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.
The plucky Korean automaker Hyundai has been making big waves in the auto world the last couple of years, and they don’t seem intent on slowing down. By 2013, Hyundai will offer a Prius-fighting plug-in hybrid vehicle. Hyundai has been making a big deal about its little cars, including the 40 mpg Elantra that does [...]
Although the original faire in San Mateo is getting too crowded for my tastes, it remains an excellent place to instill children with a passion for creation. It’s teeming with wonderful examples of how science and math can be fun and wild. Despite feeling quite jaded elsewhere, there’s one thing that never fails to fill me with wonder and delight. And that’s a Tesla coil. Even better TWO Tesla coils! But even better than that, they’re alighting on a Faraday cage filled with children! Oh, and just when you thought it couldn’t possibly be any better….
Hydrogen fuel is a promising technology, but the economics and infrastructure just aren’t there for cars yet. But what about spacecraft? The European Space Agency has just reviewed and pass a hydrogen-powered spaceship called the Skylon. Powered by Sabre engines, what makes the Skylon unique is that it (in theory) can take off and land [...]
I think we can all agree that nobody wants to be reminded of high school when trying to determine the fuel efficiency of a new car. Thankfully the EPA has yanked the letter grades and replaced it with dollar signs. The new mpg system will be applied to all 2013 model year cars. Before I [...]
I often lament on this blog the lack of a small diesel truck in America, and while I may not get my diesel Ford Ranger, Nissan and Cummins are cooking up a four-cylinder diesel that could be a game changer. Cummins engines are most often found under the hood of heavy construction equipment and Dodge [...]
What does the future hold? One artist turned to Twitter to find out, and then went about illustrating the collective Twittersphere’s vision of the future on to a Smart ForTwo automobile. The future…in motion! A collaboration between illustrator Johanna Basford and Smart saw the car company ask Twitter to envision, in 140 characters or less, [...]
That shimmering, silvery, tadpole of a car you see up there is the Swiss ECCO, and it’s more than just a funny-looking car. Indeed, the ECCO is a solar-powered transformer that morphs from electric car to nautilus-inspired, carbon-neutral camper that was conceived by NAU – a team of visionary designers, architects, and (I couldn’t make [...]
It’s a comment that appears on green-car articles again and again, “Why doesn’t anyone build a diesel hybrid?” and – for the most part – the question has been ignored … until now. Mercedes-Benz has heard your cries, true-believers, and will begin selling the E300 BlueTEC Hybrid-electric sedan you see here in 2012 … a [...]
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