New Propane Autogas Engine Receives U.S. Agency Approval

(Costa Mesa, Calif.) May 7, 2018 — Agility Fuel Solutions, a global provider of clean fuel solutions for medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, has received Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certifications for its first alternative fuel engine. Agility’s 488LPI engine, an 8.0-liter, V-8 propane power plant using the company’s patented liquid propane injection (LPI) technology, has been granted EPA certification for 2018.

The 488LPI is built from a General Motors long-block V-8 with proprietary Agility parts and a propane injection system and controls. The engine is well-suited to school bus, propane bobtail, and medium-duty trucking applications. “We launched Agility’s Powertrain Systems business unit one year ago,” said Brad Garner, president of the business unit. “We are very proud of the work our team has done since then to bring this first engine to market and we look forward to launching the additional propane and natural gas engines in our pipeline to serve the needs of our customers.”

Agility Fuel Solutions’ product offerings include natural gas, hydrogen, and battery-electric energy storage and delivery systems; Type 4 composite natural gas cylinders; propane and natural gas fuel systems; and propane dispensers. Agility offers solutions for a variety of vehicle types, among them Class 8 trucks, refuse trucks, transit buses, school buses, concrete mixers, and delivery trucks. The company has been manufacturing and servicing clean fuel solutions for commercial vehicle fleets and original equipment manufacturers for more than 20 years, logging billions of miles on the road every year.

(SOURCE: The Weekly Propane Newsletter, May 7, 2018)