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From YouTube: News Update - Mountain Mobility's Autogas Upgrade
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Mountain Mobility and Buncombe County have reason to celebrate. They recently upgraded part of their Mountain Mobility fleet with a hybrid Propane Autogas feature which allows for better engine life, less pollution, less reliance on foreign oil and an overall savings in maintenance.
A
Well,
today,
we're
really
excited
because
we
get
to
launch
Mountain
mobilities
alternative
fuel
project.
The
ten
vehicles
that
they've
converted
from
gasoline
to
run
on
a
hybrid
system
which
is
either
gasoline
or
propane
autogas
is
a
monumental
event
for
Asheville
in
reducing
our
dependency
on
foreign
oil,
reducing
emissions
and
also
reducing
operating
fuel
costs.
All
of
those
things
are
advantages
of
using
propane,
autogas,
Lori,
Hembree
and
bill
acre
of
land
of
sky.
A
B
I
am
absolutely
thrilled
to
be
here.
This
is
a
monumental
day
in
buncombe
county
and
that
we
are
converting
10
of
our
mountain
mobility
vehicles
to
run
on
cleaner
fuel,
which
is
just
just
great
I-
think
it's
important
also
to
highlight
what
mountain
mobility
does.
This
was
a
situation
that
was
started.
Maybe
15
years
ago
we
were
trying
to
provide
core
services
for
transportation
services
to
Russia's
citizens,
and
it's
expanded
to
really
more
of
a
transportation
for
all
our
citizens
outside
the
city
limits.
So
it's
we
have
routes
from
Black
Mountain.
We
have
routes
from.
B
C
Thing
buncombe
county
is
trying
to
do
a
lot,
Thank
You,
the
green
green
projects.
So
this
should
help
a
lot
I
think
our
plan,
o
directory
Laurie,
told
us
that
it
would
save
240
pounds
of
carbon
in
just
in
Buncombe
County
around.
We
have
ten
conversion
propane
conversions,
but
we
also
have
12
or
11
compressed
natural
gas
cannon
supposed
to
the
slated
for
descent.
C
If
your
vehicle's
your
engines
run
a
lot
cleaner,
so
you
can
go
from
our
normal
preventive
maintenance
services
4,500
miles
and
it's
going
to
up
to
7,500
on
the
new
vehicle,
so
that'll
save
money
and
then
pollutants
too,
as
far
as
all
and
stuff
won't
be
using
the
volume
of
all
that
you
had
man.
The.
A
Environmental
impact
on
using
propane
autogas
compared
to
gasoline,
especially
on
these
5.4
liter
engines
in
these
vans,
is
a
thirty-six
percent
reduction
in
carbon
monoxide.
We
have
a
twelve
percent
reduction
in
co2,
but
the
big
one
is
the
seventy-eight
percent
reduction
in
nitrogen
oxides,
which
is
the
biggest
contributor
to
our
ozone.
This.
D
Is
one
of
those
projects
where
there
is
that
triple
bottom
line
of
fact
that
we
will
be
good
stewards
of
our
taxpayer
dollars
and
the
dollars
that
are
put
in
the
coffers
by
reducing
the
cost
of
operating
this
critical
critical
service
to
our
citizens?
We're
also
being
good
stewards
of
the
beautiful
environment
that
we
that
we
stay,
that
we
call
home
and
work
live
and
play
and
then
also
reducing
our
independence
of
our
dependence
rather
becoming
more
independent
from
foreign
oil?
This
is
also
a
social
impact
that
we
call
the
triple
bottom
line
effects.
E
I
want
to
congratulate
all
the
partners
that
have
participated
in
this
wonderful
project,
of
course,
of
uncontained
commissioners,
Buncombe
County,
Planning,
Department,
mountain
mobility,
blossoming
gas
ally,
auto
gasps
and
German
motor
works
for
all
partnering
together
to
to
make
this
project
happen.
We've.
E
The
last
few
years
in
promoting
auto
gas
vehicles
couple
years
ago,
David,
finder,
Steve
and
I
were
we're
out
showing
on
propane
vehicles
and
some
community
events
and
some
of
the
holiday
parades
and
now,
a
couple
of
years
later,
with
everyone
working
together
and
some
grant
funding,
we've
been
able
to
achieve
some
wonderful
things.
We've
we've
gotten
this
vehicle
project
in
place,
and
we've
got
this
conversion
facility
here
in
German,
Motor
Works
and
we're
well
on
our
way
to
achieving
energy
independence,
improving
air
quality
son
thanks
to
all
the
partners
in
the.
A
Systems
that
are
being
put
on
these
these
particular
vans
here
are
hybrid
systems,
which
allows
for
complete
flexibility
of
running
on
gasoline
or
propane.
Most
of
the
fleets
are
keeping
just
a
little
bit
of
gasoline
in
there
and
coming
to
this
public
refueling
station
here
at
German,
Motor,
Works
and
being
able
to
refuel
on
a
daily
basis,
but
in
case
they
ever
get
outside
of
the
refueling
infrastructure.
They
were
able
to
run
on
gasoline
to
get
back,
which
makes
it
very
flexible
for
their
operations.
F
A
Of
the
components
that
go
on
board
the
the
engine
compartment
fit
in
a
box,
that's
about
12
inches
by
12
inches
by
14
inches,
nothing
comes
off
the
vehicle,
but
we're
overlaying
an
additional
fueling
system.
The
liquid
propane
comes
in
from
the
line,
that's
in
the
tank
in
the
trunk
here
through
a
vaporizer
through
a
fuel
filter
and
then
down
across
into
these
two
fuel
rails,
that
deliver
propane
to
the
intake
manifold,
exactly
where
the
gasoline
injectors
are
all
controlled
by
the
ECM,
which
is
a
slave
to
the
onboard
ECM
for
the
for
the
car.
A
This
allows
the
the
fuel
to
be
changed
from
gasoline
to
propane,
with
a
push
of
a
button
over
here
on
the
on
the
dashboard.
We
have
one
operator
interface
and
it's
to
the
left
of
the
steering
column.
Now
it's
running
on
gasoline
and
at
the
push
of
a
button
we're
running
on
propane
autogas,
the
orange
light
is
indicative
of
running
on
gasoline.
A
The
green
lights
are
indicative
of
it
running
on
propane
autogas.
Now
the
number
of
lights
tells
you.
How
much
fuel
is
in
the
tank
for
lights
is
indicative
of
it
being
full.
Three
lights
would
be
three
quarter,
two
would
be
half
and
so
forth.
If
it
were
to
run
out
of
propane
autogas,
while
in
operation,
it
would
automatically
switch
to
run
on
gasoline
without
any
operator
inner
interference,
their
remote
fill
for
refueling.