NGVAmerica Road Rally Across America
June 20th, 2017 by Fiedler Group
On June 5th of this year, a 4,825-mile cross-country rally, sponsored by NGVAmerica, began in Long Beach, CA and ended last week on June 15th in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the 2nd Annual ‘From Sea-to-Shining Sea’ NGV Road Rally Across America is to demonstrate the benefits of clean trucks and cars fueled by natural gas. The event was kicked off by representatives from the California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition (CNGVC), which is calling for the adoption of low nitrous oxide emissions heavy-duty truck technology powered by renewable natural gas in the Clean Air Action Plan of the San Pedro Bay Ports.
“This Road Rally couldn’t happen at a more ideal moment. Right now, the San Pedro Bay Ports want to clean our air and protect our climate through their Clean Air Action Plan which targets dirty trucks — the single largest contributor to smog. But unfortunately, that Plan doesn’t go far enough,” said Maywood Councilmember Eddie de la Riva. “The ports must demonstrate leadership by moving toward cleaner trucks and by replacing dirty diesel trucks with heavy-duty trucks that run on clean burning natural gas because that will improve our air quality.”
“NGVAmerica and its membership, including companies like Clean Energy and SoCalGas, believe that natural gas-fueled vehicles are the best and most immediate solution for eliminating the negative impacts of diesel and combatting climate change,” said Chad Lindholm, vice president of sales for Clean Energy and representative of NGVAmerica. “By putting on this rally, we hope to draw the attention of communities and elected officials that a cleaner solution to diesel is available today.”
The west coast-to-east coast road rally, not only dispels the myth of NGV ‘range anxiety’, but will also draw media attention to the VW settlement program and serve to educate state officials on how NGVs are the most cost-effective use of funds for clean transportation projects outlined in the $2.9 billion Environmental Mitigation Trust Fund.
During the NGV Road Rally, many vehicles that rely on natural gas will participate in the two-week trek across America, stopping at various locations such as Albuquerque, New Mexico; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Salisbury, North Carolina and Newport News, Virginia, among others. At each stop, there will be educational demonstrations highlighting the importance of natural gas as a clean fueling source given by advocates for natural gas vehicles.
In association with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. continued expansion of its “America Natural Gas Highway”, Fiedler Group has provided all site-specific due diligence, preliminary design development, entitlement processing, site adapt design and construction documents, and permitting services for many of the stations.
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