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.
Skyrich claims their Lithium Ion battery lasts up to 5 times longer than lead acid batteries. I’m hoping to report the same. For now, I can simply say it was very easy to install, and starts very eagerly, even with the fan running. With 5 times the longevity at only 3 times the price, it’s a bargain.
Batman, aka Bruce Wayne, aka the Dark Knight, is the world-renowned DC comics superhero who is notable for having no superpowers…but a lot of money. So if any superhero can make a hydrogen-powered supercar, it’s Batman. This car was designed by a real-life superstar, Formula 1 race car designer Gordon Murray. Murray, who is also [...]
The fate of the automobile is uncertain, as increasing energy prices and concern about global warming put personal transportation in jeopardy. But what if cars cleaned up the air, rather than pollute it? That’s what the Chevy Era concept does. Of course, anybody can create a concept car with magical air-cleansing properties, and this concept [...]
In a desolate corner of Los Angeles’ warehouse district, at the end of a dead-end street, lies Man Heaven. No, it’s not one of the sad-sack nudie bars in the neighborhood, but a more pure sort of heaven. A place where the craft of motorcycle building is practiced with the same, if not more, love for metallurgy and mechanical engineering of olden days.
Once you start talking about 200 miles of driving in-between 5 minute “pit-stops”, it’s not really clear if you’re talking about gas or electric-powered cars – and that’s the whole point of developing quick-charging and battery-swapping stations for EVs: you can get all of the green, none of the sacrifice. Now, you can have that [...]
Honda is on a bit of a Hybrid roll lately, having resumed production of its hybrid Insight and announced a new, 70 mph hybrid Fit Shuttle just this week alone. What more, really, could anyone ask of Honda? As Gas 2.0 editor Chris DeMorro put it, “another hybrid” – and here it is. Sort of. [...]
What does the world need? Another hybrid, duh. Honda has just announced the arrival of the Honda Fit Shuttle, and Fit Shuttle Hybrid, which can achieve 30km/liter or, in US terms, 71 MPG. Toyota Prius V, your competitor is here. The Fit Shuttle, which already has 7,000 pre-orders in Japan, is more of the Fit. [...]
With another 24 Hours of Le Mans race in the history books, it is time to look to the future, again. A unique, hydrogen-powered racer from Green GT will make its 2012 track debut. Is this the future of Le Mans? As part of an attempt to “green” its image, the world’s premier endurance racing [...]
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