BAF Technologies To Upfit AT&T’ Vehicles With Alternative-Fuel Technology
Published:30-June-2009
By Staff Reporter
To convert 600 Ford E-Series vans with CNG Technology in 2009
AT&T has collaborated with Dallas-based BAF Technologies for conversion of its vehicles to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). BAF Technologies, a provider of natural gas vehicle upfits, would convert 600 Ford E-Series vans to CNG technology in 2009.
AT&T plans to spend an estimated $350 million to purchase about 8,000 CNG vehicles, as part of a $565 million plan to deploy more than 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles over the next 10 years.
The new deployments would bring AT&T’s alternative-fuel fleet to more than 15,000 vehicles by 2019, said the company. The vehicles will utilize the BAF CapComp System, a proprietary CNG fuel system certified by the EPA.
Charlene Lake, Chief Sustainability Officer, AT&T, said: "AT&T’s commitment to alternative-fuel vehicles reflects our long-term goal to minimize dependence on imported sources of fuel and explore new automotive technologies."
"Together with BAF Technologies, we hope this initiative helps boost other industries, while at the same time signaling demand for the production of more fuel-efficient vehicles," he added.
