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.
If you ask me, a plug-in Toyota Prius is way overdue, but as it turns out, may well be worth the wait. The 2012 Prius Plug-In will come with a selectable EV mode that gives drivers more flexibility for their drive. The current Toyota Prius comes with three selectable driving modes; Eco, Power, and EV, [...]
Today marked the beginning of the end for the 45-cent-per-gallon ethanol blending subsidy, as the U.S. Senate voted 73-27 to end the subsidy. But that doesn’t mean the ethanol subsidy will end overnight. Here’s why. First and foremost, President Obama and the White House have already released a memo stating that they do not support [...]
Even the Department of Defense knows that oil is a volatile and limited resource, and they are planning for a future without it. The DOD has released a new energy strategy designed to get more fight out of less fuel. Currently, all military vehicles are required to be able to run JP-8, jet fuel, and [...]
Political analysts agree that China is expanding its influence across much of Asia through dramatic economic and diplomatic policies. One such policy is the creation of a high speed rail across much of Southeast Asia, and eventually into Europe. Right now, there is no official “master plan” regarding the when, where, and how of this [...]
High fuel costs are cutting into the profit margins of many airlines, leading to higher ticket prices and more annoying service fees. Virgin Airlines is taking a different route, ordering 30 new LEAP engines that will save fuel, and money. This is the first big order for the CFM International (a joint GE and Snecma [...]
When Ford first introduced the C-Max to America, it was pledging two hybrid 5-door versions, and a 7-passenger mini-van. Well the mini-van isn’t coming here, meaning the C-Max will be available only as a hybrid. Is this Ford’s own Prius? I guess, in a way, yes, even though it does share the C-platform with the [...]
Back in 2009, Toyota retrofitted the 6,200 car carrier ship Auriga Leader with large banks of solar cells in an effort to save fuel. It wasn’t exactly successful, but big new batteries may fix a lot of those old problems. The 328 solar cells on board the ship made just enough power for 1% of the electrical [...]
Before Nissan sold a single Leaf electric car, it had 20,000 pre-orders in North America alone. Yet some people on this reservation list are mysteriously being dropped, and it could be because they haven’t installed a home charging station. According to a report by Bloomberg, some of the 20,000 pre-order customers have found themselves dropped [...]
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