Natural Gas Price Advantage
Dollar-for- dollar, Natural Gas Vehicles deliver the most cost-effective NOx emissions reductions while Natural Gas provides long-term fuel price stability and projectable cost savings unlike other options.
Buy American
Cummins Westport engines are manufactured in America and, with a 90+ year supply of recoverable natural gas, the U.S. is the #1 natural gas producer in the world.
Natural Gas fuel price stability
TOTAL PRICE AT THE PUMP
23%
Commodity cost makes up 23% of Natural Gas sales price
Decades of affordable domestic reserves
Natural gas sourced from North America
60%
Commodity cost makes up 60% of diesel fuel sales price
History of volatile price swings
Crude oil sourced from high-conflict regions
18-24
MONTH PAYBACK
NGVs Offer a Fast Return on Investment
Due to lower fuel and maintenance costs, NGVs offer an 18 to 24 month payback. As production increases and fuel tank prices come down, vehicles will become less expensive and enjoy a shorter payback period. The greatest savings are currently being seen in heavy-duty, high mileage fleets.
Lower Maintenance Costs
NGVs are easier and cheaper to maintain than diesel trucks because they have:
No DPF
(Diesel particulate filter)
No DPF regeneration or waste disposal
No SCR
(Selective catalytic reduction)
No DEF
(Diesel emission fluid)
Dollar-for-dollar, Natural Gas delivers more vehicles and greater NOx emission reductions than Electric
EMT FUNDING* $7.5 MILLION SHORT HAUL TRUCK
Dollar-for-dollar, Natural Gas delivers more vehicles and greater NOx emission reductions than Electric
EMT FUNDING* $7.5 MILLION SHORT HAUL TRUCK
Comparable All-Electric Vehicles cost 2-3x more than NGVs
While actual cost depends on the application, an all‐electric medium- or heavy‐duty vehicle usually costs two to three times the amount of a comparable vehicle powered by a 0.02 g NOx natural gas engine. As noted above, funding heavy-duty NGVs delivers greater emission reductions than similar projects involving all-electric trucks, and they offer the best ability to reduce emissions on a large scale because the funding will extend further.