October 19th, 2010 Green Fleet 2010. Fleet Research: What Do Fleet Managers Want In an Alternative Fuel Vehicle Application?

October 19th, 2010

Green Fleet 2010

Fleet Research:

What Do Fleet Managers Want In an Alternative Fuel Vehicle

Application?

Fleet Research

• Reduced Operating Costs

• Reliability

• Performance

• Warranty & Serviceability

• Positive Environmental Impact

• Fuel Availability

• Operating Range

Propane Delivers….

• 20-30% GHG reduction• 35-40% less than gas• 97% from North American sources• Comparable range to gas/diesel• 3,000 plus fueling stations and growing• Abundant supply• Wide variety of choices from vehicles to lawn

equipment• OEM support • Service via existing dealer network• Equal HP, torque and towing compared to gas• ROI is positive without government incentives

ROUSH Liquid Propane Injection

Product Overview:

Pickups | Vans & Wagons | Cutaway Vans

Product Overview – Vans & WagonsFord E-150 / E-250 / E-350

Model Years: 2009 & newer

Engine Size: 5.4L V8 (2V)

Applications: All Cargo configurationsAll Passenger configurationsSingle Rear-Wheel Cutaway

Tank Sizes: Under-Floor – 25 gallons

Ordering: Ford Ship ThroughConversion Kits

Certification: EPACARB (pending)

Product Overview – Cutaway Vans

Ford E-450 Cutaway

Model Years: 2009 – 2011

Engine Size: 6.8L V10 (2V)

Applications: Dual Rear-Wheel Cutaway5-Speed Auto Transmission

Tank Sizes: Under-Floor – 43 gallons

Ordering: Ford Ship ThroughConversion Kits

Timing: Q4 2010

Future Product Development

Ford F-450 / F-5506.8L V10 (3V)

Ford F-59 Strip Chassis6.8L V10 (3V)

Ford F-250 / F-350 6.2L V8 (3V)

Ford Transit Connect

Ford F-650/750

Ford F-150

Ford F-550

Ford F-59 Strip Chassis

Ford Transit Connect

Performance

2010 Ford F-250 w/ 5.4L V8 Engine

Return On Investment…Capital Cost GASOLINE PROPANE SAVINGS

Purchase Price $25,000.00 $35,400.00 -$10,400.00

Federal Alternative Motor Vehicle Tax Credit (propane only)   $8,000.00 $8,000.00

Capital Cost Savings/Difference     -$2,400.00

Operating Cost      

Miles driven 200,000 200,000  

Average miles/gallon 13.00 11.50  

Gallons of fuel (line 1 divided by line 2) 15,384.62 17,391.30  

Cost per gallon* $3.00 $1.95  

Fuel cost (line 3 x line 4) $46,153.85 $33,913.04 $12,240.80

Federal excise tax rate/gallon $0.18 $0.18  

Federal excise tax amount (line 6 x line 3) $2,830.77 $3,182.61 -$351.84

Federal excise tax credit/gal beginning 10/1/06 (propane only)

$0.50/gallon   

Federal tax credit (line 3 x line 8)   $8,695.65 $8,695.65

Cost of maintenance (includes tune-ups, oil, future engine life) ($.03 per mile) ($.015 per mile)  

Maintenance (line 2 x line 10) $6,000.00 $3,000.00 $3,000.00

Loss from pilferage/theft $800.00 NONE $800.00

Total Savings     $24,384.62

How ROUSH Is Different

Over 30 Years of Engineering Experience - Propane

– CNG– Electric & Electric Hybrid– Hydrogen

Rigorous Customer Research, Development, and Testing

Seamless Customer Experience – Serviceability – Vehicle Warranty

Clean & Green– Lowered Emissions– Lowered Operating Costs

Proven Technology

Success Stories….

• Super Shuttle• Time Warner Cable• Frito Lay• Prime Time Shuttle• City of San Antonio• Shuttle Express• King County• Seattle Zoo• City of Cincinatti• City of Fort Worth• WW Gay Construction

And this is just the beginning!!!

Wrap-up…

We have the most compelling message of any alternative fuel….

Domestically producedReadily availableSafe & cleanNo compromise in vehicle performanceROI even without government incentivesBest engineering, sales and service network