The National NGV Fleet Summit was organized by Southern California's Gladstein, Neandross & Associates, www.gladstein.org
the NGV Fleet Summit immediately preceded MATS 2010, the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky.
Kenworth T800 Class 8 tractor, LNG/liquefied natural gas-fueled, on the eve of the NGV Summit in Louisville, Ky.
BTIC Westport LNG tank from China on Kenworth Class 8 tractor
LNG Peterbilt 384 in the MATS 2010 lobby
placard for the LNG Peterbilt in the MATS 2010 lobby
Chart NexGen fuel tanks for the LNG Peterbilt in the MATS 2010 lobby
Two CNG Freightliner M2s and an LNG Kenworth T800 at National NGV Fleet Summit in Louisville Wednesday morning
Robert Hall of UPS at National NGV Fleet Summit Wednesday Morning in Louisville
‘Compressed natural gas won’t hold anything against you,’ Bill Zobel of Trillium USA said in Louisville, ‘if you have a pre-existing diesel condition.’
Westport HD liquefied natural gas-LNG system for heavy duty trucks with 15-liter GX engine formerly known as the ISX
Kenworth launched its new natural gas-fueled T440, available with CNG or LNG, with dedicated-methane Cummins Westport ISL G engine, on Wednesday just prior to MATS 2010 in Louisville. 'SCR Not Required,' Kenworth said.
T. Boone Pickens addressed a packed crowd at the National NGV Fleet Summit luncheon on Wednesday.
'We’re very very close to a disaster,' Pickens warned in Louisville Wednesday. 'We’ve got to get off the OPEC oil. These people are not friendly to us.'
It's never all doom and gloom with Boone... at the National NGV Fleet Summit, he joked about losing $2 billion!
NGVAmerica president Rich Kolodziej testified about the NAT GAS Act before a Senate committee in Washington, on Wednesday.Association counsel Jeffrey Clarke explained the legislation at the NGV Summit in Louisville. NAT GAS stands for New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions.
CNG/compressed natural gas-fueled Freightliner Business Class M2 truck on the eve of the NGV Summit in Louisville, Ky.
yes, it's CNG
Freightliner M2 112 on the MATS 2010 floor
self-explanatory on the MATS 2010 floor
two CNG Freightliner M2s and an LNG Kenworth T800
Boone Pickens packed them in
Andy Douglas of Kenworth with new T440, shown as the chassis for a McNeilus concrete mixer with unusual rail-mounted CNG tanks (there's one on the starboard side too) by Lincoln Composites
one of those big Type IV Lincolns from the Kenworth T440
you see what you're getting into with Kenworth and Peterbilt
Eaton promoted its hydraulic hybrid (its electric was on show too at MATS 2010 in Louisville)
Navistar International showed its Maxxforce 13 big bore but you had to ask to hear about plans for a duel fuel version with natural gas (F&F, March 1)
Navistar-Modec battery truck may be getting a new drive supplier (or maybe not), it's definitely getting a new name and pricing is to be announced in the coming weeks too. Batteries by A123
Navistar-Modec truck is truly stand-up-inside, as demonstrated by Fleets & Fuels editor Rich Piellisch -- Don't Try This at Home!
maybe next year we'll see 'live' T800 wreckers on methane -- this one's a diesel
Fleets & Fuels editor Rich Piellisch (right) with the Michelin Bibendum soi-meme (left). Michelin promoted its energy-saving 'X One' brand double-wide tires
Western Star mascot
Western Star MASCOT
not sure how, but it seemed warranted at MATS 2010
are those really...
self-explanatory too, sort of....
as bad as all that?
