Propane, also known as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or autogas, has a proven track record of success in a wide variety of vehicle applications, including school buses, public and private transit, delivery services, law enforcement, and work trucks.
"In order to get
propane into the tractor's tank, you had to have a pump on the farm and get the
propane from a bigger tank," he says, "or go to town with the tractor, or wherever someone had a pump to get the fuel into the tractor."
The goal of every midstream
propane business is ensuring that its customers--and by extension, end users like homeowners, farms and businesses--have a reliable product source.
Thus, the capacity of the infrastructure should be sized based on the following: the number of vehicles the infrastructure is intended to support, the vehicles' periodic fuel consumption and whether
propane is used as a fuel alternative.
Because
propane buses are relatively new, some uncertainty remains regarding future value, Walsh says.
“As the supply of
propane produced from domestic natural gas and oil has increased, our industry has become an even more important contributor to the U.S.
According to Bridget Kidd, PERC's director of residential and commercial programs, Kohler's mobile generator product line allows consumers and professionals in a wide variety of markets to experience American-made
propane's many unique benefits.
An amendment proposed by the commerce committee will allow for
propane engine imports, as well as giving gas stations the option of installing
propane dispensers.
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) is the firstOE truck builder to adopt the PIthon
propane autogas engine for production.
Continuing its focus on sustainability and fuel efficiency, UPS announced this week that it intends to make a $70 million investment to purchase 1,000
propane package delivery trucks and install fueling stations at 50 of its locations.