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.
One (of many) complaints against electric cars is that they take too long to “fill up” with electrons. But a group of MIT students have developed a semi-solid electron-laden “fuel” that could completely change how we power EV’s. Forgoing the traditional route of storing electrons in either nickel or lithium-ion, the MIT students have figured [...]
I know it. The government knows it. And so does General Motors CEO Dan Akerson, who joins proponents seeking a higher gas tax. Akerson thinks the tax should be at least $1 a gallon. What do you think? This isn’t the first time a GM executive has called for a higher gas tax, and Akerson’s [...]
Americans love to go fast, which may be one reason why some people are so resistant to going off of oil. But there are cleaner, greener ways to go fast, like the 1,500 horspower natural gas-powered Maxximus LNG 2000. An all-aluminum V8 engine uses both liquefied and natural gas to produce upwards of 1,500 horsepower. [...]
Once American car manufacturers took pride in releasing bigger and bigger engines each season. Now it’s time for a turnabout: Ford is in the midst of a global launch for the 1.0-liter and three-cylinder EcoBoost.
In the classic film Back to the Future Part II, the iconic Doc Brown uses a banana peel and other trash to power the DeLorean time machine through a neat device called Mr. Fusion. Doc Brown purchased and modified Mr. Fusion in some far flung future. However, now trash to fuel, a once fantastic and [...]
More information has been shared by Porsche about their prototype eclectic cars and the best news is they are being tested out on the roads today. The Porsche electric prototype cars are being used as part of the government-funded “Model Region Electro-Mobility Stuttgart”, which is a large-scale trial to study the everyday reasonableness of using [...]
Yesterday morning, Tesla released some new pictures of its production-ready Model S sedan. The photos, shown here, show off some of the Model S’ slinky new rear-end curves. You’ll have a chance to compare the final design to the initial concept HERE, and in the video, below. As you can see, the new Model S [...]
For over five decades The Arabian Peninsula has fueled the global economy. Saudi Arabia became the top oil producer in the world by drilling and extracting easy to get, high quality, light oil. But now that light oil is drying up. Some estimates show that the Gulf region has pumped more than half of its [...]
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