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.
Smart once seemed like a sure bet in the United States. Owned by Daimler—who also own Mercedes—the intriguing little Smart was small, European, and pretty good on gas. Not good enough though, it seemed. There have been widespread complaints about the transmission, and the entry price of $16,990 was rather steep when many of the [...]
Electric cars, quite obviously, get their power from electricity. This electricity is closely regulated, and most of our household appliances are plugged into lowly 120 Volt outlets. This is all well and good, except when it comes to charging something with a huge battery pack… like a car. It can take upwards of 15-18 hours [...]
Amtrak proposes a $117 billion upgrade to the Northeast Corridor over the next 30 years. Is a 220 mph bullet train worth it, or would the money be better spent elsewhere?
One of my recent pieces about Washington wanting to bump up fuel efficiency standards to 62 mpg by 2025 drew a lot of negative comments. Much of it along the line of “the government shouldn’t make automakers do anything” and “it’s impossible to get 60 mpg out of a real car!” Now I don’t know [...]
Will Audi bring the A1 compact car to the U.S. market in the next few years?
An English man finds a 1912 Edison electric car in a London garage and restores it over the course of eight years.
In my humble opinion, the greatest failure of the automotive industry of the 20th century was its inability to convince consumers that there were better alternatives to gasoline. There was so much promise, from turbine cars to nuclear hot rods to electric vehicles. Maybe the 21st century will be different, but for the next few [...]
Will governments cut electric car incentives before electric cars really start to roll out?
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