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| Mar 5, 2008 |
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Drivers should consider natural gas opportunities
(Letter to the editor from CNGVA President Alicia Milner.)
—Cornwall Standard Freeholder
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| Feb 29, 2008 |
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Southern California Gas Co. to Demonstrate CNG Drayage Trucks at SoCal Ports; CNG-Hydrogen Blend to Follow
(Southern California Gas Co (The Gas Company), California Cartage Co. (Cal Cartage) and Autocar will collaborate to develop and put into service the nation’s first compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks used to transport containers off-loaded from ships.)
—Green Car Congress
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| Jan 24, 2008 |
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Alternate Fuel Refuse and Recycling Trucks
(Leading the Way to Energy Independence and a Cleaner Environment)
—BusinessWire
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| Jan 23, 2008 |
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Freightliner Custom Chassis Mainstreams CNG Alternative-Fuel Technology for Walk-in Van
(Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) now offers a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered chassis for the walk-in van marketplace.)
—Work Truck Magazine
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| Jan 15, 2008 |
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Here Comes Foton
(CNG bus price parity with diesel is goal, the key is U.S. power on a Chinese chassis.)
—Fleets and Fuels
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| Dec 5, 2007 |
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Environmentally Friendly Buses
(Premier Gordon Campbell took a Delhi public transit bus on Wednesday to promote Delhi's new environmentally friendly buses. The bus' compact natural gas (CNG) engines are provided by Cummins-Westport Inc. head-quartered in Vancouver.)
—Government of BC
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| Nov 20, 2007 |
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Cummins Receives Euro 4 and Euro 3 Bus Engine Orders from China Transit Agencies
(With this new order, Cummins and Cummins Westport will power more than 14,000 BPT buses—more than half of the transit agency’s fleet.)
—Green Car Congress
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| Oct 22, 2007 |
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Sound Energy Solutions - ITS LNG Yard Hostler
(Sound Energy Solutions has a letter of intent with International Transportation Service for a year-long trial of three LNG-fueled yard hostlers at the ITS container terminal there.)
—Fleets & Fuels
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| Oct 22, 2007 |
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CNG for SJC
(San Jose Airport Adds to Its CNG Fleet, Leasing 14 New Flyers Through Penske)
—Fleets & Fuels
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| Oct 22, 2007 |
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A Natural Gas-Fueled Sterling L8513
(Watch for Sterling Trucks, like Freightliner a unit of Daimler, to release details about a new natural gas vehicle by year-end. The L8513 model truck will have an ISL G engine from Cummins Westport.)
—Fleets & Fuels
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| Oct 16, 2007 |
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Big order for Cummins Westport
(250 engines for Beijing Public Transport.)
—Truck and Bus Builder
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| Oct 8, 2007 |
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UPS Adds 306 CNG and LPG Vehicles to Delivery Fleet
(UPS is adding 306 alternative fuel vehicles to its fleet by placing an order for 167 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) delivery trucks while taking delivery of 139 new Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG, or propane) delivery trucks in North America.)
—Green Car Congress
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| Aug 20, 2007 |
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CALSTART unveils 2007 BLUE SKY AWARD™ winners
(Navistar International Corporation wins overall Blue Sky Award for market launch of hybrid trucks; Leadership Award honors Edouard Michelin; Blue Sky Innovation Award highlights major climate change and port policies; merit awards go to gas, electric and biofuel leaders Cummins Westport, GEM, Khosla Ventures.)
—CALSTART
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| Aug 13, 2007 |
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Natural Gas Leads the Pack with the 'Cleanest Engine' Garnering Both U.S. EPA and CARB Certification to 2010 Emission Standards
(The California Natural Gas Vehicle Partnership(CNGVP) announced today that one of its most active industry members Cummins Westport Inc. received certification from both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for its ISL G heavy-duty natural gas engine.)
—PR Newswire
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| Jul 11, 2007 |
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Cummins Westport gets the nod for EPA 10 standards
(Cummins Westport has received formal certification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) for levels of NOx and particulate matter (PM).)
—Truck News
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| Jul 1, 2007 |
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Another little engine that could
(DO YOU REMEMBER the days when customers bought trucks because they needed them, rather than because a tough new emissions regulation was coming?)
—Trailer-body Buidlers
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| Jun 21, 2007 |
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Cummins Westport-powered HCNG buses placed in service by TransLink
(TransLink has put two test buses, powered by a blend of hydrogen gas, recovered from an industrial process and compressed natural gas (CNG) into regular service carrying passengers.)
—TransLink
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| Jun 1, 2007 |
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California's Schwarzenegger says partnerships vital to protecting environment
(Schwarzenegger cited a current partnership between a pair of companies in California and B.C. that is helping the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach meet emissions standards. The ports are “buying trucks with natural gas engines made by a Vancouver company [Westport],” he said. "And a California company called Clean Energy has seized this opportunity to build stations to fuel those trucks. That's how we're working together.")
—canada.com
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| May 29, 2007 |
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Beijing Public Transport Co. Orders 250 CNG Bus Engines from Cummins Westport
(Beijing Public Transport Holdings, Ltd. (BPT) has ordered 250 Cummins Westport B Gas Plus engines to power Beijing Jinghua Coach Co. buses. These buses will be in addition to the current fleet of CNG-powered buses to showcase next year’s 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games. More than 3,000 Cummins Westport natural gas engines are in operation in China today.)
—Green Car Congress
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| Dec 15, 2006 |
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2007 Emissions Standards
(With 2007 just around the corner, the heavy-duty trucking industry is on the verge of one of its biggest transformations yet. Come January, the next phase of emissions standards takes effect, and this means new trucks, new engines and even a new fuel formulation.)
—The Counsellor
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| Dec 14, 2006 |
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EKOBUS (with C GAS Plus) is Winner of Gold Medal at International Trade Fair in Plovdiv
(EKOBUS (with C GAS Plus) was the Winner of the Gold Medal at the International Trade Fair held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.)
—EKOBUS
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| Nov 22, 2006 |
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Freightliner Selects Cummins Westport CNG Engine to Power New M2 Truck
(Freightliner LLC plans to produce a compressed natural gas (CNG) version of its Business Class M2 truck. The DaimlerChrysler-owned truck manufacturer has tested a John Deere natural gas engine in the chassis, but it selected the Cummins Westport L Gas Plus engine for the production version.)
—AltFuels Advisor
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| Oct 3, 2006 |
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Cummins NG engine goes stoichiometric, with added EGR
(At the recent IAA truck and bus show in Hanover, the US engine maker Cummins unveiled what it called the first of its "next generation" of dedicated (single fuel) natural gas (NG) engines. The 8.9-litre ISL G engine development programme was initiate...)
—Automotive World
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| Aug 25, 2006 |
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LAX Gets CNG Articulated Buses with CWI L Gas Plus Engines
(North American Bus Industries, Inc. (NABI) has recently completed delivery of 12 compressed natural gas (CNG) buses equipped with Cummins Westport (CWI) L Gas Plus engines to Los Angeles World Airports, the operating body of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). )
—NGV Global
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| Aug 15, 2006 |
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Cummins Westport Sizes Up Australian Market
(Natural gas engine supplier Cummins Westport (CWI) has its eyes firmly on the Australian heavy vehicle market. Speaking from Melbourne, where he began a week long visit to meet with industry stakeholders and fleet operators, Cummins Westport President, Guan Saw, said he is ‘very excited’ about the Australian market.)
—NGV Global
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