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Recent Growth, Adoption Shows Natural Gas Vehicles Are a Proven, Cost-Effective Option
Originally posted by JP Fjeld-Hansen | June 29, 2021 | ACT News | Original Article
Even with 2020 being an extreme outlier year, the growth of both natural gas fuel and natural gas vehicles (NGVs) showed no sign of slowing. As confirmed by the latest independent industry report, the State of Sustainable Fleets, and backed up by hundreds of survey responses from real-world fleets across the U.S., NGVs continue to demonstrate both superior environmental and economic performance — even when measured against gasoline and diesel.
The notion that significant emission reductions can be accomplished only by sacrificing vehicle performance or paying more for clean fuels does not hold true. This year’s findings confirm that when mature clean vehicle technologies, including natural gas, are matched to the best-equipped sectors for those technologies, fleets really can have it all.
Sectors Driving Natural Gas Growth
In 2020, three sectors — refuse, transit and dedicated heavy-duty fleets — continued to drive natural gas growth. The transit and refuse markets specifically accounted for just under half of all NGV deliveries in 2020.
With natural gas technology best-fit to their operations, these sectors are realizing a host of benefits by fueling with natural gas, including fuel cost savings, emissions reductions, reduced maintenance costs and lower overall total cost of ownership. Currently, no other commercially available zero-emission technology can provide comparable benefits, making natural gas the preferred clean vehicle option for these hardworking sectors.
