Let’s face it—one of the biggest obstacles to clean fuel adoption in America today is fueling station location. In other words, many fleet owners and managers may say to themselves, “I’d love to save money by switching my fleet to alternative fuel, but where will my drivers fill up?”
In some cases, alternative fuel stations can be installed at a fleet’s home base for easy refueling access. For example, the Alliance AutoGas complete program provides fleets with on-site autogas fuel stations at no upfront cost. This way, fleets can start saving on fuel costs right away, and they always have a place to fuel their propane vehicles.
For fleets that require longer driving ranges away from the home base, the U.S. Department of Energy has a great alternative fueling station locator tool that covers a range of fuels, such as biodiesel, CNG, electric, propane autogas and more. According to data available on the DOE site, there are nearly 13,000 alternative fueling stations currently in the U.S., including more than 2,600 autogas fueling stations (and growing) and 975 CNG stations.
For alt fuel vehicle drivers with smartphones, try the DOE’s mobile alternative fuel locator app to find fueling stations on the go. With these resources, and the constantly expanding network of alternative fueling stations nationwide, it’s more convenient than ever to refuel your clean fleet vehicles.
