02.04.2014 — With nearly four decades of Ford Motor Company initiatives on his resume, Rob Stevens has accepted a position with ROUSH CleanTech. As the new vice president of strategy, Stevens will spearhead future product and customer strategy.
With nearly four decades of Ford Motor Company initiatives on his resume, Rob Stevens has accepted a position with ROUSH CleanTech. As the new vice president of strategy, Stevens will spearhead future product and customer strategy. He brings expertise in engineering, product and business development, alternative fuel vehicle, and fleet operations to the company… (Digital Journal)
On March 27, the 2014 Propane Engine Fuel Summit in Irving, Texas, will present everything you need to know about propane as an engine fuel. Now in its fourth year, this TSN Communications-produced event will include panels of industry experts discussing topics such as how fueling with propane autogas can benefit your company’s bottom line, which propane autogas vehicle technologies are available now, which OEMs offer propane applications, and more… (Digital Journal)
Propane has helped make it easier to buy and maintain school buses, says Ron Latko, director of transportation and fleet management for the Mesa Public Schools in Mesa, Ariz. He makes the case for propane autogas in the second of a series of “Straight Talk” videos, freely accessible on the web, prepared by the Propane Education & Research Council extolling the use of propane autogas for fleet vehicles of different types… (Fleet & Fuels)
With much of the country suffering under frigid winter weather, a spike in home heating demand sent wholesale natural gas prices to their highest level last week in nearly four years. You might think the specter of shortages and skyrocketing pump prices is sending shivers down the spines of fleets using alternative fuels such as CNG (compressed natural gas) and propane autogas – though the reality is more “business as usual”… (Business Fleet)
Abnormally high propane prices are the result of serious, but short-term influences and are likely to abate soon, say proponents of the vehicle fuel they market as autogas. And, they say, more use of propane autogas would improve the situation: vehicles run year-round, and would spur investment in the infrastructure that would help prevent winter price spikes like this one… (Fleets & Fuels)
Fleet professionals interested in transitioning to alternative fuels will have more opportunities to test drive cost-effective, low-emission vehicles at this year’s NTEA Green Truck Summit and Work Truck Show in Indianapolis March 4-7. The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) is sponsoring the show’s first dedicated propane autogas test drive event, the Propane Autogas Ride & Drive, beginning at noon March 4 and continuing through March 6 outside the Maryland Motor Lobby at the Indianapolis Convention Center… (Butane-Propane News)
The board of Oregon’s Forest Grove School District west of Portland has approved the purchase of 36 propane-fueled school buses, which according to a local report will save a projected $400,000 over ten years of operation. Transportation services provider MIDCo, the Mid-Columbia Bus Company, will purchase ten buses in the first year, add five buses a year for the next four, finishing up with six buses in the fifth year, states the Oregon Live report… (Fleets & Fuels)
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is offering grant funding for clean, alternative fuel projects in Pennsylvania, and investment in Pennsylvania’s energy sector.
Open To: PUBLIC and PRIVATE fleets in Pennsylvania.
Up to $7,500 per propane autogas vehicle, administered by the Propane Council of Texas.
Open To: PRIVATE fleets in Texas.
