What is the future of fuel? What's new? What's next? Since 2007, Gas 2 has covered a rapidly changing world coming to terms with its oil addiction.
Cars are, without a doubt, much more complicated bits of machinery than they were in the past. Where once the most complicated device in a car was the battery, nowadays they have catalytic converters, computerized fuel injection, and batteries made from rare earth elements in the case of hybrid cars. It is those elements that some have expressed concern [...]
As many of you are for sure now aware, on April 20th a massive explosion rocked the Deepwater Horizon, an oil rig situated off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. The resulting explosion sunk the rig two days later… unserendipitously on Earth Day. As a result we won’t soon forget Earth Day 2010. [...]
In a Recovery Act cabinet meeting yesterday, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Vice President Biden announced a large amount of research funding for three different types of advanced projects directly related to the future of transportation. The funding comes from the Advanced Research Projects Agency — Energy (ARPA-E) stimulus funds and will go to [...]
Chrysler is in a sad state these days, but it is not beyond saving. Much has already been said about the unlikely alliance between Chrysler and Fiat, though little in the way of new products have been announced. We know Fiat plans on bringing the 500 to America, and there was the Chyrsler/Lancia Delta concept [...]
I have a love/hate relationship with officers of the law. I was a bit of a wild child in my youth and ran afoul of the law more than once. On the flip side, I’ve been helped out by the police a number of occasions too, and I have several friends who have joined their [...]
Electric cars are coming; this much we know. After decades of promises, it seems like electric cars will finally be a reality. But it isn’t happening organically, or rather, due to consumer demand. Instead governments around the world are dolling out billions of dollars in low-interest loans and tax incentives to get people to buy [...]
In the last 3 years, car sharing services such as ZipCar have seen tremendous growth. According to some estimates, between 2007 and 2009 the industry saw a 117% increase in the number of users in North America. By 2016, that same study expects there to be 4.4 million car sharing users in North America and [...]
According to an AutoWeek article, Tesla’s Elon Musk says that the company will be unveiling an ambitious line-up of EVs over the next several years. With the $50,000, 4-door Model S sedan already in the works for 2012, Musk says they have even more exciting plans for 2013 and 2014, including introducing 4WD to all [...]
