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.
By now hearing about the promise of hydrogen fuel doesn’t produce nearly the same excitement of yesteryear. Does it sound sacrilegious to say it almost generates irritation at the mention of an alternative energy form that sounds so promising as to even exist as a beautiful fantasy?
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. has announced that their thirteen dealers in Oklahoma can now sell the compressed natural gas (CNG) powered Honda Civic GX to customers on a retail basis.
The Earth Day episode of The Price is Right featured a Tesla Roadster as the grand prize. With a value of over $100,000 it was the most expensive single item giveaway the show has ever had.
The Geely Panda, a tiny Chinese gas-powered car with a 1.3 liter engine that gets 48 mpg, is going to have an electric version available sometime this year. The electric Panda will have an LC-E lithium-ion battery, 340V charge system, max. speed of 40 mph, and a range of 50 miles.
The Auriga Leader, a Japanese owned NYK cargo ship capable of carrying 6,400 cars and using over 300 solar panels as part of its power supply was docked in Long Beach yesterday, and just departed. It is the first commerical cargo ship employing solar power technology to reduce diesel emissions. The solar panels can supply up to [...]
Ohio state trooper cruisers are getting small solar panels to assist in the powering of their onboard equipment. 1,150 Ford Crown Victoria cruisers will get 5 watt solar panels to improve battery peformance and reduce fuel consumption. » See also: Follow Feed-in-tariff solar legislation at 1bog.org » Get Gas 2.0 by RSS. The solar panels [...]
1891 Morrison Made by William Morrison in 1891, some say the Morrison was the first electric vehicle in America. It had a four horsepower engine , and could carry 6-12 passengers. Top speed was about 20 mph. The batteries needed to be recharged every 50 miles. It has been said the car was actually completed in 1887 [...]
Biodiesel produced from saltwater-based Algae could be cost competitive with petroleum diesel, according to some reports. Aurora Biofuels, located in Alameda, CA has reported their 18 month pilot project produced 1,000 gallons of ATSM quality biodiesel in Florida open ponds of just 1/8th of an acre. The company estimates they could grow 6,000 gallons per acre [...]
