American Power Group's V6000 Dual Fuel Demo Truck Test Yields 60% Diesel Displacement Rate, Net Fuel Savings of 25% to 30%
American Power Group Corporation ("APG") announced the results from a month-long test drive of APG's V6000 Dual Fuel system by Sapphire Gas Solution, a Texas based industry leader in mobile RNG, LNG, and CNG services across the U.S. Sapphire has been using APGI's 2015 Freightliner CC132 Coronado Sleeper with a Detroit Diesel 505HP diesel engine upfitted with APG's new V6000 Dual Fuel system to pull heavy-haul LNG tankers with a combined truck/tanker load approximating 80,000 pounds across Texas.
Sam Thigpen, CEO of Sapphire Gas commented, "Our drivers reported the truck ‘performed like a diesel engine with no difference in power or torque’ while operating APG's Dual Fuel system and their new natural gas telematics system allowed us to validate a consistent on-road displacement rate of near 60% with an overall average route diesel displacement of approximately 50% when running on dual fuel. Based on our current fuel costs, this equates to an impressive 25% to 30% net fuel savings of $1.40 to $1.70 per gallon over 100% diesel fuel.