascadia tractors with Cummins-Westport ISX G engines, and is planning to add more this […]

June 19, 2014

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (third from left) was on hand to celebrate the opening of the EVO Trillium CNG facility in Oak Creek, Wis.

Clean Energy completes LNG corridor from L.A. to Houston

Clean Energy announced the opening of its liquefied natural gas fueling station in El Paso, Texas. The station’s opening is significant for the company’s America’s Natural Gas Highway strategy as it effectively completes the LNG fueling infrastructure for the Interstate 10 corridor between Los Angeles and Houston. EJ Madison is the anchor customer at the […]

June 19, 2014

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Mack to offer grant application assistance for alternative fuel customers

To help customers maximize their return on investment, Mack Trucks announced it is now working with an organization to assist dealers and customers navigate through the grant process to obtain public funding for alternative fuel- and clean diesel-powered vehicles. “Mack is a leader in offering customers solutions that improve the total cost of ownership,” said […]

June 19, 2014

Leading the way in LNG

Company: Dillon Transport, Inc., Burr Ridge, Ill. 2013 CCJ Top 250 rank: 218 Industry segment: Tank 2012 revenues: $81 million Revenue change vs. 2011: 24.6 percent Power units: 425 Trailers: 600 Drivers: 525 Dillon Transport, a liquid and dry bulk hauler based in Burr Ridge, Ill., has been leading the charge in adoption of liquefied […]

June 9, 2014

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All aboard with CNG

Company: Paper Transport, Inc., Green Bay, Wis. 2013 CCJ Top 250 rank; 238 Industry segment: General freight 2012 revenues: $69.1 million Revenue change vs. 2011: 24.3 percent Power units: 373 Trailers: 1,300 Drivers: 431 Paper Transport, headquartered in Green Bay, Wis., is a truckload carrier with a range of capabilities, including dry van, dedicated operations, […]

June 9, 2014

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Peterbilt announces new natural gas powertrain option

Peterbilt Motors Company announced a new powertrain option for several of its natural gas vehicles – including the new on-highway Model 579 and vocational Model 567 – that provides customers with an automated transmission and 100 percent natural gas engine that can be powered by either CNG or LNG. The Eaton UltraShift PLUS and Cummins […]

June 4, 2014

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Tesla expects electric Semi debut in late 2026

All signs continue to point to a 2026 mass production launch of Tesla's electric Semi.

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USA Truck going back up for sale

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Midwest Motor Express, DHE Transportation rebranding under AAA Cooper

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Most heavy trucks exempt from new 25% truck tariff, 'non-U.S. content' will be taxed

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DOT docks California $40 million for ELP compliance failure

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