Cars on natural gas » AT&T http://www.carsonnaturalgas.com The greenest car blog on the net! Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:50:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= AT&T to Change Over 600 of its Vehicles to CNG http://www.carsonnaturalgas.com/2009/07/14/att-to-change-over-600-of-its-vehicles-to-cng/ http://www.carsonnaturalgas.com/2009/07/14/att-to-change-over-600-of-its-vehicles-to-cng/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:06:56 +0000 admin http://www.carsonnaturalgas.com/?p=152 AT&T LogoOn the 30th of June AT&T along with BAF Technologies a Dallas-based company declared the switch of vehicles bought by AT&T to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). BAF Technologies, a supplier of natural gas vehicle, will convert 600 Ford E-Series vans to CNG technology in 2009.
AT&T has plans to spend an anticipated $350 million to buy about 8,000 CNG vehicles. The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) in Ann Arbor, Mich., figures that the AT&T’s fleet purchase plan will be able to provide more than 1,000 jobs in the United States.
In summation to the economic benefits, CAR approximates the novel vehicles will preserve 49 million gallons of gasoline and cut down carbon discharges by 211,000 metric tons over the 10-year readying period.

Source: Automotive Fleet

]]> http://www.carsonnaturalgas.com/2009/07/14/att-to-change-over-600-of-its-vehicles-to-cng/feed/ 0 AT&T will be Spending $565 Million on Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles http://www.carsonnaturalgas.com/2009/04/21/att-will-be-spending-565-million-on-compressed-natural-gas-vehicles/ http://www.carsonnaturalgas.com/2009/04/21/att-will-be-spending-565-million-on-compressed-natural-gas-vehicles/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:44:44 +0000 admin http://www.carsonnaturalgas.com/?p=70 AT&T just denoted that it will expend over half a billion dollars for the subsequent 10 years in an effort to lessen fuel use and apparently, induce the economy. CEO Randall Stephenson affirmed that companies like AT&T have a responsibility to invest which will oblige the nation’s fiscal growth and efficiency.

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To meet this responsibility AT&T is going to expand its alternative-fuel vehicle group from 100 to 8,000 vehicles by 2020. These fomites will be U.S.-made compressed natural gas vehicles, and would cost around $350 million worth of the total $565 million.
AT&T and other U.S. corps have an unparalleled chance to partner with the novel administration as it brings to lead the country out of this economical downtrend. This investiture is a first step on their part to help improve other industries. They are at the same time cheering broader use and production of effective vehicles and domestic fuel options.

Source: AT&T

]]> http://www.carsonnaturalgas.com/2009/04/21/att-will-be-spending-565-million-on-compressed-natural-gas-vehicles/feed/ 0 Presentation of H.R. 1835 – the NAT GAS Act of 2009 http://www.carsonnaturalgas.com/2009/04/19/presentation-of-hr-1835-the-nat-gas-act-of-2009/ http://www.carsonnaturalgas.com/2009/04/19/presentation-of-hr-1835-the-nat-gas-act-of-2009/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:43:47 +0000 admin http://www.carsonnaturalgas.com/?p=67 T. Boone Pickens presented the subsequent statement of back up for H.R. 1835, the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions (NAT GAS) Act. This Act was presented today by Congressmen Dan Boren, John Larson, and John Sullivan.

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T. Boone Pickens says that “I applaud Congressmen Boren, Larson, and Sullivan for introducing the NAT GAS Act today. In doing so, they’re showing that a bi-partisan approach to energy policy is not only possible, but do-able.”
The NAT GAS Act will offer the instant inducements and long-term constancy for companies to severely move from imported diesel and gasoline to domestic natural gas. Last month, AT&T declared that it would replace 8,000 vehicles—or one fifth of its fleet to make it run on natural gas. This legislation will inspire many others including major corporations and municipalities to follow suit.

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