LNG is in the early stages of becoming a mainstream fuel for
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LNG is in the early stages of becoming a mainstream fuel for transportation needs. It is being evaluated and tested for over-the-road trucking,off-road,marine, and train applications.There are known problems with the fuel tanks and delivery of gas to the engine,but despite these concerns the move to LNG as a transportation fuel has begun.
China has been a leader in the use of LNG vehicles with over 100,000 LNG powered vehicles on the road as of Sept 2014.
In the United States the beginnings of a public LNG Fueling capability is being put in place. An alternative fuel fueling center tracking site shows 64 public truck LNG fuel station centers as of Oct 2014.The 2013 National Trucker's Directory lists approximately 7,000 truckstops,thus approximately 1% of US truckstops have LNG available as of July 2014.
In May 2013 Dillon Transport announced they were putting 25 LNG large trucks into service in Dallas Texas. They are refueling at a public LNG fuel station center.
In Oct 2013 Raven Transportation announced they were buying 36 LNG large trucks to be fueled by Clean Energy Fuels locations.
In fall 2013, Lowe's finished converting one of its dedicated fleets to LNG fueled trucks.