Westport Fuel Systems

WPRT

Westport Innovations (NASDAQ: WPRT, TSX: WPRT) is a company that develops alternative fuel, low-emissions technologies to allow engines to operate on clean-burning fuels such as compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), hydrogen and biofuels such as landfill gas. 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. Westport is best known for its technology that allows the diesel engine to operate on natural gas without modifications to the engine's combustion chamber.

Westport Fuel Systems has been a target of short sellers for a while. The current short interest of 2.96% is roughly at the average of the last 12 months (4.33%).