The U.S. market for propane autogas has been  active in recent years, with the fuel garnering better name recognition and new and returning fleet customers putting more vehicles on the road. Fleet managers are aggressively adding alternative-fuel vehicles to their fleets, including autogas-powered vehicles, primarily due to savings associated with its use, as well as the availability of Federal Tax Credits and a desire to lower emissions, says Alliance AutoGas.

In keeping with this trend, Alliance AutoGas has installed more than 800 refueling facilities in the U.S. and Canada. In addition, Alliance says that it has converted or participated in supplying autogas to more than 10,000 propane autogas vehicles and buses in North America, helping them run on clean-burning propane with units’ sales increasing monthly. Among the services provided by Alliance AutoGas are their their plug-and-play engineered systems that can be installed in only a few hours, which can be installed without any drilling or fabrication. By deploying these features, labor times and conversion costs are significantly reduced, and fleets can experience a positive ROI with a partial asset life when reduced conversion costs are coupled with low, stable fuel prices, according to Alliance. Recent innovations in dispensers and filling hardware, such as the ultra-low emission filling nozzle and the “Safe Connect” vehicle valve, give the operator the ability to fill the vehicle faster than gasoline without the need for any personal protective devices.

In the past year, Alliance members collectively displaced 45 million gallons of gasoline and produced $70 million in fuel cost savings for the 550 fleets they service, according to numbers provided by the company.