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0AT&T orders 1,200 compressed natural gas Chevrolet Express Vans from GM 1328051040
What's the biggest compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle order that GM has ever received? Thanks to an announcement yesterday from the automaker and AT&T, we now know the answer is 1,200 vehicles. That's how many Chevrolet Express Cargo Vans AT&T will get from The General. The dozen ...
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T. Boone Pickens has a federal subsidy beef with the Koch brothers over natural gas, ethanol 1322255040
Since the summer, natural gas supporter T. Boone Pickens (pictured) has been in an energy fight with the Koch brothers. Think of it as a battle of the conservative billionaires to see who can get more money from the federal government. According to the Des Moines Register, Pickens has been ...
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Waste Management wheels out 1,000th natural gas garbage truck 1318782180
With the addition of its 1,000th clean-burning garbage truck, Waste Management can now officially claim that it operates the largest natural gas fleet in all of North America. Turning trash into fuel, natural gas trucks at Waste Management use renewable, ultra-low carbon fuel produced from the ...
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Official: 2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas priced from $26,155* 1317422640
The totally redesigned 2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas (formerly known as the Civic GX), America's only natural gas-burnin' passenger vehicle, will hit Honda dealerships nationwide on October 18 with a starting MSRP $26,155, (*excluding a $750 destination fee). Add in navigation, and the Civic ...
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Study: Pike Research predicts 68% jump in global CNG vehicle sales by 2016 1317051960
Annual worldwide sales of natural gas vehicles will jump 68 percent to 3.2 million vehicles in 2016 from 1.9 million in 2010, according to Pike Research. The surge, says Pike, will be driven mainly by fleets looking to cut petroleum dependency and reduce operating costs. In the U.S., annual ...
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ConocoPhillips CEO says yes to natural gas-charged electric vehicles 1316729100
ConocoPhillips, the fifth-largest private sector energy corporation in the world and one of six "supermajor" vertically integrated oil companies, has a vested interest in natural gas. As one of North America's largest natural gas firms, with more than a billion dollars per year in natural ...
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Report: Gasoline vehicles soon to be overtaken by CNG, diesel in India 1316620200
At a time when gasoline prices frequently fluctuate, cheap compressed natural gas (CNG) and diesel have started to climb the fuel-of-choice charts over in India. According to The Times of India, CNG is so hot that it will soon overtake gasoline as the fuel that powers the majority of vehicles in ...
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Ford Transit Connect CNG taxis starting to swing into action across U.S. 1315659720
The next time you hail a cab in Los Angeles, CA you could be jumping into the back seat of a vehicle that's fueled by clean-burning compressed natural gas (CNG). That's because California Yellow Cab of Orange County has become the state's first taxi company to put CNG-fueled Ford Transit Connect ...
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Waste Management adds 1,000th CNG-fueled truck to its fleet 1311166560
Waste Management (WM) has added its 1,000th natural gas-fueled truck to its fleet, making WM North America's leading operator of heavy-duty refuse trucks. At a ceremony in Carson, CA, Waste Management, along with Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster, commemorated the delivery of the 1,000th natural gas ...
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Natural gas Honda Civic GX retains Cali HOV lane access 1310760120
Californians seeking solo-driving access to the state's High Occupancy Vehicle lanes need look no further than the Honda Civic GX, a compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle that's permitted to use HOV lanes until January 2015. Right now, Honda is the only automaker that sells a CNG-fueled ...

