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Florida's First Natural Gas Vehicle Fueling Station Opens to Public Announces Wise Gas


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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - July 10, 2010: Wise Gas announced the official opening of Florida's first compressed natural gas (CNG) alternative fuel station open to the public.

The CNG station, which is located at 650 NW 27th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale, is the first of many Compressed Natural Gas stations being developed across the state of Florida.

"All I can say is that our station is the only station actually refueling vehicles today," said Christine Slager, Chief Operations Officer of Wise Gas.

To sweeten the opportunity for those ready to reduce America's foreign oil dependency and declare their own energy independence, Wise Gas sells natural gas vehicles - from those that run on dedicated CNG systems to bi-fuel vehicles that can run on either gasoline or compressed natural gas. The price of CNG at the Wise Gas station is $1.99 as of today, a 27 percent savings over gasoline.

"TECO Peoples Gas is proud to partner with Wise Gas to provide clean-burning, domestically produced natural gas to fuel natural gas vehicles in the south Florida area," said Kevin Webber, Director of TECO Peoples Gas.

"Through our partnership with Natural Drive, we offer natural gas conversion for a number of General Motors 6-liter models for roughly $10,000, with an $8,000 federal tax credit, for a net cost of about $2,000," said Jeff Greene, Business Development Manager of Wise Gas. We also offer deals on Honda Civic GXs through our relationship with Space Coast Honda."

Among other services Wise Gas offers is a local roadside assistance for natural gas vehicles that are unable to reach the refueling station due to low fuel.

Florida law requires vehicles to display an Alternative Fuel Vehicle permit in order to refuel at the CNG station. Those interested in learning more about natural gas vehicles or refueling with CNG should contact Wise Gas at 954-636-4291 or visit www.wisegasinc.com.

About Wise Gas
Wise Gas was established in 2008 with the goal of reducing foreign oil dependency in the United States. Based in South Florida, Wise Gas offers natural gas vehicle conversions and refueling stations from home refueling units to large fueling stations nationwide. The mission of Wise Gas is to advance the use of CNG as the preferred transportation fuel.