Monday, July 29, 2019
(July 29, 2019) — Agility Fuel Solutions (Costa Mesa, Calif.), a provider of clean fuel solutions for medium- and heavy- duty commercial vehicles, recently announced it has received 2020 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certification for its 488LPI propane engine for sale in truck and bus applications.
The 488LPI is built using Agility Fuel’s patented liquid propane injection technology to ensure consistent injection of propane in liquid state across all cylinders under all operating conditions, thereby improving engine performance. Agility designed the engine for reliability, with improvements such as a valve train with roller rockers and newly designed dress parts specifically engineered to ensure durability and fuel efficiency.
A custom configuration of the 488LPI is supplied to Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. (FCCC) as part of the DriveForce brand of engines. The DriveForce 8.0-liter is available for the Thomas Built Buses Inc. Saf-T-Liner autogas school bus and the FCCC S2G medium-duty truck.
“We are pleased to have received EPA certification early, as it gives propane fleet customers further confidence in our products as they plan their future clean-fuel vehicle purchases,” said Brad Garner, president of the Powertrain Systems division at Agility Fuel Solutions. “With this propane system, customers have an attractive option to control fuel costs and meet fleet sustainability goals through expanding clean-fuel vehicles in their fleet.”
Agility comments that by converting to propane fleets saves significant money on fuel costs and maintenance expenses. Propane can also help fleets meet their sustainability goals. Propane-powered engines produce less greenhouse gas emissions compared to gasoline and diesel. In addition, onsite propane fueling infrastructure is relatively inexpensive, making the fuel a viable choice even for fleets that run a smaller number of vehicles at a single location. Propane also has a narrow flammability range, which makes it a safe alternative fuel. Agility Fuel Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hexagon Composites ASA (Aalesund, Norway).
(SOURCE: The Weekly Propane Newsletter, July 29, 2019)
The 488LPI is built using Agility Fuel’s patented liquid propane injection technology to ensure consistent injection of propane in liquid state across all cylinders under all operating conditions, thereby improving engine performance. Agility designed the engine for reliability, with improvements such as a valve train with roller rockers and newly designed dress parts specifically engineered to ensure durability and fuel efficiency.
A custom configuration of the 488LPI is supplied to Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. (FCCC) as part of the DriveForce brand of engines. The DriveForce 8.0-liter is available for the Thomas Built Buses Inc. Saf-T-Liner autogas school bus and the FCCC S2G medium-duty truck.
“We are pleased to have received EPA certification early, as it gives propane fleet customers further confidence in our products as they plan their future clean-fuel vehicle purchases,” said Brad Garner, president of the Powertrain Systems division at Agility Fuel Solutions. “With this propane system, customers have an attractive option to control fuel costs and meet fleet sustainability goals through expanding clean-fuel vehicles in their fleet.”
Agility comments that by converting to propane fleets saves significant money on fuel costs and maintenance expenses. Propane can also help fleets meet their sustainability goals. Propane-powered engines produce less greenhouse gas emissions compared to gasoline and diesel. In addition, onsite propane fueling infrastructure is relatively inexpensive, making the fuel a viable choice even for fleets that run a smaller number of vehicles at a single location. Propane also has a narrow flammability range, which makes it a safe alternative fuel. Agility Fuel Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hexagon Composites ASA (Aalesund, Norway).
(SOURCE: The Weekly Propane Newsletter, July 29, 2019)
