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.
Elon Musk is the man responsible for the Tesla Roadster, the electric vehicle at the vanguard of the EV revolution. So when he says that capacitors, not batteries, are the future of EV”s, people should take note and listen. On Wednesday, Musk told a Cleantech Forum in San Francisco that ““If I were to make [...]
The basic design of the internal combustion engine has not changed much in the last 100-something years. I think its time for a change, and the disk wave engine could be the answer to a future free of combustion engines. To power any combustion engine you need fuel, air, and either compression or spark to [...]
Treehugger.com is holding a little survey to determine its readers’ favorite non-treehugger blogs, and the Important Media Network is strongly represented with Gas 2.0 nominated for “Best Transportation Website” and our sister site Cleantechnica is nominated for “Best Sci-tech Blog“. No doubt we’re a bit of the underdog here, going up against some really fabulous [...]
Looking more like a novelty pocketknife than a proper Puch or Sears Allstate moped (as seen here), the Swiss-designed Voltitude is nevertheless a fully realized electric moped concept that promises 15 mph speeds and up to 25 miles of pedal-assisted range. Like its pointier design inspiration, the Voltitude is a folder for easy storage and [...]
Only Porsche could make hybrids cool, and have a series of hybrid concept including the sumptuously sexy 918 Hybrid, the German sports car maker has announced that it will build the 918 Spyder Plug-In Hybrid, with the price starting at $845,000. Porsche had insinuated it would produce this plug-in hybrid, but I never expected it [...]
Tata is currently selling the world’s cheapest car, the Nano. Tata wants to bring the car to America, where they say it will sell for between $7,000 and $8,000. So could Detroit build a $5,000 car, and profit from it? I don’t see why not. Yes, there are books of laws governing the safety and [...]
Gas 2.0 editor Chris DeMorro has said that the greenest car is the one that’s already been built. That’s a claim that’s open to some debate, I’m sure, but it’s a claim that’s based on proven ideas and methods like conservation of resources and recycling. With something like an RV camper, however (which is 100% [...]
Before you click play: there is some probably NSFW language in the video (lower the volume). As a fan of oddball things in general and scooters and mopeds in particular, I’ve been to my share of scooter rallies and moped rides, and this short trailer for the Sundance indie film “Satan Since 2003” is definitely [...]
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