MARKETING

A significant portion of the U.S. market 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, 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 currently has the most polluted air in the nation. California encourages and provides millions of grant dollars to assist individual and fleet owners to acquire vehicles that are powered by cleaner alternatives to diesel and gasoline, such as LNG and CNG.

Typical customer fleet applications include city and regional buses, garbage collection and hauling trucks, heavy-duty tractors, port drayage trucks, and industrial manufacturing applications.

DISTRIBUTION

Special cryogenic 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.

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.