This project will trial 81 dedicated gas HGVs ranging from 7.5 tonne to 44 tonne which are new to the UK market. Four vehicle manufacturers will be trialled across ten different vehicle configurations, creating a wealth of valuable data on vehicle performance, fuel efficiency, reliability and cost. When using CNG/LNG, CO2e savings of up to 8% can be achieved, and biogas produced from waste will be introduced during the project, resulting in Well-To-Wheel CO2e savings of at least 70% compared to diesel. In addition five refrigeration units will use a prototype liquid nitrogen system, further reducing CO2e and air quality emissions. The vehicles will be trialled by five high profile transport operators across a range of different duty cycles, from urban to long haul. They will be supported by technical experts who will collate comprehensive data via telematics and portable emissions monitoring equipment, which will be fully analysed in order to quantify the potential benefits of dedicated gas technology compared to diesel. Two new state-of-the-art gas stations will be delivered as part of the project, in London and Birmingham, for which no funding is being sought, thus developing infra-structure that is needed to help reduce pollution from heavy transport, whilst keeping a low budget.

J.B. Wheaton and Sons Ltd will trial, with other fleet operators, the use of 28 vehicles that will be fuelled from compressed natural gas or liquid natural gas blended with renewable biomethane to run dual fuel gas converted trucks. The project will also provide seven fixed refuelling stations & five mobile stations, which can be shared with other fleet operators.

This project will monitor and evaluate the operational and environmental performance of 34 dual-fuel heavy goods vehicles, from a range of different manufacturers. A telematics system will be developed to provide real time mpg data and gas substitution rates and exhaust emissions will also be monitored using on-board emissions monitoring equipment, giving real world emissions data. The project will be supported by a new natural gas refuelling station at Swindon that will be accessible to third parties

The Collaborative Ultra-Low Carbon Demonstrator Vehicle project bring together three environmentally focussed transport operators (John Lewis, Howard Tenens, and Lenhams) with the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight Transport, with the aim of demonstrating a 70% reduction on carbon emissions in a wide range of articulated vehicles. To do this the results of recent research into truck aerodynamics commissioned by John Lewis and carried out by Cambridge University, will be combined with technology that substitutes the majority of the diesel used with bio-methane, and many other interventions, to achieve the challenging target. As well as the high profile demonstrator vehicles, one output will be a software tool that allows other operators to look at the individual, and combined effects of the interractions for their own fleets and drive cycles.