Tag: alternative fuel

Roadbuilding

North Carolina’s DOT adding signs for electric charging stations along the highways

It’s going to get a whole lot easier for drivers in North Carolina who operate some hybrid vehicle to find “refuelbing” stations. The N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has agreed to include electric vehicle charging station signs along highways, according to a report in the Triangle Business Journal. Although there are more than 120 charging […]

December 9, 2014

Roadbuilding

Alternative fuel-powered Dodge Ram touted as cost-effective transportation industry option

A Dodge Ram powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) is wrapped to promote the 2014 Land Investment Expo in West Des Moines, Iowa. Legendary oil-and-gas entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens, who is working to meet the transportation industry’s need for cost-effective alternative fuels, will deliver a keynote address during the seventh annual event presented by Peoples […]

December 6, 2013

Pickups

Roush CleanTech Spreads the Word on Autogas

Roush CleanTech’s Economical Propane Hits the Track with Bayne Roush CleanTech sponsored Roush Fenway Racing’s No. 6 car driven by Trevor Bayne at the Michigan Internation Speedway last month. They were thrilled to spread the word on clean and economical propane autogas as Bayne raced toward his third consecutive top-five finish this season. “Across the nation, a […]

July 11, 2013

Business

On Record

A cuppa joe and The Construction Blog   I’m a morning person, and I have a morning ritual: sitting down to breakfast with my local newspaper. I know, I know – totally a dying breed. Who eats breakfast anymore? And, yes, newspapers do seem to be going the way of Blackberrys. At Equipment World, we’re […]

July 1, 2012

Pickups

GM HD CNG Pricing

Prices set for CNG Chevrolet/GMC heavy-duty pickups

April 17, 2012

Business

Shell bets big on gas

LNG is the best alternative transportation fuel of the future, company says With a project due to start this summer, Shell has given notice that it intends to develop and promote liquefied natural gas (LNG) as the best alternative to diesel for the heavy truck transportation market. The first of these projects is centered around […]

February 22, 2012

Pickups

Alternative Fuel Training Class

Transfer Flow, Inc., in collaboration with Alliance for Workforce Development, Inc., NoRTEC, and California Employment Development Department, has launched Northern California’s first Alternative Fuel Training Class. The no-cost, training class is designed to educate fleet managers, auto mechanics, service and maintenance personnel and others about the characteristics and benefits of alternative fuels with emphasis on propane autogas.

February 9, 2012

Pickups

Propane power

Although its debut in the automotive industry occurred more than 80 years ago, propane continues to spur interest through products such as Roush Performance’s propane-powered Ford pickup trucks and vans.

July 7, 2009