Alternate Fuel Program

 34 million cases delivered to 24,000 customers yearly  Over 2 million revenue miles on 300 heavy duty trucks Manhattan Beer Distributors covers:

Natural Gas Inlet High Pressure Injection Pump High Pressure Fuel Lines Ignition Control Module Fuel Injectors DIESEL ENGINE NATURAL GAS ENGINE

M ANHATTAN B EER D ISTRIBUTORS B RONX, N EW Y ORK  First CNG Truck Delivered December, 2001  Station Opened April, 2002  15 vehicles completed by May, 2002  Second CNG program launched in Brooklyn 2005 after success with 1 st program  An additional 15 vehicles repowered to CNG in Brooklyn plus our 2 nd CNG station  3 rd CNG program launched in Wyandanch 2006 with an additional 15 repowered trucks and our 3 rd CNG station Specifications International 4700 John Deere 6.8 liter, Natural Gas Engine 225 HP, 640 ft-lbs torque (4) Lincoln Composite Fuel Cylinders PSI Project Partners Manhattan Beer Distributors Bell Power Systems NYSERDA U.S. DOE NYC DOT

CNG Tanks Location

M ANHATTAN B EER D ISTRIBUTORS T RUCK W RAP D ESIGN

February 2002: First Compressed Natural Gas Truck

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27 New Green tractors

First CNG Station located at headquarters

Second CNG Station located at Brooklyn, NY

Third CNG Station located at Wyandanch, NY

High cost of the CNG station maintenance Lack of public CNG stations Cost of new CNG vehicles CNG Barriers

A DVANTAGES OF C OMPRESSED N ATURAL G AS T RUCKS Effortless start up in cold weather conditions Require less warm up time Minimal engine sound No fuel delivery issues since station is directly piped from gas supplier

Does not require Emissions Technology Oil change intervals are at 25,000 miles; spark plugs at 50,000 miles Price efficiency: About 40% cheaper than diesel

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