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Gold/Mining/Energy : Big Dog's Boom Boom Room

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To: t4texas who wrote (183330)4/10/2014 3:21:53 PM
From: Dennis Roth1 Recommendation  Read Replies (3) of 206184
 
What I found interesting is that they're converting 15 liter engines, in light of the fact that first Westport stopped production,

Westport to halt orders for its 15 liter hardworkingtrucks.com

then Cummings put the development of their 15 liter NG engine on ice,

Cummins confirms plans to halt development of 15-liter natural gas engine
ccjdigital.com

as a result of a lack of market demand.

From the picture in the EJ Madison you can see its a monster sized tractor. Not everyone needs such a
large engine.

Early adopters of LNG trucks have run into unexpected costs.

RPT-INSIGHT-Ride to lower costs for LNG-run trucks rockier than expected
Wed Apr 9, 2014 12:06pm GMT af.reuters.com

If you can get 600 miles on a CNG truck, why mess with LNG? Drivers can only go for so long without taking a
break, so taking a little longer for a fast fill CNG than LNG may not be such a big deal since the driver needs
a rest period anyway.
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