The Tunnel Of Love In Ukraine. Waste Management wheels out 1,000th natural gas garbage truck. Green Cars | Natural Gas Cars | Ford Super Duty F-250, F-350 bi-fuel cars in 2012. Westport LD Announces New Natural Gas System for Ford Super Duty Pickups ford trucks - bi-fuel (natural gas and gasoline) VANCOUVER, Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — ~Westport WiNG™ Power System for F-Series Trucks Will be Sold, Serviced by Authorized Ford Dealers~ Westport Innovations Inc. CA:WPT -2.63% WPRT -3.60% , the global leader in natural gas engines announced today that the new natural gas Westport WiNG™ Power System (WiNG™) will be available in the popular Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty pickup trucks sold and serviced through authorized Ford dealers. The F-250 and F-350 pickup trucks, based on Ford’s new 6.2L hardened engine platform, can also run on ordinary gasoline and offer unparalleled drivability.
As part of the product launch with Ford Super Duty Pickup Trucks, Westport LD has unveiled the new WiNG™ system, an advanced, integrated, bi-fuel system for passenger and commercial vehicles targeting fleet customers. About Westport Innovations Inc. Like this: Pike Research predicts 68% jump in global CNG vehicle sales by 2016. September 14, 2011 There are currently about 12.6 million natural gas vehicles (NGVs) in use worldwide, and sales of NGVs vary widely from region to region and country to country. The majority of NGVs are located in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa, particularly in countries like Pakistan and Iran that lack extensive gasoline refining capacity. In North America, due largely to a lack of convenient refueling stations, demand for NGVs is largely relegated to the fleet market. Worldwide sales of natural gas vehicles are expected to grow rapidly over the next five years, to 3.2 million units annually by 2016 from 1.9 million in 2010, according to a recent report from Pike Research.
The consumer market will continue to lag growth in commercial fleets, however: three-quarters of the new growth between 2010 and 2016 will come in corporate and government sales. One solution to the current inadequacies in NGV infrastructure is the spread of bi-fuel vehicles. Gasoline vehicles soon to be overtaken by CNG, diesel in India. 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 , CNG is so hot that it will soon overtake gasoline as the fuel that powers the majority of vehicles in India.
Of course, CNG’s rise to the top is not related to saving the environment but to the fact that it’s far cheaper than gasoline. reports that a growing number of vehicle owners convert their gas-fueled automobiles into CNG-burnin’ machines out of necessity to save a couple of dollars per fill up. Automakers have taken note of this trend towards CNG and diesel in India and have responded by flooding the nation with small vehicles – including India’s most fuel-efficient sedan, the 54-mpg diesel-sipping Tata Indigo e-CS – that burn the now-popular alternative fuels. Fisker 2012 News. Luxury Car News. Auto News News. All-Wheel Drive News. Chicago Auto Show News. Hybrid Cars News.