American Power Group Corporation has announced that its subsidiary, American Power Group Inc. (APG), has been selected by Harrison Truck Centers (HTC) to provide APG’s Turbocharged Natural Gas Dual Fuel System for HTC’s new dual fuel heavy-duty and severe-duty glider kit product line launch. In collaboration with WheelTime Network’s Interstate Power Systems, HTC will install APG’s Dual Fuel systems and associated natural gas storage tanks at HTC’s glider kit production facility in Elk Run Heights, Iowa. Target markets will include heavy-haul on-highway glider kits and HTC’s first severe-duty dual fuel glider kits for the oil and gas, logging, and mining industries. The addition of APG’s Dual Fuel system capabilities will complement HTC’s existing dedicated natural gas engine product line. Harrison Truck Centers is an Iowa-based, full service Freightliner/Western Star dealership and one of the industry leaders in the production of Freightliner Glider Kits.

A Freightliner Glider Kit is designed, engineered and assembled alongside new Freightliner trucks giving the prospective fleet owner everything a new truck offers except for two of the three main driveline components (engine, transmission or rear axle). Fleet owners can either recapitalize any of the driveline components from their existing unit or specify a factory installed remanufactured engine or reman rear axle. Freightliner Glider Kits are available in day cab or sleeper units with a wide range of options at a much lower cost compared to a new diesel truck. APG has an industry leading 459 EPA engine family approvals covering a wide range of engine models that are eligible to be installed in glider kits.

Brian Harrison, Harrison Truck Center’s president and CEO states, “We are truly excited about adding APG’s Dual Fuel solution as a glider kit option and are even more pleased that we now have a viable mainstream solution to address the underserved high-horsepower natural gas engine market. With the exception of APG’s Dual Fuel solution, we have not found a natural gas engine solution above 400 hp that can meet the demands and power performance of heavy-haul and severe-duty vocational trucks, especially in extreme and severe operating environments.”

Harrison notes, “We currently have two APG severe-duty glider trucks operating in some of the harshest oil and gas field environments in the U.S. and are experiencing great performance results and high uptime. Our marketing launch will start this spring with a Freightliner 122SD Severe-Duty Dual Fuel Glider Kit being displayed at several national truck, oil and gas, and alternative fuel vehicular conferences. We expect dual fuel gliders will be rolling off the production line by early summer.”

Lyle Jensen, American Power Group’s CEO says, “We continue to see a strong interest in on-highway dual fuel glider kits across the U.S and are pleased to partner with Harrison Truck Centers to open up the severe-duty vocational market with APG’s Dual Fuel solution. Today, the heavy-haul trucking industry does not have a viable natural gas engine option for the 400 to 600 hp Class 8 trucks. During 2014, several dedicated natural gas engine OEM’s canceled or delayed their 13-liter and 15-liter natural gas engine development leaving a huge gap in the Class 8 natural gas engine coverage. Heavy-haul fleet owners and natural gas fueling suppliers who were counting on having a 13L and 15L natural gas engine solution are showing more interest in the benefits of converting existing high-horsepower diesel engines to operate on APG’s Dual Fuel system. As a result, we are gaining more attention in this specific niche of natural gas engines as people discover APG's ability to pull the heavier loads while maintaining diesel-like performance.”

Jensen adds, “While the current annual on-highway glider market is reported to be in excess of 5,000 vehicles per year, the number of heavy-duty and severe-duty trucks in the oil and gas, logging and mining industries are estimated to total in the tens of thousands and represents a significant newly addressed market segment."

About American Power Group Corporation
American Power Group’s alternative energy subsidiary, American Power Group Inc., provides a cost-effective patented Turbocharged Natural Gas conversion technology for vehicular, stationary and off-road mobile diesel engines. American Power Group's dual fuel technology is a unique non-invasive energy enhancement system that converts  existing diesel engines into more efficient and environmentally friendly engines that have the flexibility to run on: (1) diesel fuel and liquefied natural gas; (2) diesel fuel and  compressed natural gas; (3) diesel fuel and pipeline or well-head gas; and (4) diesel fuel and bio-methane, with the flexibility to return to 100 percent diesel fuel operation at any time. The proprietary technology seamlessly displaces up to 75 percent of the normal diesel fuel consumption with the average displacement ranging from 40 percent to 65 percent. Installation on a wide variety of engine models and end-market applications require no engine modifications unlike the more expensive invasive fuel-injected systems in the market. See additional information at www.americanpowergroupinc.com.