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.
A common argument against electric cars is the lack infrastructure to support them. All those gas stations didn’t pop up overnight though. Houston, Texas is taking the first steps to installing its own network of public and private charging stations.
As the first mass-market, affordable aelectric car to hit the market, the Nissan Leaf has garnered a lot of popularity already. So much so, that Nissan has to cut the number of dealer demo cars in half to free up supplies.
Last year, amidst the recession and bankruptcies of two American automakers, the average fuel economy of cars sold in 2009 actually jumped. It went from 21 mpg up to 22.4 mpg, a new record.
While GM has enjoyed a wealth of goodwill lately from the Chevrolet Volt and today’s IPO (which closed at $34.19). Today they announced that they will take $40 million from Chevy’s marketing budget and invest it in clean energy.
11 students and teachers from the Imperial College of London just finished a 16,000 mile “race” down the Pan-American highway in an electric car. Who says college kids are lazy?
Ever since Toyota announced a joint partnership with Tesla Motors, there has been a lot of talk about a new generation of electric Rav4’s. Well here it is, with a 100 mile range and a planned 2012 launch.
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