Switching gears

May 1, 2007 By LP Gas

General Motors’ decision to provide a dedicated propane engine with enough muscle to power bobtails was just the answer to pleas from frustrated propane marketers nationwide.

This article is tagged with autogas, bobtail, bobtails, CARB, CleanFuel USA, General Motors, motor fuel, propane autogas, Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), propane engines, propane fuel, propane marketers, propane trucks, trucks and posted in Current Issue

Auxiliary Power Units

January 1, 2006 By LP Gas

Propane industry engineers are not sitting idle as truckers face pressure to cut pollution from tractor-trailer engines left running once the rigs complete a long day’s haul.

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Are your trucks a target for terrorism?

November 1, 2003 By LP Gas

Alone and in the dark, bobtail drivers and bulk transport operators cover their routes around the clock, providing service well into the wee hours. Isolated conditions and an explosive cargo carry Homeland Security risks that are aggressively being addressed by government regulators, politicians and trucking industry associations.

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