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There are several benefits to using autogas over gasoline. Less environmental impact, more uptime due to low maintenance and infrastructure costs, autogas being domestically produced, and more. However, the benefit of autogas that catches most peoples’ attention is the low cost. This year, autogas was $2 cheaper per gallon on average across the nation. That is without taking into account the 37 cents per gallon tax credit that anyone who uses autogas in their vehicle can apply for.
This is a great situation for autogas users but, why is autogas cheaper than gasoline? This is because autogas is an American-made fuel. Using autogas lowers our dependence on foreign oil and keeps costs down.
It also helps that the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 extended the Alternative Fuel Tax Credit until the end of 2024. Propane autogas fleet operators who apply for the tax credit will be able to claim a credit for every gasoline gallon equivalent of propane autogas purchased, or about 37 cents per gallon. Tax credits are available for any propane used for motor vehicles in 2022, through December 31, 2024. The new law also extends the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit, which allows operators to claim up to six percent or $100,000 of the cost of installing qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property, including propane autogas refueling equipment. Read more here.
So what are you waiting for? Make the switch to autogas today and save!
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Alliance AutoGas To Build America’s Largest Statewide Propane AutoGas Fueling Network
In what is slated to be the nation’s largest single-state propane AutoGas fueling network, Indiana’s Department of Transportation has awarded Alliance AutoGas a $3.2 million contract for the implementation of 115 clean AutoGas fueling stations. This network is the first of its kind, providing Indiana’s public and private fleet vehicles with easily accessible, statewide AutoGas fueling. The project will help Indiana eliminate the logistical challenges of transitioning to clean alternative fuels.
As part of $10.1 million funded by the U.S. Department of Energy ARRA funds, the unprecedented AutoGas fueling network will facilitate the use of this clean-burning vehicle fuel across the entire state of Indiana. Once the fueling network is complete, an AutoGas fueling station will be within 30 miles of virtually any locale in the state, which means Indiana drivers will have uninterrupted access to emissions-reducing and domestically produced AutoGas.
Indiana’s Office of Energy Development and the Indiana Department of Transportation are genuinely dedicated to cleaning up the state’s air and working to reduce American dependence on foreign oil – and Alliance AutoGas is helping them to realize these goals.
“We are honored to receive this award and we consider it a vote of confidence from the Indiana state government,” says Henry Bodie, Alliance AutoGas vice president of business development. “This DOE-funded project reasserts that AutoGas is a critical piece of the U.S. energy equation.”
As part of a joint venture, Alliance AutoGas founding partners will facilitate the development and installation of the expansive statewide infrastructure, as well as provide state-of-the-art AutoGas dispensing and fueling equipment. “We’re proud of the products and services that we offer and our ability to offer them cost effectively,” says Bodie.
Indiana’s groundbreaking adoption of AutoGas, which is the most widely used alternative fuel in the world, is a testament to the fuel’s merits and also a demonstration of the state’s efforts to stay at the forefront of alternative fuel technologies. To this end, Indiana will also convert 227 Ford vans and trucks to run on AutoGas.
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Alliance AutoGas President Stuart Weidie Introduces U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at Alternative Fuel Press Briefing and Facility Tour
This morning, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack participated in a media briefing and facility tour at Baker Equipment in Richmond, VA, as part of a White House effort to highlight its support of alternative fuel vehicles.
Today’s briefing outlined the progress of the Southeast Propane Autogas Development Program, a partnership between Virginia Clean Cities and Alliance AutoGas, which received nearly nine million dollars in ARRA grant funds through the Department of Energy. Alliance will provide the fueling infrastructure and coordinate AutoGas vehicle conversions in order to meet the program’s goal of implementing nearly 1,200 AutoGas vehicles and more than 20 refueling stations throughout the Southeast U.S.
At the event, Alliance AutoGas president Stuart Weidie detailed the role of Alliance in the grant program before introducing Secretary Vilsack. The secretary, who was also joined onstage by Virginia Clean Cities Executive Director Chelsea Jenkins, applauded the creation of green jobs and diversification of the U.S. Energy portfolio with clean and domestically produced AutoGas.
Alliance AutoGas works with America’s fleets to reduce fuel costs and vehicle maintenance by converting to clean burning AutoGas. With their motto, ‘Don’t change the vehicle, change the fuel,’ Alliance offers a comprehensive alternative fuel solution that can be implemented within existing vehicle fleets, at a much lower cost than new vehicle purchase.
“We were thrilled to be joined by Secretary Vilsack in celebrating this unprecedented AutoGas development program,” said Weidie. “While the future of American energy security will require a diversification of domestic sources, AutoGas is clean, it’s made in America and most importantly, it’s available now.”
Prior to the briefing, the group toured Baker Equipment, one of the certified AutoGas vehicle conversion centers participating in the program. Baker will work with the Alliance team to bring AutoGas technology to both public and private grant-funded fleets.
