MARKETING
The market in the U.S. for clean, vehicle-grade LNG today revolves around Los Angeles, California. California has solidly adopted LNG as a vehicle fuel and has passed legislation and regulations supporting and promoting its use in the state. This market has been the focus of ALT’s efforts for more than a decade.
Los Angeles, (including urban portions of the city), Orange County, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties collectively were designated the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). This area of 10,743 square miles is home to over 16 million people (the second most populated urban area in the United States) and has the most polluted air in the United States today. California encourages and provides millions of grant dollars to assist individual and fleet owners to acquire vehicles that are LNG powered.
ALT's primary customers in California are municipal fleets such as Orange County buses and garbage trucks, Orange County Transportation (city buses), as well as commercial vehicles like those belonging to United Parcel Service (UPS) in the Los Angeles area, and garbage-disposal fleets along the California coast.
DISTRIBUTION
Special cryogenic tank tractor-trailers are used to transport ultra-cold liquefied natural gas from the manufacturer to small-scale storage for end users. ALT owns several of these specialty trailers, and through its close relationship with Cryogenic Transportation, Inc. (CTI), has access to one of the nation's largest fleets of these trailers.
ALT has experience and expertise in obtaining and installing LNG fuel dispensing equipment, and understands federal government grants that facilitate conversion of vehicles to use LNG. The Company is therefore able to assist new customers to quickly begin using LNG fuel.
