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Clean vehicles too expensive because there are so fewof them? “We’re going to make them cheaper so youcan deploy more,” U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chusaid here yesterday.

At the Green Truck Summit he outlined plans to useincreased computer power to model engines, aerody-namics, structures and tires to slash the time to design

new vehicles by 50%. This should drivedown the price premium over conven-tional vehicles, halving the paybacktime to two years. “We’re shifting[R&D] money to transporta-tion from stationary sources,”he said.

Top U.S. Energy Man Backs Green Trucks

GM Launches Bi-FuelsVans with large gasoline tanks augmentdedicated-CNG vans launched in 2010,Impco to do the new bi-fuels too. —Page 5

Chrysler Rams on CNG Announcement expected here this morn-ing as Ohio firm offers upfits. —Page 6

Hino Hybrid: Late SummerThe new cabover line including hybridtrucks is now expected in late summer 2012.Hino Trucks has meanwhile won a biodiesel‘Impact’ award. —Page 6

CNG from Freightliner Daimler unit is showing the new SD114,its first model ever to be available fromthe initial production run with the optionof compressed natural gas fuel. —Page 8

Propane Done Right Propane Education & Research Councilexpert talks turkey on safety. —2

Got Ultracaps?Maxwell does, and will soon have more, asit increases production of the lightweightalternative to batteries. —Page 11

Pay as You SaveNavistar International promises a full lineof natural gas trucks, with Clean Energy tofront incremental cost to be paid back fromfuel savings. FCCC has Enova drive bat-tery walk-in vans – ‘Green for Free’ part-ners will front incremental cost to be paidback from fuel savings. —Page 13

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HybriDrive Parallel drivetrainput to work in New York asBAE inks 20-year pactwith its transmis-s ion suppl ierCaterpillar.—Page 9

U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu took a tour of the Work Truck Show 2012 exhibit floor yesterday, getting a crashcourse on truck electrification, alternative fuels like propane and CNG, weight-savings – and, perhaps most importantly,on how OEMs depend on National Truck Equipment Association members to make their trucks useful – and fit them withenergy-saving features. Dr. Chu visited the Calstart Clean Tech and Fuels Pavilion, Freightliner Trucks and FreightlinerCustom Chassis Corp, Knapheide, Ford, BrandFX Body, the NTEA display, Clean Cities, and Altec Industries. He also spokeat the Calstart-NTEA Green Truck Summit, which continues today. —Page 6

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U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chuembarks on his tour of the still-buildingWork Truck Show floor...

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We hope you’re enjoying and profiting by the GreenTruck Summit at the 2012 Work Truck Show here inIndianapolis.

CALSTART is pleased to be continuing our col-laboration with our friends at the National TruckEquipment Association in organizing this year’s Summit. We wrap up the Summit this morning, butthe Work Truck Show opens at 11:00 and runs throughNoon Thursday, replete with the CALSTART CleanTech and Fuels Pavilion on the exhibition floor.

NTEA’s Green Truck Ride-and-Drive kicks off atnoon and repeats on Wednesday from noon-4:30pm.

In the CALSTART Pavilion, you’ll see some of themost innovative solutions to the challenges the trans-portation sector and our nation face: rising energy costs,climate change, air pollution, and foreign oil depend-ence. Visit the Pavilion and learn about the latest inclean truck products, technologies and services, andthen get out there and kick the tires of some of the mostadvanced trucks on the planet.

A number of CALSTART member companies madesignificant new product and technology announce-ments at this year’s Green Truck Summit, and there’llbe many more as the Work Truck Show gets going.

Be sure to read Fleets & Fuels ShowTimes to stay ontop of the news.

The timing of the Green Truck Summit and the

WTS 2012 could not be better. There is an emerg-ing consensus among industry analysts and foreignpolicy experts that we are looking at a future of increased oil prices. We’ve seen it ourselves in just thepast few weeks. Fortunately, this year’s NTEA showfeatures a growing array of solutions that will not onlyhelp green the truck industry, but also help fleets reduce their dependence on an increasingly volatileglobal oil market.

From advanced propulsion systems, to more effi-cient components, to clean fuels – fleet managers willfind they have many more choices than they hadeven last year. These choices are economically via -ble, and they improve fleets’ bottom lines. Fleets canimprove their economic performance, while also doingthe right thing for our nation’s energy security and forthe environment.

Through our extensive network of companies,government officials, and policymakers, the CAL-START team has access to a rich base of data andknowledge about the latest in green truck technology.I hope that you’ll take the opportunity to spend timewith our talented team here in Indianapolis (visit us atBooth 5621) and explore ideas on how we can helpyour fleet make the right choices – or, if you are a greentruck supplier or manufacturer, how we can help yougrow your business.

Best wishes for an educational,engaging, and enjoyable 2012Green Truck Summit and WorkTruck Show.

John BoeselPresident and CEO

CALSTART

PS. Don’t forget to visit Booth 5621in the CALSTART Clean Tech andFuels Pavilion, Let’s talk clean techand fuels solutions.

Green Summit to Know and Trucks on Show

CALSTART president John Boesel

Hino Trucks (Booth 4139) is hostingthe Green Truck Ride-and-Drive fromnoon to 4:30pm, repeating Wednes-day afternoon.

No registration is necessary, butsome vehicles require a commercialdriver’s license.

BAE SystemsKenworth T800 Class 8 chassis-cabwith HybriDrive hybrid electric drive.

Cummins Cross12-passenger GM diesel cutawaybus with a Variable Torque Motorsparallel electric drive.

Electric Vehicles International Freightliner M2-based EVI-MD bat-tery electric truck.

Freightliner Custom Chassis CorpAn FCCC MT45-EV pure electric (bat-tery) walk-in van Enova electric drive.

Freightliner TrucksM2 112 CNG with an Altec LRV treetrimmer lift.

Isuzu Commercial Truck A 2012 Isuzu Reach diesel.

Hino Trucks

Class 5 diesel-electric hybrid cab-over featuring Hino Trucks’ propri-etary diesel-electric hybrid system.

Impco Automotive CNG-gasoline bi-fuel Chevy Silverado2500HD pickup.

International Truck

CNG-fueled DuraStar with ESIPhoenix 7.6L engine.

Kenworth Kenworth T370 with Eaton parallelelectric hybrid transmission.

Knapheide Manufacturing CNG Ford F-450 with BAF system.

Leggett & Platt CNG Ford E-250 with Landi-Renzo.

Lightning HybridsParallel hydraulic hybrid on GMChevrolet 3500 cutaway.

Motiv Power Systems10-passenger battery electric shut-tle bus.

Peterbilt CNG Peterbilt 382 series Class 8.

PERCFord F-150 pickup with Roush Clean-Tech dedicated propane fuel system.

Ram Trucks (Chrysler)

New-technology Ram Truck.

Reading Truck BodyFord E-350 cutaway with RoushCleanTech propane fuel system.

Roush CleanTechFord E-450 cutaway van upfitted witha box body.

Smith Electric VehiclesSmith Newton all electric cargo van.

VIA Motors An extended range electric truck fea-turing the eREV powertrain.

Altec Industries*Battery powered Jobsite Energy Man-agement System (JEMS) aerial lift.

Johnson Refrigerated Truck Bodies*ElectriMax all-electric refrigeration.

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“It’s all about energydiversity,” GM com-mercial product andspecialty vehicles di-rector Joyce Mattmansaid last week – GMbriefed reporters aboutthe gasoline-CNGbi-fuel pickups for

2013 it announced yesterday. GM has offered dedicated-compressed natu-

ral gas vehicles, fitted with their gaseous fuel sys-tems by Impco Automotive in Union City, Ind.since late 2010. Now, in part to allay “range anx-iety” similar to that faced by electric vehicle op-erators, GM is adding bi-fuel as an optionaffording some 650 miles of combined CNG andgasoline range. Impco (Booth 5465) will handlethe new bi-fuel vehicles too.

“This is really the product that our commer-cial customers, our fleet customers, have beenasking for,” Mattman said.

They can start placing orders next month, shesaid, and deliveries will commence late in 2012.

The bi-fuel Chevrolet Silverado and GMCSierra 2500 HD extended cab pickup trucks willbe available in both short bed and long bed mod-els, said gaseous fuels product manager MikeJones. GM will use its 6.0-liter V-8 engines withgaseous-prep hardened valves and seats, he said,and injectors by Bosch. A single Type III (alu-minum liner and carbon composite overwrap)CNG cylinder will hold 17 gasoline gallon equiv-

alents of CNG, allowing room in the truck bedfor a robust protective cabinet. What’s more,Jones explained, the fuel tank will be mountedto the frame itself, not the truck body. The bi-fuel vehicle will have a 36-gallon gasoline tank.

“We’re collaborating with Impco on engineer-ing, design and testing of the vehicle,” Jones said.

“This process is considered a factory installa-tion,” Mattman said.

“The bi-fuel Chevy Silver-ado and GMC Sierra providecustomers with choices in ad-vanced propulsion technology,and because CNG is a clean-burning, domestically pro-duced fuel, it has wide appeal,”said Ed Peper, fleet and com-mercial operations GM. “Theaddition of a full-size bi-fuelpickup truck to GM’s fleetportfolio is another milestonein putting the customer firstin everything we do – by offer-ing great products, innovativesolutions and a great customer experience.”

GM says it’s is the only manufacturer to offera single-source option for gaseous fuel vehicles.“The bi-fuel trucks are built with a specially designed engine, the fuel system is installed by GM’s Tier One supplier and the completedvehicle is delivered directly to the customer.

“This process makes ordering the bi-fuel op-tion as seamless and efficient as a standard vehi-

cle.” Mattman declined to speculate on volumes,but said GM sales people are being encouragedto move as many of the bi-fuel CNG trucks asthey can. “Work to send in as many orders as youcan and we’ll build them,” she said.

The bi-fuel commercial trucks will be coveredby GM’s three-year, 36,000-mile new vehicle lim-ited warranty and five-year, 100,000-mile limited

powertrain warranty and vehicle emissions warranty, meeting all Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) emission certifica-tion requirements.

“It is the most extensive warrantyoffered by any manufacturer oncommercial products,” GM said.

GM is at Booth 1829.

GM Introduces Bi-Fuel CNG Pickups for 2013

CNG tank holds just 17 GGEs so it can fit in the truck bed.

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Life-cycle costs have become the top priority for truck fleet operators, beat-ing out purchase price as their main concern. And alternative fueled vehicleswill gain favor as petroleum prices continue to increase.

That was the message at the Green Truck Summit from Doyle Sumrall, director of business development at NTEA. “If fuel costs are not the biggestitem on the budget, they are the second,” he said, in presenting findings fromNTEA’s latest survey of fleet buyers’ intentions. He also noted a growing, andbroad based requirement for green technologies as operators increasingly tryto match vehicle performance to their unique applications.

One example is a trend by utilities toward different types of hybrid vehi-cles that, for example, use conventional power to drive to the worksite andrecharge batteries, and electric power when they get there.

Life cycle costs will also be driven down as vehicle production increases andtheir price premium diminishes, said John Boesel, president andCEO of Calstart. “Fleets need to step up purchases, and the gov-ernment needs to support industry and provide incentives” tobuy and operate clean vehicles. Noting the Federal subsidies forthe oil industry, he said Congress should provide equal incentivesfor clean energy. “We need a level playing field,” Boesel said.

Doyle Sumrall, John Boeseland Energy Secretary Steven Chu.

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Hino Trucks is now targeting latesummer for its new cabover hybridelectric trucks, unveiled with greatfanfare at the Work Truck Showhere in Indianapolis last year.

At that time Hino had hoped tobring the hybrids to market in 2011.But the current plan for summer2012 is actually good news, as Hinonotified dealers this past autumnthat Japan’s strong yen would delaythe market advent of the entire newcabover line for two years. Summer2012 is thus a year earlier than hadbeen expected a few months ago.

And, the new Hino hybrid is herefor the Green Truck ride-and-drive.

Separately, Hino and Gretna,

Va.-based Amthor International saidlast week that they’ve formed a tankbody program for Hino trucks forthe refined fuel, propane, fire pre-vention, vacuum/septic and all re-lated tank industries. Hino dealersbecome one-stop locations for chas-sis, truck tank and related equip-ment, as well as future service andparts. Training is underway now.

Earlier in February, Hino washonored at the National BiodieselConference in Florida, earning theNational Biodiesel Board’s Eye onBiodiesel Impact Award for 2012.

Hino says it was nominated “for

serving as a trailblazer among man-ufacturers as well as among hybridtruck manufacturers in supportingthe use of B20 biodiesel blends.”Hino’s “Impact” stems from its sta-tus as the first manufacturer to sup-port the use of B20 biodiesel blendsin a hybrid-electric, as well as in itscomplete product line of Class 6and 7 conventional trucks, said

Hino marketing and dealer opera-tions VP Glenn Ellis.

“By offering the class 5 market adiesel-electric hybrid cabover thatcan use up to B20 biodiesel, our cus-tomers now have an option for acommercially accept-able alternative fueltruck,” Ellis said.Hino is at Booth 4139.


G R E E N T R U C K S U M M I T

Focus on Life Cycle Costs

Chrysler Expected to Announce CNG RamThe long-waited re-entry by Chrysler into natural gas vehicles is expected to be made here this morning. Chrysler (Booth 1003) willreportedly claim “the first production-line pickup truck powered bynatural gas,” and plans to build at least 2,000 gasoline-CNG bi-fuelRam trucks beginning in June.

Separately Cleveland-based NatGasCar reports U.S. EPA certifica-tion of its proprietary van conversion system for the 2011 DodgeCaravan, the 2011 Chrysler Town and Country – and the Volkswagen.

Hino Hybrid: Late Summer

Chesapeake Energy expects a nine-month to two-year payback onits multi-million dollar investment to convert its fleet of 4,500 lightduty vehicles to compressed natural gas.

A company representative, responding to another fleet opera-tor who was complaining about conversion kits costing $18,000,said at the Green Truck Summit that Chesapeake is paying $8,000to $10,000 to convert each vehicle to CNG.

Chesapeake is also converting 400 of its heavy duty vehiclesto run on liquefied natural gas. It expects the moves to cut it itsfuel bill by $15 million to $20 million a year.

The company is backing the building of sufficient natural gas fuel-ing infrastructure to give manufacturers the confidence to increasenatural gas vehicles production. Chesapeake has in-vested $150 million in Clean Energy fuels for a nationalnetwork of LNG truck stops along major corridors, with70 targeted for this year and 80 for 2013.

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Freightliner Trucks is showing a compressed nat-ural gas-fueled SD114 dump truck at Booth 3859.

The SD114 is a new Freightliner model, tak-ing the place of vocational trucks offered underDaimler’s discontinued Sterling badge. It is thefirst model the manufacturer has ever offered witha CNG option from the very first production run.

Freightliner has now delivered more than1,000 of its CNG-fueled M2 112 vehicles: “1,260is the official delivered number,” says specialty

vocational vehicles sales chief BobCarrick. There is a CNG-fueledM2 112 in the Green Truck ride-and-drive, he notes.

Both the SD114 and M2 112 are powered by the 8.9-liter ISL G

engine by Cummins Westport, offering horse-power ratings of 260, 300 and 320 and torqueratings of 660, 860 and 1000 lb ft. “The spark-ignited ISL G is the only factory-built, dedicatednatural gas engine available in the commercialvehicle market, and it’s built on the same assem-bly line as ISL diesels,” Freightliner says.

A maintenance-free exhaust system withthree-way passive catalyst reduces complexity.

Both the M2 112 and 114SD natural gas vehicles feature the 3000 series HS and RDS Allison automatic transmissions.

Fuel systems for Freightliner’s CNG trucksare supplied by Agility Fuel Systems of SantaAna, Calif. Agility uses Type IV all-compositefuel cylinders from Quantum for its rail-

mounted, “diesel look-alike” installations, andeither Quantum Type IVs or aluminum-linedType III tanks from Lincoln Composites for itsback-of-cab arrays. Lincoln is at Booth 5767.

The 1,000th natural gas Freightliner was delivered in November to Ryder System, which isoffering more than 200 natural trucks for lease andrent, mostly in Southern California and Tucson,but also in Michigan, with new locations expected.

Freightliner vocational sales GM Richard Saward and Energy Secretary Steven Chu eye new CNG SD114.

Protean Electric says that while as many as onein 20 fleet vehicles will be hybrids by 2015, itcan help operators sooner, even “in this era ofextreme cost cutting.”

“Rising operating costs, shrinking budgets andgreen mandates are hard to balance when yourfleet still has a job to do every day,” says businessdevelopment VP Ken Stewart. “The time isright,” he says, “for a system that can add thebenefits of hybrid technology to light-duty vehicles that are already in service.

Protean offers Protean Drive, “an electricdrive in-wheel motor system that can pro-vide significant fuel economy and emissions improvements to existing vehicles already in thefleet.” The system allows regenerative brak-ing on a vehicle’s rear wheels with no modifica-tions needed to the existing front brakes, whileretaining the vehicle’s original engine and drive

system. “This high level of regen-erative braking allows manufac-turers to use a smaller battery sizeor extend the range with the same

battery size,” Protean says.“It’s the closest thing to a ‘bolt-on’

hybrid,” Stewart saysFuel economy can be improved by

more than 30% depending on batterysize and driving cycle. “Fleet owners canget the benefits of hybrid technologywithout having to buy all-new vehicles,engines or transmissions, or having tomodify their engines to run on differentfuels.” Protean says that its motors have thehighest torque density on the market. Each in-wheel unit can deliver 81 kilowatts (110 horse-power), while weighing just 68 lb.

“Our message to the industry is simple,” Protean Electric chairman and CEO Bob Purcellsaid in a recent release. “If they want to pursuein-wheel motors, they will naturally come to thesame design and development conclusions as wedid, and we have an exceptional solution that isclearly ahead of the rest of the industry.

“We are already working with a number of potential partners to license them our technol-

ogy, and are looking to create additional part-nerships across the global auto industry.”

The firm says it has 17 patents for its uniquetechnology, with more than 60 additionalpatents pending.

Protean has offices in Troy, Mich. and in theUK and Germany. It is exhibiting at Booth 5371.

Daimler Is Fully GHG-Compliant

Daimler Trucks North America said last weekthat the U.S. EPA has certified its completeline-up of model year 2013 on-highway, vocational and medium duty vehicles as fullycompliant with GHG14, its new greenhousegas emissions regulations for 2014.

Natural gas played a major role. “GHG14 compliance highlights DTNA’s

leadership position in technologies relatingto reduced emissions and fuel economy,”said Freightliner natural gas vocational saleschief Bob Carrick.

“Our leadership position in the supply ofnatural gas vehicles is further evidence ofour range of solutions that provide cus-tomers maximum opportunities to achieveand surpass their sustainability goals.”

Protean Promotes Wheel Motors

Freightliner Is Here with CNG


Protean Electric is promoting wheel

motors for hybrid elec-tric vehicles, and says its

retrofittable design can savefleet operators up to 30% on fuel.

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A Freightliner M2 fitted with a HybriDrive Par-allel brand hybrid electric drive by BAE Systemsentered trials late last year with Bates TroyHealthcare Linens of Binghamton, N.Y.

“The opportunity to work with a local com-pany,” BAE power and energy management director Mike Mekhiche said, “makes absolutesense” – BAE’s HybriDrive headquarters is inimmediately adjacent Johnson City.

Series hybrid bus drive leader BAE gave wordof its parallel drive for trucks in autumn 2010 and

last year – at the Work Truck Show – announcedits choice of an off-the-shelf CX-series Cater-pillar transmission to cut costs and increase flex-ibility – and allow use of the new parallel hybriddrive in more vehicle types.

In January, BAE disclosed a 20-year supplydeal with Caterpillar, and said it would “es-tablish an aftermarket field services modelleveraging Caterpillar’s vast global service net-

work to support.” “Through this alliance, our

transmission will become an integral part of BAE Systems’new HybriDrive parallel sys-tem,” said Jeff Pohl, Cater-pillar hauling and OEM drive-trains product manager.

“Our driveline expertise, including planetary automatictransmission expertise, com-bined with BAE Systems’proven hybrid technology, willresult in a seamlessly integratedproduct that meets performance and efficiencydemands of vehicles that operate in diverseduty cycles,” Pohl said.

The HybriDrive Parallel drive boasts threetimes the power and torque of competing paral-lel products, BAE says. Both 70- and 110-kilowatt(94 and 148 horsepower) versions are available.

In addition to the Bates Troy delivery truck inNew York, the BAE system is being tested inrefuse trucks in Great Britain. Trials with CraneCarrier in the U.S. are getting underway too, anda national tour is planned for this spring.

The BAE drive for trucks is a parallel systemusing the conventional CX-series Caterpillartransmission. BAE’s earlier series HybriDrivevariant – in which all motive power to the wheelscomes via an electric motor – has been used inupwards of 3,800 buses worldwide. Most are inNorth America but BAE has placedbuses with agencies including theUK’s Transport for London too.

BAE is at Booth 5359. Mekhicheis slated to give a program updatehere this afternoon.


BAE Puts New Hybrid Work Truck to Work

Freightliner M2 with BAEHybriDrive is in local trials.

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CLEAN FUELS IN INDIANAPOLIS

The Indiana Department of Transporta-tion continues its march toward gaseousfueling, working with compressed natu-ral gas and with propane, for which the infrastructure may be more economi-cally established.

INDOT has converted 528 of its oldervehicles to gasoline-propane bi-fuel, andfuels them at a network of more than 100autogas facilities around the state. Con-versions were performed by Impco Auto-motive (Booth 5465) in Union City, Ind.

More recently, Impco converted 46 newChevrolet Silverado pickups to gasoline-propanebi-fuel for INDOT, says technical services divi-sion director Joe Rudolf.

Most recently, INDOT has secured $640,000from the U.S. EPA and will be asking for bids tosupply 40 dedicated-propane vehicles, mediumto heavy duty. The EPA grant will help offset theincremental cost of the conversions as it augmentsapproximately $3.2 million from INDOT for thebase vehicles.

“We’re not asking for the farm,” Rudolph

told Fleets & Fuels last week. “We’re just asking for a fair amount.”On the CNG side of gaseous fuels, INDOT oper-

ates 19 Kenworth dump trucks with 8.9-liter ISL Gengines from Cummins Westport. Currently 16 ofthe trucks are here in Indianapolis – where theywere on hand for snow-plow duty dur-ing the Super Bowl – and three are inEvansville. “That’s where the publicCNG infrastructure exists, so that’swhere the fleet exists,” Rudolph says.

Kenworth is at Booth 3039.

INDOT Continues with Alt Fuels

The Indianapolis Department of PublicWorks last year tapped Pearson Ford ofneighboring Zionsville to convert ten FordF-250 pickups to dedicated-propane op-eration using liquid injection gear fromRoush Cleantech (Booth 5098).

Indy DPW operates gasoline-propanebi-fuel vehicles as well, and fuel-savinghybrid vehicles.

Pearson Ford also offersCNG vehicle conversions,using equipment fromClean Energy Fuels-BAF.

The Indiana Department of Transportation has deployed 19 CNG-fueled Kenworth dump trucks – currently 16 in Indianapolis and three, like this one, in Evansville.

A long-awaited, federally supported project usingIndiana dairy-derived biomethane to fuel over-the-road trucks came to fruition here in Indi-ana last year. Kenworth, via Palmer TruckLeasing, has provided 42 Cummins WestportISL G-powered Class 8 T440 trucks to take milkfrom the Fair Oaks Farms dairy south of Garyto processing plants in Indianapolis, Murphys-boro, Tenn., and Winchester, Ky.

Clean Energy Fuels has built two compressednatural gas fueling stations to support the dedi-cated-CNG Kenworths. The first, adjacent toInterstate 65 close to the dairy, opened this pastSeptember, the second, also on I-65, is in Sell-

ersburg, Ind. just north of Louisville, andis opening now.

By mid-summer, the northern CNGstation is expected to be fed directly bybiomethane fuel made from the waste ofFair Oaks cows.

“The manure from about 10,000 cowsgoes into the digester that supplies thebiogas for the CNG project,” says MarkStoermann, Fair Oaks Dairy project boss.

Both stations are operating initially on conventional pipeline gas. Once theFlotech Greenlane (New Zealand)methane purification equipment is online,

“We will be able to produce enough gas to powerthe fueling station here and replace the equiva-lent amount of gas to what we use in Sellersburg,”Stoermann told Fleets & Fuels last week.

The 42 Kenworth trucks are operated by RuanTransportation Management Systems.

Kenworth is at Booth 3039. Cummins is at Booth 2101 and Westport Innovations is atBooth 5491.

CNG fuel tank arrays for the Fair Oaks T440swere supplied by Agility Fuel Sys-tems using cylinders from suppli-ers including Lincoln Composites(Booth 5767).

Cow Product, Cow Power Bright Blasts ChuBright Automotive shut down at the endof February, and has blamed the federalgovernment’s failure to deliver on a prom-ised loan for the demise.

The top executives of Bright, which de-signed an all-new battery electric work truckand had development and production con-tacts with GM and AM General, told DoE Sec-retary Steven Chu that they would have beenbetter off seeking money in China.

“The ineffectiveness of the DoE to exe-cute its [Advanced Technology Vehicles Man-ufacturing] program harms commercialenterprise as it not only interfered with thecapital markets; it placed American com-panies at the whim of approval by a groupof bureaucrats,” wrote Bright CEO ReubenMunger and COO Mike Donoughe.

Citing the staggering expense of importedoil, they told Chu, “…having in hand atremendous tool for progress in this criti-cally strategic battle – a tool that drew thecountry’s best to your door – you failed notonly in the deployment of funds from ATVMbut in dissipating these efforts against notjust false hope, but false words.”

Roush Propane byPearson for Indy

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San Diego-basedMaxwell Technologies(Booth 633), evidently

enjoying the realization byelectric vehicle designers that ultra-

capacitors weigh far less than batteriesand can handle the fast power acceptance anddelivery demands of regenerative braking, is out-fitting a new ultracapacitor electrode productionfacility that will double its current electrode capacity by year-end. And Maxwell “is increas-ing internal and outsourced assembly capabili-ties to ensure that it can meet rapidly increasingworldwide demand for ultracapacitor products.”

“Maxwell has produced more than 20 millionultracapacitor cells since setting up initial high-volume production,” said president and CEODavid Schramm.

“With ultracapacitor sales having grown bymore than 500% since 2007, we are movingaggressively to make sure we stay a step ahead ofcustomer demand.”

To date, all of the proprietary electrode mate-rial used in Maxwell ultracapacitor products

has been produced at the company’s San Diegofacility. The new electrode plant will be housedin a 123,000 square-foot facility the companyhas leased in Peoria, Ariz., near Phoenix.

Unlike batteries, which produce and store

energy by means of a chemical reaction, ultra-capacitors store energy in an electric field.

Variable Torque Motors, whichuses Maxwell ultracaps to effectregenerative braking in its after-market hybrids, has a GM vehicleoutfitted as a shuttle bus in theGreen Truck ride-and-drive.

Maxwell Doubling Capacity

Milton, Wisc.-based ANGI Energy Systems(Booth 5574), has leased 215,000 square feet ofspace at a former ThyssenKrupp property innearby Janesville, and will relocate with theaddition of some two dozen employees.

“The company required a larger and moreefficient real estate solution,” said president Andy Grimmer. ANGI is a family-held manu-facturer of natural gas compression equipment“and an elite integrator of CNG system design”with more than 40 years of experience and a22-country global reach.

ANGI says it “is the only company in the U.S.principally dedicated to providing complete andfully integrated compressed natural gas stations.”

ANGI is part of a Cornerstone Environmen-tal-led team that won a 2011 Project of the YearAward from the U.S. EPA for the RodefeldLandfill BioCNG Vehicle Fuel Project in Wis-consin. The patent-pending biogas condition-ing system at the Dane County site producesbiogas-based fuel to power CNG vehicles. It canproduce 100 gasoline gallon equivalents perday, and is being upgraded to 250 GGE forDane County parks and public works trucks.

The award was bestowed as partof EPA’s annual LMOP (LandfillMethane Outreach Program) eventin Baltimore in January.

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Private- and public-sector fleet vehicles that runon propane autogas can be easily refueledthrough on-site dispensing. Propane providershelp fleet managers develop a cost-effective refueling approach and conduct safety training.

Fleet owners and managers can learn moreabout propane autogas refueling infrastructureat the Propane Autogas Pavilion (Booth 5191) atthe 2012 NTEA Work Truck Show.

Accessible, Affordable On-Site RefuelingAs fleets add vehicles fueled by propane auto-gas, propane providers work with them to

develop a refueling ap-proach that best meetstheir specific needs andrequirements. On-sitedispensing systems,which include a largetank and a no-spill dis-penser, are compactand easily installed ina central location. Thismakes refueling con-venient for some fleetsby eliminating off-sitetrips for drivers. A va-riety of tank sizes and

dispensing pumps is available. On-site dispens-ing can be upgraded as a fleet grows.

Propane providers make it easy to install on-siterefueling. They inform fleet managers about thebenefits of both owning and leasing infrastructure,allowing them to make an informed decision. Theyalso work with local municipalities and states toensure the appropriate infrastructure is installedand that it meets state and local regulations. In-stallation cost for an on-site propane autogas dis-pensing system is comparable to the cost ofinstalling a gasoline or diesel station. Dependingon the infrastructure type, initial installation workmay only take a few weeks.

Safety, Training Options for FleetsAfter installation of an on-site dispensing sys-tem, propane providers train owners, managers,and drivers on proper safety procedures. Theyalso instruct a fleet’s on-site trainers on properpersonal protective equipment (PPE) and sharesafety materials. Propane providers often workclosely with third-party compliance organiza-tions to ensure fleets meet ongoing safe handling

procedures and practices, required OccupationalSafety and Health Administration training, Material Safety Data Sheets training, and otherapplicable requirements.

To learn more about vehicles fueled by propaneautogas, visit www.autogasusa.org, or get in touchwith local propane providers.

The Propane Education & Research Coun-cil was authorized by the U.S. Congress with thepassage of Public Law 104-284, the Propane Ed-ucation and Research Act (PERA), signed intolaw on October 11, 1996. The mission of thePropane Education & ResearchCouncil is to promote the safe,efficient use of odorized propanegas as a preferred energy sourcethrough research and development,training, and safety initiatives.

On-Site Propane Dispensing Easy & Convenient

The Propane Education & Research Coun-cil (PERC) advises vehicle operators tofollow these steps when fueling fleet ve-hicles that run on propane autogas:

PrepareAlways wear appropriate personal protectiveequipment (PPE), like gloves and eyewear.Inspect the propane autogas fuel tank to en-sure it is in proper working condition, andmake sure the ignition is off.

Set the meter to zero, and connect themotor fuel hose to the tank valve.

RefuelStart the fuel pump, and slowly open thevalve at the end of the hose.

When the overfill protection device stopsthe fuel flow, immediately close the valveon the end of the hose, and shut off thefuel pump.

Inspect Slowly disconnect from the tank by loosen-ing the filler adapter, and wait until propaneautogas stops venting before completelydisconnecting the adapter.

Inspect the valve for leaks, and replacethe dust cap.

These steps are not a substitute forsafety training offered by a propane provider.

Refueling Fleet Vehicles Running on Propane Autogas

The Propane Education & Research Council Is OfferingLive DemonstrationsBy Alan McEwan, PERC Engine Fuel Programs Manager

Propane fueling isn't difficult,but training and sensible precautions are essential.

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RSC Bio Solutions (Booth 5860) istalking up a new variant of its vener-able Liquid Wrench: Liquid WrenchPowered by EnviroLogic Penetrat-ing Oil, boasting a bio-based formula.

Like the Liquid Wrench of yore,the new product helps mechanics re-move old, rusted bolts and nuts fromequipment while reducing wear andtear on metal parts, paint, plastics and rubber. “If spilled,” RSC Bio says, “thebiodegradable fluid will rapidly degrade in soiland water, which not only protects the environ-ment, but saves the customer from the potentialrisk of expensive clean-up costs and fines.”

The new Liquid Wrench is part of a “fullline of biobased cleaners, degreasers and lubri-cants designed to offer non-hazardous solutions

that work without compromise in avariety of industrial applications.”

EnviroLogic Liquid Wrenchproducts include ISO 46 jack oiland mobile equipment hydraulicfluid, and aerial lift fluid. RSC Biois also promoting a new line ofGunk Powered by SafeCare prod-ucts including truck and equipmentwash, heavy duty degreaser, uni-

versal parts washing fluid, and a general purposecleaner and degreaser.

In June last year, the RSC Bio unit of 86-year-old Radiator Specialty Company said its ready-to-use products would be distributedthrough Fastenal and Grainger, twoindustrial supply leaders, andO’Reilly, a major auto parts supplier.


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Navistar International and Clean Energy Fuels have launched “a com-prehensive natural gas strategy” designed to bring more options tooperators committing to buy theirfuel from Clean Energy, includingfuel from the firm’s vaunted new net-work of truck stop outlets.

The once CNG-skeptical manu-facturer has further pledged to bringthe industry’s “broadest” range ofnatural gas-fueled Class 6-8 trucksto market, using a range of dedi-cated-compressed natural gas anddual fuel (diesel-methane) engines.

“We’re convinced that the only alternative fuelin the truck industry today that makes sense bothwith and ultimately without government incen-tives is going to be natural gas,” said Navistarchairman, president and CEO Dan Ustian.

“Clean Energy will guarantee fuel prices at asignificant reduction from diesel for the term offive years,” Navistar says: “Government subsi-dies and incentives not required to make the eco-nomic model work.”

International is showing two CNG-fueledtrucks, a WorkStar and a Dura-Star, at Booth 4359. Both have spark-ignition engines based on the Navistar DT 466/Maxxforce DT,developed by Emission Solutions,Inc. – as does a DuraStar in the

Green Truck ride-and-drive.“When the MaxxForce 13L is introduced in

mid-2013, customers will have a capable rangeof natural engines and trucks, from 7.6 liter to 13liter with horsepower ranging from 200 to 450,”said Navistar senior VP Jim Hebe.

Under the new pact, Clean Energy will coverthe incremental cost of the trucks to be paid backas operators fuel at Clean Energy stations.

“You get the same lease cost of a diesel truckand get fuel savings too,” says Jim Harger ofClean Energy. The price spread between dieseland natural gas makes it possible.

“There’s more than enough to cover the finance cost and put money in your pocket,”Harger told Fleets & Fuels.

And if the price spread shrinks over the com-ing five years? “I’m taking the risk,” he says.

Navistar Gets Behind Natural Gas

Bob Neitzel with newCNG-fueled DuraStar

Daimler’s Freightliner Customer Chassis Corpand electric drivetrain supplier Enova Systemshave kicked off a “Green for Free” program allowing fleets to procure all-electric vehiclewalk-in vans for the walk-away price of a diesel-powered commercial vehicle – and pay for thebattery-costly vehicles out of their reduced operating expenses.

Their goal is 3,000 battery electric vehicles intwo years, starting in late 2012.

FCCC is at Booth 4169.

“FCCC and Enova recognize that the Greenfor Free program is necessary in order to makeall-electric vehicles more affordable, and there-fore more accessible, to fleets,” FCCC presidentBob Harbin said in announcing the program.

Green for Free is “the first program that willeliminate the overall incremental costs associ-ated with buying and operating an all-electricvehicle,” the two companies say.

Payback will take far less time than the vehi-cles’ anticipated service lives of at least six andpossibly 15 years. “The lease is developed aroundthe customer’s operating parameters” – whichFCCC sales and marketing director JonathanRandall noted are well understood by operators.

“We are basing the battery system on the dutycycle,” said Enova president Mike Staran.Enova’s new Omni drive for theFCCC vans features smaller andmore efficient parts and a range oflithium ion battery pack options.

Pay for it with your fuel savings!

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Propel Fuels is getting set to open its23rd biodiesel and E85-ethanol fuelingstation out of a planned 75 in Califor-nia, adding Fullerton, Calif. to its stable.

Propel’s strategy is to offer domesticalt fuels where there are enough vehi-cles to make it pay – which today meansbiodiesel and ethanol. In keeping withmanufacturers’ warranties, most of Pro-pel’s biodiesel is B5, with B20 in selectedSan Francisco Bay Area locations.

Propel partners with namebrandgasoline retailers – 76, Chevron, Shell,and Valero – to make biofuels availableat consumer locations that sell gasoline.

Propel partnered with Econation, aground transportation company with anall hybrid and alternative fuel fleet,and also in 2011 inked a deal with Pa-cific Convenience and Fuels to expand

consumer access to renewable fuelsacross the western U.S.

Propel already has half a dozen re-newable fuels outlets in the Seattle area,where the firm was founded in 2009.

A program called CleanDrive letsfleets track the greenhouse gas emis-sions they’re eliminating by using re-newable fuels.

Lead fleet customers include the U.S.Postal Service, Caltrans, the U.S. De-partment of Veterans Affairs, the Cali-fornia Highway Patrol, and EnterpriseFleet Services.

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U.S. Post Office fuels with Propel.

Ener1 Files for BankruptcySubsidiaries including the lithium ion battery manufacturerEnerDel “are not expected to be adversely impacted,” as par-ent Ener1 said it filed for Chapter 11 protection in federalbankruptcy court in New York. “Our business plan was im-pacted when demand for lithium ion batteries slowed due tolower-than-expected adoption for electric passenger vehi-cles,” Ener1 CEO Alex Sorokin said in a release. The EnerDelfactory is outside Indianapolis. Fleets & Fuels, January 30

3M and Chesapeake for CNG Tanks3M, which offered last year to help compressed natural gasfuel cylinder manufacturers turn out better, lighter and cheaperproducts with a superior composite matrix resin, now says itwill make CNG tanks itself, certify them andbring them to market this year. “We recog-nized how compelling our value propositionis so we revised the strategy,” says globalbusiness manager Rick Maveus. Chesa-peake has pledged an initial $10 million fordesign and certification, market develop-ment and a commitment to use the new tanks for its own cor-porate fleet conversion to CNG. Fleets & Fuels, February 27

CNG at Those Truck Stops TooLiquefied natural gas is the primary fuel for the new truckstop network being built by Clean Energy Fuels – 70 sta-tions to be built this year and 80 in 2013, mostly at Pilot Fly-ing J locations – but compressed natural gas has a role too.All of the stations are being built according to a common de-sign with provision for power and plumbing and dispenserspace for CNG when demand warrants, says Jim Harger, Clean Energy’s lead marketing officer. Once Clean Energy seesvolume of 10,000 gallons per month, it will add the LCNGequipment. One extra wrinkle: while the product will becheaper than diesel, it won’t be as cheap as pipeline-based CNG. Fleets & Fuels, February 13

Maryland eTrucks – and PropaneThe Maryland Energy Administrationhas launched the commercial electrictruck purchase program announced byGov. Martin O’Malley at the Calstart-U.S. Army HTUF meeting this past fallin Baltimore (F&F, October 17).

The MEA program budget is$500,000, with as much as $20,000available per eligible electric vehicle.

Trucks must operate at least 75%of the time in Maryland, for threeyears. Organizations involved with theprogram include Maryland CleanCities, the Maryland Departments ofTransportation and Environment, andthe Maryland Motor Truck Associa-tion. The program ends at the close of 2013. Fleets & Fuels, February 13

Trillium and PTI Team on CNGTrillium CNG and Paper Transport,Inc. – a pioneer in heavy duty naturalgas vehicles – are teaming for a com-pressed natural gas fueling, starting witha station in De Pere, Wisc.

Trillium and its affiliate PinnacleCNG were acquired last year byChicago’s Integrys Energy Group.“CNG makes a ton of sense,” said MarkRadtke, executive VP and chief strategyofficer for Integrys Energy.

“It’ll be a bigger and more robust

organization,” Trillium VP Bill Zobeltold Fleets & Fuels. “We will be more ag-gressive in the marketplace.”

For the project with PTI, the com-panies have formed a joint venturenamed TrilliumHD.

PTI has deployed natural gas trucksfor heavy loads and is testing the new11.9-liter spark-ignition engine fromCummins Westport – just announcedas the ISX12 – in Freightliner and Ken-worth vehicles. Fleets & Fuels, March 12

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