Post Tagged with: "Compressed Natural Gas"

The Bi-Fuel GM Pickups Get Priced

The Bi-Fuel GM Pickups Get Priced

If you need a vehicle that can pull down a house, haul away a city block and run on both gasoline and compressed natural gas (CNG), then General Motors has the ticket.  Available for both fleet and retail customers starting April 19, the Bi-Fuel Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 2500 Heavy Duty pickups are able [...]

Chevrolet And AT&T Partner For Cleaner Vans

Chevrolet And AT&T Partner For Cleaner Vans

Hitting the streets soon and making their way to American homes around the nation will be very “clean” grouping of cargo vans.  In the largest order ever received by General Motors for compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles, AT&T has requested 1,200 alternative fueled Chevrolet Express vans.  The order is a part of the communications company’s plan [...]

Production of Honda’s Civic Natural Gas Begins

Production of Honda’s Civic Natural Gas Begins

American Honda has officially begun production of the 2012 Civic Natural Gas: the only purpose-built compressed natural gas (CNG) powered passenger car in North America.  The alternative fueled 1.8 liter powerplant is being built at Honda’s Anna, Ohio plant.  The engines are then sent off so that final assembly can take place at the Greensburg plant.  Everything is [...]

GM To Offer CNG Commercial Trucks in 2012

GM To Offer CNG Commercial Trucks in 2012

In the early part of 2012, General Motors will put a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered truck on the commercial market.  CNG holds its benefits over gasoline in the cost department, where a gallon of CNG can run nearly half the amount of gas.  GM is currently the only manufacture providing a CNG powered commercial vehicle from a single [...]

Honda Prices The 2012 Civic Natural Gas

Honda Prices The 2012 Civic Natural Gas

Honda holds one very unique title: the only manufacture to build and sell a dedicated natural gas-powered passenger vehicle in the U.S.  Based on the 2012 Civic, the alternative fuel variant has actually been around for a few years.  Previously known as the Civic GX, the latest generation of natural gas Civic will hit Honda [...]

New England Adds CNG Ford Transits to its Taxi Fleet

New England Adds CNG Ford Transits to its Taxi Fleet

West Haven, Connecticut is the next region to be greeted with Ford’s Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Transit Connect Taxi.  Metro Taxi company has purchased 35 new vans which are the first of their kind in the New England area.  Coinciding with the Transit arrivals is the opening of an all-new CNG filling station owned by Clean [...]

California Fleet Adds a Natural Gas Powered Ford Transit

California Fleet Adds a Natural Gas Powered Ford Transit

The California Yellow Cab of Orange County has become the first business to use a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered Ford Transit Van in California.  The company has purchased an initial 10 taxis in order to serve the greater Los Angeles area.  By 2012, there should be more than 100 other CNG Transits taxis running [...]

Natural Gas Powered Civics Can Drive in The Carpool Lane

Natural Gas Powered Civics Can Drive in The Carpool Lane

American Honda Motor Company is currently the only manufacture in the United States building and selling a dedicated compressed natural gas-powered vehicle: the Civic GX.  Because of its massive efficiency and inherently low emissions, the GX qualifies for White Clean Air decals not to mention benefits from the added savings of a natural gas-powered vehicle.  On top of that, [...]

 
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