CleanFUEL USA Expands Propane Engine Products With IMPCO

4 June 2009

CleanFUEL North America, Inc. has signed a distribution agreement with IMPCO Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary of Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc., a leading manufacturer of engine components that converts vehicles to operate on cleaner gaseous fuels, such as propane.

Under the agreement, CleanFUEL will distribute IMPCO’s bi-fuel Sequent system, a dual-propane and gasoline fuel system certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for conversions of light duty General Motors and Ford vehicles to run on propane. CleanFUEL USA will install IMPCO systems and provide vehicle service and support through its partners.

By adding IMPCO’s bi-fuel system to its product-line, CleanFUEL USA offers a complete alternative fuel solution for fleet managers, including: EPA-certified propane/gasoline conversion kits for existing vehicles, propane refueling infrastructure equipment, fleet management solutions and advanced liquid propane injection engines for OEM vehicles that meet 2010 emissions standards.

The US propane industry has historically been viewed to have infrastructure and accessibility challenges.’Partnerships like this make it feasible to address the industry’s distribution, installation and service/support gap for propane engines, broadening the potential for propane to become a widely utilized domestic fleet fuel.

—Bob Myers, who serves on Propane Education Research Council’s (PERC) R & D Committee

Propane is a clean burning fuel that can yield 87% less hydrocarbons and 50% fewer toxins than gasoline, and is more economical compared to petroleum-based options, roughly $1.50 to $2.00 less than gasoline/diesel per gallon.

Fuel Systems Solutions has more than five million bi-fuel systems installed globally with its highest concentration of vehicles in European and Latin American countries. The system features a vapor sequential fuel injection system and analytic software designed to operate with a vehicle’s original onboard diagnostics (OBD) computer.

IMPCO’s bi-fuel system is a certified engine conversion for the following vehicles:

• 2007 5.4L Ford F150
• 2008 and 2009 3.5L and 3.9L Chevrolet Impala
• 4.8-liter Chevrolet G Van and GMC Savana
• 6.0-liter Chevrolet Silverado, Express, and G Van
• 6.0-liter GMC Sierra and Savana
• 2009 5.3L Chevrolet Avalanche, Silverado, Suburban and Tahoe
• 5.3L GMC Yukon and Sierra