All About Alternate Fuel Vehicles (AFV)

By Jill Dunn, Jan 28, 2008
Source: etrucker.com
http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=66281

Safeway trucks sport a green sticker with a soybean leaf and the words “Powered by Biodiesel: Clean, Renewable, Domestic.” Safeway has converted its fleet of more than 1,000 trucks to biodiesel, which the California-based grocery chain says equals removing almost 7,500 cars from the road annually. Announced Jan. 18, the change is part of Safeway’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Initiative and its effort to manage its carbon footprint, address climate change and reduce air pollution. (more…)

Demand catching up among passenger cars as well
Priyanka Vyas
New Delhi, Jan. 1, 2008
Source: The Hindu Business Line
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/01/02/
stories/2008010250260200.htm

Spiralling crude prices coupled with wider availability of alternate fuels, and lower maintenance cost has spurred more Indians on a ‘green drive’ with the number of CNG vehicles in the country touching over 3.54 lakh, as per industry estimates.  Interestingly, Mumbai has lesser number of CNG stations compared to Delhi, but has more vehicles running on the alternative fuel. Mumbai with 127 CNG stations has about 1,83,429 vehicles against Delhi that has 153 outlets with 1,50,000 vehicles. The other cities that have CNG stations include Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Vadodara, Agartala, Kanpur, Bareli and Lucknow.
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Sanjay Dutta,TNN
New Delhi, 27 Dec 2007
Source. TimesofIndia.com
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/
Private_firms_may_get_nod_to_sell_auto-LPG/articleshow/2653876.cms

With concerns over vehicular pollution rising and inadequate availability hampering introduction of CNG (compressed natural gas) as green fuel in more cities, the oil ministry may allow private refiners and independent gas marketers to set up retail networks for pushing use of LPG (liquefied natural gas) as an automotive fuel.
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January 03, 2008
Source: Otago Daily Times /NZHerald.co.nz
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10485089

The price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has skyrocketed, and the increase is being blamed on a new contract and high international demand.  The price of LPG has been steadily climbing over the past two years but was pushed up significantly when new internationally-negotiated contracts came into force on New Year’s Day.
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Priyanka Vyas,  New Delhi, 04 January 2008
Source. SIFY.com
http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=14584321

Banking on the wider availability of alternate fuels, Hyundai Motors India, which has a slew of launches planned on this platform, said that it was looking at 15-20 per cent increase in sales from such vehicles.  “We expect 15-20 per cent incremental sales over and above what we are already selling to come from our range of CNG and LPG vehicles, considering the wider availability of LPG and rising petrol prices,” said Arvind Saxena, Senior Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, Hyundai Motors India.
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Bhubaneswar, Jan 7, 2008
Source: NewIndpress.com
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?
ID=IEQ20080107013009&Page=Q&Title=ORISSA&Topic=0

Indian Oil Corporation today launched the first auto LPG dispensing station in the State at the Bhambra petrol pump here.   The station will vend liquefied petroleum gas, which would be used as automotive fuel. It is eco-friendly and being an alternative fuel promises to play a crucial role in checking motor vehicle pollution on city roads and increase efficiency.  The product is being marketed under the brand name of ‘AutoGas.’ The retail price of the fuel has been fixed at Rs 38.50. The company proposes to commission three more dispensing stations in the State.
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By Steven Bodzin, Jan. 1, 2008
Source: Bloomberg.com/Latin America
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aKLIXJbvNvu0&refer=latin_america

Toyota Motor Corp., Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp. and other carmakers with assembly plants in Venezuela haven’t started making vehicles with tanks for natural gas, missing today’s government deadline, El Nacional reported.  The country’s energy ministry hasn’t provided information on how to get kits to let cars burn natural gas, the newspaper said, citing an industry spokesman it didn’t identify.
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Washington, Jan 2 2008
Source: Businesswire.com
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&
newsId=20080102005944&newsLang=en

For the first time, the cost of petroleum reached $100 per barrel in international trading today. Meanwhile, in the United States, the same amount of energy in the form of natural gas was selling for only about $40. “In the past, there were substantial societal benefits of using more natural gas as a vehicle fuel – such as reducing dependence on foreign oil, reducing greenhouse gases and reducing urban pollution,” said Richard Kolodziej, President of NGVAmerica. “Now, as the price gap between petroleum and natural gas widens, we’re seeing a major economic advantage, too. As a result, 2008 will be a milestone year in the growth of natural gas vehicles in the U.S.”
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Source: LivingInPeru.com / 10 Jan 2008
http://www.livinginperu.com/news-5459-transportation-taxi-drivers-peru
-begin-using-new-nissans-fiats-volkswagens

Peru’s President Alan Garcia has made it clear that one of his administration’s main goals is to shift the country’s dependency from oil to natural gas. In an effort to achieve this goal, the government is to renew its public transportation system with natural gas buses and has begun the “Mi Taxi” program. President Garcia presented the 500th Chevy Corsa to its new proud owner last month. With just under $3,000, taxi drivers in Lima are qualifying for loans and have been purchasing the vehicles that run on natural gas. (more…)

By Megan Pillow, Mooresville Tribune, January 2, 2008
Source; Mooresville Tribune
http://www.mooresvilletribune.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=MOT/
MGArticle/MOT_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173354058367

Mooresville has long been in the spotlight because of its racing affiliations, but in December, the town attracted millions of eyes who were looking at an entirely different kind of vehicle.  The cover of the 2007 Sam’s Club “Source for Home & Business” catalogue, released in early December, featured an all-electric, lithium-powered 2008 Mini Cooper for sale, courtesy of Mooresville-based Hybrid Technologies.
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