Truckers See Barriers to Converting Fleets to Natural Gas

With natural gas at half the price of diesel fuel, you would think truckers would be eager to acquire natural gas vehicles. But a new survey shows that although half of respondents say they are considering converting their fleets to natural gas fuel, 94 percent say they worry about natural gas availability and infrastructure. Ninety percent also report concerns about the cost of the natural gas vehicles.

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• Source: Thetrucker

Slightly more than half (51.4 percent) of carriers are considering natural gas (NG) fueled trucks when new trucks are purchased, but these carriers do see hurdles, says a recent survey by Transport Capital Partners, who teamed up with ACT Research to better understand how carriers are thinking about the potential of natural gas fuel for their fleets.

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