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.
For the past few years, we’ve gotten a lot of promises from major car manufacturers and electric vehicle startups alike. Tesla Motors and Fisker are perhaps the best known new car startups, and while the former has been delivering electric roadsters for two years now, the latter has yet to put a journalist behind the [...]
I absolutely love trucks. I used to sit in the back seat of my mom’s Ford Escort and marvel up at all the trucks like the ones my dad drove. Hell, my pop drove the same ’88 F-150 for almost 20 years. I am older and wiser now, and I know all the drawbacks to [...]
Remember Steve Urkel? How could you forget Mr. “Did I do that?” from the show Family Matters. He was the ultimate nerd, wearing suspenders, thick glasses, and full of useless knowledge. He was also the proud owner of a BMW Isetta, a popular mircocar that had just one door, on the front of the vehicle. [...]
Canadian engineering firm Motive has announced that its new Kestrel will feature lightweight composite body panels made primarily of hemp. So, forget bio-fuels for now – this post is all about Motive’s innovative use of bio-composites to deliver strong, lightweight, recyclable cars and put the Canadian auto industry at the leading edge of sustainable automotive [...]
With plans to converge on this year’s UN climate conference in Cancun, Mexico, 3 teams set out from Switzerland, Phileas Fogg-style, on an 80-day electric vehicle adventure aboard a trio of advanced EVs… all of which are available right now. More on the teams and vehicles, after the jump.
It is human nature to attribute human characteristics to inanimate objects. If you think about it, you can probably put a “face” on just about any car and truck currently on the market… which leads me to Renault’s Paris Show concept, the DeZir electric sportscar shown, above, and I think we can draw an obvious [...]
In an earlier post, I talked about how driving cars can lead you to being overweight, and that all that extra weight costs us quite a bit in extra fuel use and costs. It is hard to argue the point considering that America has both extensive weight and traffic problems. That left me wondering though; [...]
I’ve been lucky enough to meet and talk to a lot of the major aftermarket car parts makers in this country. By aftermarket, I mean parts that come from manufacturers other than major car companies. These men and women are responsible for making all sorts of different body kits, performance parts, and other devices generally [...]
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