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.
I’ve been faithfully following the saga of Ron Adamwicz’s 100% electric 1981 Chevy Camaro, which aims to take the world by (quiet) storm. Even with just one motor going, Ron managed to take the Camaro to an 11.25 @ 107 mph! I first profiled Ron’s electric Camaro, the Team Hayin Warp Factor II EV Camaro, [...]
Here’s some green-tech trivia for you: back in 1978, Jack Nicholson appeared on Candian television show “Marketplace” to promote a hydrogen-fueled Chevrolet Celebrity, which he hoped would revolutionize the car industry. Anticipating the green-car revolution (and Chevy’s Volt!) by nearly 30 years, Nicholson’s Celebrity was (per the video) “a standard Chev’, with a standard Chev’ [...]
Humanity has always had such high hopes for lasers, from death rays to surgery. But a replacement for spark plugs? It could happen, as researchers from Japan have developed a laser small and rugged enough to fit in an engine. Spark plugs have been around for well over a century, while lasers are a relatively [...]
Those in attendance at the New York Auto Show this past weekend may have spotted this curious banner from Mazda: Not Electric. Not a Hybrid. Not a Drag to Drive. “Veeeery eeenteresting,” was my first reaction. If you just read the banner and knew nothing else about what Mazda has been up to, a major [...]
The Amarok comes to the TTXGP 2011 paddock with a fine pedigree- designed by veteran motorcycle designer Michael Uhlarik, whose work has touched many top brands. Uhlarik and his partner/fabricator Kevin O’Neil drew their inspiration from aircraft. Yet most TTXGP teams have opted for as much direct air-cooling as possible, even the eCRP with their in-house wind tunnel. So it will be interesting to see how the Amarok fares under race conditions.
The (Honda) Acura NSX really was a car that really was ahead of its time, loaded with high-tech features that outpaced pretty much everything on the road. And Honda might bring it back…as a hybrid? Honda, you’ve got my attention. Honda Motor Company President Takanobu Ito told Auto News that Honda is working to a [...]
Hyundai’s marketers are brilliant, inspired people – but let’s set this up a bit before we put on the wading boots, shall we? I think it’s a given that buying a new car is a tricky sort of thing. This is especially true in these days of rapid technological progress and wildly accelerating gas prices [...]
I feel for President Obama these days. A few days ago, President Barry released his long-form birth certificate, silencing some (but not all) of the nutters birthers’ criticisms in a bid to move on towards more pressing issues. The dialog surrounding the episode, however, reminded me of another “non-issue” that came up earlier this month, [...]
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