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Successful Retrofit from CCW supplies PG&E with Natural Gas Powered Utility TrucksRiverside, CA. – Complete Coach Works is proud to announce the successful retrofit of a new Cummins Westport Inc. ISL G engine into Northern Califonria's Pacific Gas & Electric Comapny Freightliner truck. Known as one of the innovators and leaders in Alternative Fuel/Hybrid Conversions in the transportation industry, PG&E initiated the project to expolore the feasibility of an installation of the new cummins ISL G engine into Freightliner's M2 truck chassis. Complete Coach Works was selected as a result of their industry leading track record of innovative approaches to the retrofit and repower of alternative fueled power trains in new applications. Recently, the truck powered by its new Compressed Natrual Gas (CNG) engine was on display and received great interest at the Clean and Heavy Duty Vehicle Converence 2008: Technologies and Fuels for a Low Carbon World in San Diego, CA The Cummins ISL G engine is rated at 300 horsepower with 900 foot-pounds of torque and meets 2010 EPA and CARB emissions level ratings. Complete Coach Works retofitted the truck to operate on CNG however it is also capable of burning other various alternative fuel sources such as Liquid Natural Gas (LNG), biomethane fuel (renewable upgraded natural gas from biogas) and upgraded landfill gas. "Taking on this challenge and succeeding in fitting a 8.9 liter Cummins engine into Frieghtliners M2 chassis was a simple matter of ingenuity, and creativity. We were confident it could be accomplished and wanted to be the frist to show the industry," stated Macy Neshati, VP of Sales and Marketing at Complete Coach Works. Complete Coach Works is the nations largest bus remanufacturing and retrofit company with over twenty two years of dedicated service to the transportation industry. Located on a state of the art ten acre manufacturing and retrofit facility in Riverside, California. Complete Coach Works performs emission retrofits, bus remanufacturing, wheelchair lift installations and accident and fire damage repair for transit fleets throughout North America. Press Contacts: Complete Coach Works, the Complete Coach Works logo, and CCW are trademarks of Complete Coach Works. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. About Us | Corporate Reponsiblity | Media | Careers | Contact Us |