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Westport Launches Ford F-450 and F-550 with Bi-Fuel Westport WiNG(TM) Power System at NTEA Show
VANCOUVER, Feb. 27, 2013 /CNW/ - Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX:WPT / NASDAQ:WPRT), the glo...
About this update from Westport Fuel Systems, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nVANCOUVER, Feb. 27, 2013 /CNW/ - Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX:WPT /\n NASDAQ:WPRT), the global leader in natural gas engines, today announced\n that its proven Westport WiNG™ Power System, a compressed natural gas\n (CNG) bi-fuel system, will be available for order on the Ford F-450 and\n F-550 Super Duty Chassis Cab trucks starting April 1, 2013. The trucks\n will make their debut at next week's National Truck Equipment\n Association Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, Indiana.\n\n\nAssembled alongside the popular Westport powered Ford F-250 and F-350\n trucks at the Westport Kentucky Integration Center (WKIC), a Ford\n Qualified Vehicle Modifier (QVM) audited facility, the new F-450 and\n F-550 trucks have undergone the same rigorous testing for safety and\n durability used by Ford for all its original equipment manufacturer\n (OEM) products. With the WKIC located adjacent to Ford's Kentucky Truck\n Plant, the 2013 F-450 and F-550 trucks will use the same integrated\n transportation system as other Westport powered Ford products to reduce\n delivery costs to the customer.\n\n\nAvailable exclusively for order at Westport authorized Ford dealerships,\n the Ford F-450 and F-550 Super Duty Chassis Cab trucks with the\n Westport WiNG Power System are delivered key-READY™ to customers and\n come with a warranty that matches the Ford warranty for all similar\n powertrain and emissions components.\n\n\n\"The expansion of our product line builds upon our proven technology of\n the Westport WiNG Power System and extends our product availability to\n a different end user,\" said John Lapetz, Vice President Westport LD and\n Managing Director, North American Vehicle Programs. \"With a higher\n degree of application flexibility and increased gross vehicle weight,\n the Ford F-450 and F-550 Super Duty trucks allow us to grow a solid\n footprint with customers who were not serviced with the Ford F-250 and\n F-350 CNG bi-fuel trucks.\"\n\n\nThe new Ford F-450 and F-550 Super Duty trucks with the Westport WiNG\n Power System are an ideal application for fleets in natural resource\n industries, construction, delivery, public utilities as well as\n government and transit operators. The trucks offer fleets the\n opportunity to use a cleaner, domestic fuel that offers savings between\n 30 to 60 percent with payback demonst...