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TOPICS I’LL COVER  Who is A-1 Alternative Fuel Systems?  What is CNG?  Basic components of a CNG vehicle  The Upfitting process  Why use CNG for your fleets?  What’s available to be converted?  Ford QVM and GM SVM Programs for light and medium duty  Heavy duty platforms  More about the heavy duty conversion process  Grants and incentives  Questions

WHO WE ARE  A-1 Alternative Fuel Systems has specialized in CNG, LNG, and LPG conversions since 1995.  Located in the heart of Downtown Fresno  19,000 square-foot conversion facility; 45,000 square-foot parts, fabrication, and material shop; 3 enclosed parking lots

NATIONAL REACH A-1 is has a second  production facility in the Midwest that serves customers across the country  Located in Elkhart, Indiana  Strictly focused on conversions and up- fits for Class 1-8 vehicles

FUEL SYSTEM UPFITS  A-1 Alternative Fuel Systems designs, manufactures, and installs CNG, LNG, LPG, and electric fuel systems for light, medium, and heavy duty vehicles  CNG Systems range from 20 to 200 DGE/GGE  DGE: Diesel Gallon Equivalent  GGE: Gasoline Gallon Equivalent  Tanks mounted either behind the cab, underneath the body, along the frame rail, roof- top, or integrated into body  Tank placement/capacity depends on make/model of vehicle, class size, and customer’s preferences

MORE ON A-1  A-1 can also work with any fleet to examine proposed vehicles and give them best options to achieve desired upfits  Specialize in tank exchanges on any size vehicle  Tanks expire in 15-20 years  Large focus on using Type 3 aluminum CNG cylinders whenever possible on frame rail  Worthington crash test results show the tank is stronger then the frame  FMVSS crash tested on heavy duty Class 8 truck frames  Large inventory of replacement parts  CNG training classes

WHAT IS CNG?  CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) is a gaseous fuel used to run vehicles  Made by compressing natural gas (methane) to less than 1 percent of the volume it occupies at standard atmospheric pressure.  Stored and distributed in hard containers at a pressure of 2,900 – 3,600 psi, usually in cylindrical or spherical shapes.

BASIC COMPONENTS OF A CNG SYSTEM 1. CNG Fuel Tank 2. Regulator 3. Parallel Fuel Rail 4. Adaptor 5. Wiring Harness 6. Fueling Computer 7. CNG Injectors 8. Parallel Wiring Harness Attached to the fuel tank [1] is the regulator [2], which reduces tank pressure from 3600 psi to 125 psi. Fuel is then fed to a parallel fuel rail [3] and to new, secondary injectors plugged into an adapter [4]. A wiring harness [5] plugs into the factory engine-control unit and intercepts throttle information, sending it to a new fueling computer [6], which slightly alters the data and passes it to the CNG injectors [7] through a parallel wiring harness [8]

THE UPFITTING PROCESS  Light and Medium Duty  Heavy Duty  Vehicles must have “gaseous  Vehicle has engine equipped fuel prepped” engine installed with ready-to-go natural gas engine  Hardened valves to withstand extra heat from burning CNG/LPG  ISX12 G  Shipped to conversion facility  ISL G from factory  ISL G Near Zero  ISB6.7 G  Engine recalibrated to run on  Can be shipped to conversion CNG facility/body company for tank  Factory approved calibration and enclosure install  Tanks and enclosures installed  Installation facilities available in specified location outside of truck manufacturer  Final QC process and road tests facilities before being delivered to  Final QC process and road tests customer before being delivered to customer

REASONS TO USE CNG  Price of CNG versus  Lessens our gasoline or diesel dependence on can provide foreign oil significant cost  Provides customers savings when an opportunity to gasoline or diesel market their prices are high “green” initiative  Emissions from CNG vehicles are lower than gasoline and diesel vehicles  Near-zero emission vehicles  SULEV standards

REDUCED CARBON EMISSIONS

PRICE OF CNG VS GASOLINE & DIESEL Compared to gasoline and diesel, the price of CNG has stayed relatively stable over the past few years. Some companies are able to sell natural gas at as little as $0.58 per gallon llon. . To calculate average CNG cost savings and investment payback, use our savings calculator on our website: http://www.a1autoelectric.com/cng-cost-calculator/

CNG STATIONS IN CALIFORNIA Download the app for directions to current CNG stations in the US, along with hours, prices, and psi pump ratings

FORD CNG VEHICLES  Eligibility for conversion  Ford offers variety of vehicles with “gaseous fuel depends on CARB prepped” engine certification each year  2017 medium duty vehicles  Once certs are in-hand, came standard with this Ford QVM facilities can engine (F-450 – F-750) start conversion  Low NOx of 0.02 grams hopefully in 2018 process  Ford QVM Program  QVM: Qualified Vehicle Modifier  QVM process is lengthy and evaluation from Ford is stringent  Same processes that go into Ford vehicles apply to all other systems

ANTICIPATED FORD PLATFORMS AVAILABLE FOR CONVERSION IN 2018  Ford Light Duty Trucks  Ford Medium Duty  F-250/350  E-450 Shuttle Bus  Set to meet low NOx SULEV  F-53/59 Stripped Chassis standards  F-450 – F-750  Eligibility for San Joaquin  Came standard with gaseous Valley grant program fuel prep engine in 2017

GENERAL MOTORS CNG VEHICLES  GM has a gaseous fuel  Eligibility for conversion prepped engine warranted depends on CARB through GM dealerships certification each year  Hoping to see low NOx of  Once certs are in-hand, .02 grams on GM heavy chosen GM SVM can start duty CNG engines for 2018 conversion process  GM SVM Program  SVM: Special Vehicle Manufacturer  GM has chosen one SVM - PSI  PSI will provide all GM-backed CNG upfits  A-1 has partnered with PSI to assist with GM shuttle bus facility

ANTICIPATED GM PLATFORMS AVAILABLE FOR CONVERSION IN 2018  GM Light Duty  GM Medium Duty  2500/3500 Pick-up Trucks  4500 Low-Cab Forward  2500/3500 Vans  4500 Shuttle Bus

UNDERBODY TANKS

BEHIND-THE-CAB TANKS

FRAME-MOUNTED TANKS

IN-BED TANKS

ROOF MOUNT TANKS (E-450/F-550) E-450 Shuttle Bus F-550 Shuttle Bus

CNG TUBE TRAILERS: PORTABLE FILL STATIONS 180 DGE Design

HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES  Most heavy duty truck manufacturers have Cummins Westport Natural Gas Engines  Products already certified at .02 NOx  Engines specifically built to run on CNG/LNG

INSTALLATION FACILITIES  Ability to install CNG  Essentially factory ship- systems outside truck thru set-ups manufacturing plants  Plug-and-play behind-  A-1 has this capability the-cab and saddle- with: mount CNG systems  Peterbilt in Denton, TX  Better logistics for  Autocar in Hagerstown, IN  Out-of-state projects  Kenworth in Chillicothe, OH  Projects where body  Vehicles are able to be company is out of state returned to normal  Cost savings to end distribution networks user

PARTNERSHIP WITH BODY COMPANIES  A-1 and other integrators can work with various body companies to install packages  Plug-and-play similar to installation facilities  Packages pre-built and shipped to body company  Roof-mounted systems  Logistics of project

CROSS ENGINEERING  A-1 Alternative Fuel Systems makes efforts to cross engineer directly with the major truck manufacturers and body builders  Essentially create an OE design instead of a CNG package that looks like an add-on  Conversion process has moved from being aftermarket to OE  QVM and SVM process from Ford and GM

BEHIND THE CAB (BTC) TANKS

SADDLE-MOUNTED (SM) TANKS

ROOF-MOUNTED TANKS (REFUSE)

INCENTIVES FOR USING CNG VEHICLES  Dozens of grant funding  Agencies that offer opportunities available incentives in each state  Local Clean Cities agencies  California Energy  Each covers a wide Commission range of vehicles (Class  San Joaquin Valley Air 1-Class 8) Pollution Control District  Greatly reduces cost of buying new CNG vehicles For a full list of incentives throughout the United States, visit https://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/laws/NG/CA

PROPOSITION 1B: GOODS MOVEMENT EMISSION REDUCTION PROGRAM (GMERP) For more information, visit http://valleyair.org/grants/prop1b.htm

NEW ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE PURCHASE  Essentially covers a maximum of $20,000 per vehicle, for the purchase of new alternative-fuel vehicles.  Cap of $100,000 per applicant  Essentially means up to 5 vehicles can be purchased  Vehicle must adhere to all requirements given by SJVAPCD  Targets vehicles with GVWR less than or equal to 14,000 pounds, such as F-250/350 For more information, visit http://valleyair.org/grants/publicbenefit.htm

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