According to the company, the conversions have improved its overall operating efficiency at the site enabling their trucks to drive about 300 kilometres per tank. In turn, they are working on incentive programs and hope more people will show interest in the idea.
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“We’re currently working with Natural Resources Canada, with the federal government and a number of the provinces including Alberta to look at how can we take the risk out of that early adoption because we know the business case is there for the right fleets,” stated Alicia Milner, president of the Canadian Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance.
The Canadian natural gas market activity has been recently increased with some initiatives like the introduction of 20 CNG recycling and garbage trucks by Waste Management, the launching of the first locally-manufactured CNG refuse truck to be used in Miller Waste’s 430-plus fleet and the order of 180 Peterbilt LNG units from the for-hire trucking company Robert Transport.
