Bringing the AltFuel Blog up to date is the conversation I had with Joshua of Logan Utah yesterday while filling up my Civic with CNG. Josh is the owner and manager behind the www.123cng.com company which uses and re-sells the Bugatti kit.
Just a little background: In talking with Mr. Gordon of Technicarb, Mr. Gordon who has been in the automotive industry for many years indicated that traditionally Toyota vehicles are not easily tuned using CNG. Keeping this in mind, got me talking to Josh during the filling of his Toyota Tundra truck. The main point of the post is that he was making progress in his business of selling and installing kits. He said that since the price drop, he hasn't had any inquiries about installations.
Josh has gone back to his property management business as his main source of income. During the conversation we speculated at the future of the CNG business. While in South Jordan one day in January 2009, I spoke with Chris of CNGConcepts and indicated to Josh that according to Chris, CleanCities is putting money (I suspect millions of dollars but don't know the exact amount) into CNG infrastructure.
To add to the confusion of the future of alternate fuels and the "Green Car" concept like the Hybrids that are being touted, I spoke with Mr. Gale Banks of Banks Engineering who indicated that his contacts indicate that Hybrids "are not moving". There isn't a concise conclusion to the issue other than as prices "normalize" for gasoline, obviously there is a lot less emphasis on alternate fuels.
