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.
I have heard that “art” is only art when it exists for no other purpose than itself. Whatever that means. Similarly, there are cars, like the Bugatti Veyron, that exist for no other reason than they can exist. I mean really, who needs to spend $1.6 million on a 1,000 horsepower car? You could easily [...]
America, lets be honest with ourselves for a moment. When it comes to our material possessions, we tend to be a picky bunch. How else can you explain the variety of choices we have when we buy just about, well, anything. This is especially true about cars. And oh how our tastes do change. Just a [...]
Some people aren’t as concerned with saving the environment as they are with saving money. Indeed, money is much of the reason why we still don’t have electric cars. In many people’s minds they cost too much for too little range or power. And while we now have cars that can get upwards of 500-600 [...]
Although little more than an idea on paper right now, Sauter Carbon Offset Design has set its sights on being the first company in the world to cater to the as-yet-non-existent ultra-rich luxury green yacht crowd. The first vessel they hope to sell will be the Transcendence, a 49 meter superyacht with a Mercedes Benz [...]
After last week’s announcement that Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra had bought Indian EV maker REVA to form the bigger, badder Mahindra REVA, GM has now decided it’s in their best interest to pull out of a partnership with REVA that had aimed at developing low-cost electric vehicles for emerging markets. It seems GM didn’t [...]
TTXGP 2nd place winner Michael Barnes with the Lightning EV1-powered bike. Earlier this month, I wrote about the season opener of the TTXGP, the first electric motorcycle racing series. In that article I mentioned one of the things that makes this series so special — the unique ownership structure, Trust.eGrandPrix.org. The TEO enables teams to [...]
In a classic case of sustainability layering that borders on downright slathering, the City of Tsukuba in Japan is set to test-host a new car sharing system using electric vehicles that are powered almost exclusively by solar energy. According to a recent report on the solar electric car sharing plan, the partnership involves the Mazda2 [...]
