[1] Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where the company was founded, Westport also has facilities in France, Sweden, Italy, China, Australia and the United States.
At the same time, he wanted to preserve the performance, fuel economy, durability and reliability characteristics of the traditional diesel engine.
The theoretical results they obtained from their research and experimentation was a significant factor in the later development of Westport.
[2] By injecting a small amount of diesel fuel before a main, high-pressure, direct injection (HPDI) of natural gas to start the combustion, Hill was able to successfully retain important characteristics of the diesel engine.
[2] In 1994, through UBC's University-Industry Liaison Office, Hill met David Demers, who later became Westport's CEO.