Propane Fleet in Mexico | Green Energy News

August 3, 2003 – Vol.8 No.19

PROPANE FOR FLEET IN MEXICO.

If the emissions from propane (LPG) fueled vehicles is low enough to be considered safe for use indoors - like the emissions from propane fueled forklifts that operate in warehouses, big box stores and home improvement centers - conversion of an entire fleet to propane in one municipality could help outdoor air quality too.

Impco, a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of alternative fuel systems for vehicles, has been awarded a $1.2 million contract to supply propane conversion systems for the entire fleet of 3300 municipal vehicles operating in Puebla City, Mexico - a city of 1.3 million. Conversion, to be done by IMPCO’s Mexican distributor Equipos para Gas (EGSA) will be completed in three phases of 800, 1000, and 1500 vehicles respectively. IMPCO was chosen because it already manufactures conversion systems for each type of vehicle used by the city.

Propane, according to a study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, can reduce carbon monoxide by 30-90 percent and has about 50 percent fewer toxic and other smog-producing emissions compared with gasoline. Another study commissioned by the Argonne National Laboratory concluded that in a full fuel cycle analysis propane produces the least amount of greenhouse gas emissions of all fossil fuels including diesel. In a typical fleet with a combination of light and heavy-duty vehicles, greenhouse gases would be reduced more than 15 percent if operating on propane. Visit IMPCO at http://www.impco.ws/ .