Natural Gas Now!

Don’t miss Westport’s must-attend natural gas vehicle event and expert panel on March 19

Join Westport for a first-hand experience of the latest in natural gas vehicle technology and fueling infrastructure, on March 19 in Louisville, Kentucky. 

Learn about why the range, options and benefits of NGVs—from pick-up trucks to locomotives—are greater than ever, during the Westport Natural Gas Now open house and panel presentation.

Attendees will get first-hand knowledge about natural gas vehicles, infrastructure, owner experience, and get an up-close-and-personal look at a natural gas powered vehicles, fuel storage solutions and the Westport Kentucky Integration Center.

The expert panel will speak to their experience and answer questions:

• Fleet customer Lynn Lyons on Pioneer Natural Resources’ experience with their fleet of CNG powered 225 Ford F-250 pickups and natural gas heavy duty vehicles.
• Fuel provider Clean Energy’s James Harger on infrastructure – fuel availability is key for fleets. Learn about the resources that are helping fleets transition to natural gas.
• Westport CEO David Demers on why shifting to natural gas makes so much sense, for the economy, the environment and the country.
• Westport Executive Vice President Ian Scott will discuss the latest in natural gas truck and related fueling systems. 

Participants are invited to join us for a lively session to broaden their NGV education, and enjoy some Kentucky hospitality with food and refreshments, while touring Westport’s facility in Louisville.

Activities include:

• Show & shine—kick the tires on a wide range of Westport-powered natural gas vehicles, from Ford pick-ups, to Class 8 trucks, to fueling systems
• Ride & drive—opportunities to drive natural gas powered Ford Super Duty trucks
• Westport Kentucky Integration Center tours 

Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Westport Kentucky Integration Center (WKIC) 3661 Collins Lane Louisville, KY 40245

Westport is pleased to offer shuttles to and from Louisville hotels.

Speaker information and registration are online at:

http://www.westport.com/news-events/events/natural-gas-now#register

Westport Volunteers in the Community Schools Program – Part 2

About a month ago, we told you about Westport’s involvement as a United Way corporate partner in their Community Schools Program. Three Westport employees (Teresa K., Kat W., Heidi C.) led a seven week program called, “Yarn Artists” which helped Grade 4 and 5 children to discover all the fun and creative things with yarn.

“I am happy to report that the collaboration between Westport, United Way and the Vancouver School Board has been a success,” Teresa said. “I had so much fun and I think the kids did as well, since they asked us to go back to the school the next term. I feel great that I get to share my interest with the children and that they have fun learning new skills.”

The Community Schools Program gives Westport an opportunity to contribute to our local Vancouver community beyond a traditional corporate giving program, and gives staff a way to personally contribute and volunteer.

The Driver's Seat Twitter Campaign: Michelle

In The Driver’s Seat of the Westport Twitter account for the next two weeks is Michelle T., who is based at Westport’s head office in Vancouver, Canada.

Michelle’s work on the human resources team at Westport puts her in daily contact with Westport employees in all buildings at Vancouver head office. She helps with recruiting, processing employee title and manager changes, and general human resources program review and maintenance. Clearly, the enjoyment she tells me she receives from meeting new people and helping employees makes her well-suited to her role!

Until her recent graduation, Michelle’s time outside work was occupied with school (congratulations Michelle). Now her well-earned free time is spent spoiling her yellow lab Bailey, enjoying fashion blogs, and a love of shopping for shoes! She put herself through school decorating cakes, so she now has fun taking cake decorating classes for pleasure. A west coast girl, Michelle is a fan of seafood, especially eating fresh steamed crab right on the beach.

Michelle is particularly excited she was a winning bidder in our recent internal auction supporting United Way. She will have one of the Westport-WiNG power system-equipped Ford F-250 trucks for a weekend. And what will she do with it? “Just drive it around! I may take it up to Whistler for a day.”

As mentioned, Westporters are taking turns in The Driver's Seat of our Twitter account (@WestportDotCom). To date we've heard from Nick S, Caroline, John L & John H, Astrid, Lance, Monica F, Fabio, Nicole, Ronghuan, Maureen, Manoj, Mats and Tomas, and Melissa, Brad, Jonathan and Tina.