预计在2014年的商业可用性

西港创新公司的专有解决方案，允许发动机使用清洁燃料如压缩天然气（CNG），液化天然气（LNG），氢气，天然气和可再生燃料（RNG），一个全球性的供应商，目前已进入与俄罗斯商用车制造商GAZ集团签订协议，以点燃式天然气系统的设计和开发了一系列新的GAZ集团压缩天然气（CNG）商用车。

西港公司的新WP580发动机管理系统将被应用到嘎斯YaMZ-530的4.4L和6.6L柴油发动机，将纳入韦斯特波特专有组件和技术，在多年的开发和供应协议今天签署。将推出的第一款产品，在2014年商业化生产。

伊莱恩说，“黄”作为行业的领导者在俄罗斯GAZ和Westport已建立强有力的伙伴关系在过去几年中，我们期待着与他们一起工作，创造这个令人兴奋的下一代CNG产品线，执行副总裁，西港。“我们的新WP580发动机管理系统是对这一计划的一个很好的平台，我们希望我们能够提供卓越的性能和经济性的嘎斯客户在一段时间当市场利率在CNG汽车迅速增加嘎斯车，在俄罗斯和其他许多市场。 “

WP580发动机管理系统，俄罗斯第一次被引入，是一个高度可配置的系统，已专门开发的火花点燃，天然气专用发动机的应用，并且可以集成灵活与广泛的专有韦斯特波特燃油系统部件车辆的设计和生产。其先进的燃烧控制技术可以优化发动机一流的燃油经济性，同时满足现有和未来的排放和车载诊断要求。西港还设置了一个新的标杆与WP580，与业界领先的价格表现和价值。

格兰多，董事总经理毛里齐奥说：“在过去三年中，我们一直在销售CNG及液化石油气（LPG）组件在俄罗斯，这是一个关键的市场韦斯特波特成轻型的市场，并已获得了市场的领导地位，”西港公司的应用科技有限公司业务部。WP580系统中的创新技术是基于多年的经验，在天然气研究和开发活动，以及我们的经验，在世界各地的市场。我们很荣幸被选中的GAZ作为合作伙伴，这新一代产品。“

“西港公司的工程资源和专业知识，作为全球自然气燃料技术的领导者，将允许我们，以确保高可靠性和安全性的天然气为燃料的车辆，这类车辆的最高优先级的要求，”说，博·安德森GAZ集团总裁/首席执行官。“GAZ集团的天然气发动机的新生产线，将允许我们发展我们的甲烷公共汽车和卡车车队，以确保低排放水平和燃油效率，在俄罗斯的货物和旅客运输。”

最近，俄罗斯政府支持过渡到使用天然气作为运输燃料。2012年全球战略商业报告项目到2018年将在俄罗斯天然气汽车的数量几乎增加一倍。据各种媒体的文章，俄罗斯政府提出奖励高达50％的道路交通，公共交通和道路实用船队切换到天然气。俄罗斯能源部还建议，以减少车辆使用天然气作为汽车燃料的税率，从2014年1月1日到2020年。

Commercial Availability Expected in 2014

Westport Innovations Inc., a global supplier of proprietary solutions that allow engines to operate on clean-burning fuels such as compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), hydrogen, and renewable natural gas (RNG) fuels, has entered into an agreement with Russian commercial vehicles manufacturer GAZ Group, to design and develop spark ignited natural gas systems for a new range of GAZ Group compressed natural gas (CNG) commercial vehicles.

Westport’s new WP580 Engine Management System will be applied to GAZ’s YaMZ-530 4.4L and 6.6L diesel engines and will incorporate Westport proprietary components and technology in the multi-year development and supply agreement signed today. The first products will be introduced in commercial production in 2014.

“As the industry leader in Russia, GAZ and Westport have built a strong partnership over the last few years and we look forward to working with them to create this exciting next generation CNG product line,” said Elaine Wong, Executive Vice President of Westport. “Our new WP580 Engine Management System is an excellent platform for this program and we expect we can deliver superior performance and economics for GAZ customers at a time when market interest in CNG vehicles is increasing rapidly for GAZ vehicles, in Russia and many other markets.”

The WP580 Engine Management System, being introduced in Russia for the first time, is a highly configurable system that has been specifically developed for spark ignited, dedicated natural gas engine applications and can be integrated with a wide range of proprietary Westport fuel system components for flexible vehicle design and production. Its advanced combustion control technology can optimize the engine for class leading fuel economy whilst meeting existing and future emissions and onboard diagnostic requirements. Westport has also set a new benchmark with the WP580, with industry leading price performance and value.

“In the past three years, we have been selling CNG and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) components into the light-duty market in Russia, which is a key market for Westport, and have gained market leadership,” said Maurizio Grando, Managing Director of Westport’s Applied Technologies business unit. “The innovative technology in the WP580 system is based on years of experience in natural gas research and development activities, and our experience in markets around the world. We are honoured to be selected by GAZ as the partner for this new generation of products.”

“Westport’s engineering resources and expertise, as the global leader of natural gas-fuel technologies, will allow us to ensure high reliability and safety of gas-fuelled vehicles, which is the top-priority requirement for this type of vehicles,” said Bo Andersson, GAZ Group President/CEO. “GAZ Group’s new line of natural gas engines will allow us to develop our methane bus and truck fleet to ensure low emissions level and fuel efficiency of cargo and passenger transportation in Russia.”

Recently, the Russian government has supported the transition to using natural gas as a transportation fuel. A 2012 Global Strategic Business Report projects that the number of natural gas vehicles in Russia will almost double by 2018. According to various media articles, the Russian government is proposing incentives for up to 50% of road transport, public transport and road utility fleets to switch to natural gas. The Russian Ministry of Energy further recommended to reduce the tax rates for vehicles that use natural gas as a motor fuel, from January 1, 2014 through to 2020.