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.
Meet Sunswift’s Ivy solar racer, which – as of last week – is the fastest solar-powered car on the planet. Sunswift took the “world’s fastest” crown las week, when the Australian built Sunswift IV (nicknamed “Ivy”) posted a 54.7 mph record run, smashing the previous 49 mph record by nearly 10%. Designed by students and faculty [...]
Lost in the hype surrounding the 2011 Detroit Auto Show was Mercedes-Benz’ introduction of a new diesel version of the company’s flagship S Class sedans. The new S350 Bluetec is the first diesel-engined flagship from Mercedes to be sold Stateside in decades, and one-ups the clean diesel efforts from rival carmakers BMW and Audi (who [...]
With 660 hp on tap, G-Power‘s LPG-powered Hurricane runs to a top speed of 333 km/h – which (according to G-Power’s announcement) makes the M5-based Hurricane GS the fastest natural-gas-fueled vehicle you can go out and buy today. G-Power starts with BMW’s production 500 hp 5-liter “high-rev” V10 (which burns gasoline), then adds a sequential, five-cylinder [...]
When I first read about Chip Yates’ project, he struck me as someone whose hubris could very well outperform the superbike he was building. I didn’t write anything about the Swigz bike because I’m not interested in concept vehicles. I’ve seen too many great ones never make it to production. I waited until I could actually see the bike in action.
Ford has been touting the 2011 F-150 with a hodgepodge of new engines, but what of the Ranger? Here in America, Ranger production is slated to end in 2011 while the rest of the world gets a train-towing bad boy.
On Monday, I said that as the new Managing Editor, I wanted more reader input. Like, a lot more. So here is your chance to tell the kinds of stories you want to read about.
Today at 2pm, Ford finally took the covers off the soon-to-come 2012 Focus Electric. Set to debut later this year, Ford calls it a “real car.” But how does it stack up to the competition? The 2012 Focus Electric is the vanguard of Ford’s electric car rollout, with five “electrified” models set to hit the [...]
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