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Volkswagen launches Golf Plus Bi-Fuel in Germany
VW Golf Plus - Click above image for high-res gallery Volkswagen has added another LPG-fueled model to its lineup with the new Golf Plus BiFuel. Like most other vehicles capable of running on liquified petroleum gas, the Golf has a dual fuel setup that allows the driver to switch over to gasoline if LPG is not available. The use of LPG cuts emissions of carbon dioxide by 10% from 179 g/km with gasoline to 159 g/km and reduces operating costs because LPG gets a tax break in Germany until 2018. VW has incorporated the LPG tank into the spare ... Read more →
Dacia introduces LPG fueled Logan in France at €6,700 Sam Abuelsamid
Renault's low-cost Dacia brand has just introduced a new LPG-fueled version of the Logan sedan in France. The Logan is powered by the same 75 hp 1.4-liter engine used in the Sandero that debuted in ...
BMW expands landfill-methane electrical generation at Spartanburg plant Sam Abuelsamid
Since 2002, BMW's assembly plant in Spartanburg, SC has been using methane captured from a nearby landfill site to fuel electrical generators. As part of the current expansion of the plant to support ...
TransAtlas: a new and interactive map for alt-fuel hunters, policymakers Sebastian Blanco
Ever wondered where all the biodiesel drivers are? Or how about where to find the most corn ethanol is made? Questions like these can be answered over at TransAtlas, a new project by the U.S. ...
LPG-fueled Chevy Spark launched in India Sam Abuelsamid
Chevrolet has just launched a factory LPG conversion of the little Spark in the Indian market. The Spark is re-badged version of the Daewoo Matiz sold in most of Asia. While there are a number of ...
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VIDEO: Orange County Choppers builds custom motorcycle powered by natural gas 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Orange County Choppers natural gas-powered motorcycle - Click above to watch a video after the break Just about two years ago, the crew from Orange County Choppers built a custom motorcycle powered by E85. That bike was paid for by the Iowa Farm Bureau, which obviously has a vested interest in ...
227 MPH Audi A4 beats Bugatti to set world record for fastest car powered by biogas 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
After a few earlier attempts were unsuccessful in setting an official record, Jürgen Hohenester, a German racecar driver and automotive tuner, has finally set a new world record for reaching the fastest speed ever recorded running a vehicle on biogas. Yes, Guiness has indeed been notified. ...
Honda starts making Civic GX in Indiana 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Honda Civic GX - click above for high-res image gallery We recently discussed the benefits and challenges of running a car on natural gas. If that inspired you to think about making the switch, you probably pretty quickly narrowed down your choices down to the Honda Civic GX and, well, that's it ...
Volkswagen installs TSI EcoFuel in the Touran minivan 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Volkswagen has apparently decided it's about time to install its latest and most powerful CNG (compressed natural gas) bifuel powertrain under the hood of the Touran, a compact MPV, as well as the Cross Touran (pictured above). The 1.4-liter TSI EcoFuel powerplant has an output of 150 horsepower ...
Honda's FuelMaker finds a new home at Fuel Systems Solutions 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
FuelMaker, the Honda company that makes the Phill natural gas home refueling system, was forced into involuntary bankruptcy about a month ago. For a while, T. Boone Pickens' Clean Energy Fuels was maybe going to buy the company, but that didn't happen. Honda has found a buyer for FuelMaker, though, ...
Fiat likes compressed natural gas, now offering 6 different models 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Will compressed natural gas soon be a widely used automotive fuel in the U.S.? Probably not, but it could become more common if Fiat's European moves are any indication. CNG is a popular alternative in some parts of Europe and several automakers, including Fiat, offer factory-equipped cars that run ...
ADAC says Passat EcoFuel is the greenest car in Europe 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
ADAC, the famous German drivers' association, thinks that the VW Passat TSI EcoFuel Trendlne with natural gas (CNG) is the most environmentally friendly car in Europe. This is the result of ADAC's ECOT, in which the car scored 92 out of 100 points. The car received special awards during the ...
Can I run a car on natural gas? 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Can you run a car on compressed natural gas? Yes, you can. Wow, that was easy. I guess we can wrap up this week's Greenlings post quickly. Not so fast. Like just about everything else in this world, the full answer is much more complicated than the simple yes. Here in the United States, there are ...
Shanghai 2009: Hyundai shows off two hybrids 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Hyundai Avante LPI Hybrid - Click above for a high-res image gallery Hyundai brought two hybrid vehicles to the Shanghai Motor Show this week. The first one is based on the popular Santa Fe crossover utility vehicle platform, and it adds a 30kW electric motor to the 2.4L four cylinder engine. ...
TÃœV Rheinland warns against cheap LPG and CNG conversions 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
German motorists are eager to convert their cars to run with LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) and CNG (Compressed Natural Gas). However, unless your next car purchase comes with the LPG/CNG conversion as standard, you should be careful where you get your car converted, according to TÜV Rheinland. ...
Dixie Chopper launches World's First CNG riding mower 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Dixie Chopper looks to improve on the dismal realities of the exhaust-spewing riding lawn mower with its latest machine, the Xcaliber Eco-Eagle. The new mower is powered by a 990cc engine from Generac that's been tuned to run on compressed natural gas, which is both significantly cheaper and ...
Suzuki announces hybrids and CNG vehicles for India 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Maruti Suzuki in India has announced ambitious plans for alternative powertrains for three or four models in the Indian market. Although the company aims for an all-electric model in the long run, the short term will see bi-fuel natural gas/gasoline powertrains available to take advantage of ...
Volkswagen to run CNG Scirocco in Nurburgring 24 hours 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
VW Scirocco GT24 CNG - click above for a high res gallery Volkswagen is looking to follow up its victory at this year's Dakar rally with a completely different kind of alternative-fueled racer. While the diesel Touaregs raced across South America in January, a pair of natural gas-fueled ...
Yamaha tests golf cart powered with cow dung 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
What can you do with cow dung? We can think of at least one green car option: transform it into biomethane and use the gas to power a golf cart. This is what the engineers at Yamaha in Katori, in Chiba Prefecture. Osaka Gas Co. provided the methane at a low cost. It was then stored in a special tank ...
Roush propane-fueled F-150 gets CARB approval 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The new propane fuel conversions of the Ford F-150 pickup being produced by Livonia, Michigan-based Roush Industries are now legal for sale in California. The California Air Resources Board has made the Roush F-150 the first vehicle to be officially certified to the latest 2004 OBD-II regulations ...
Fuelmaker goes bankrupt, Honda to blame? 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Fuelmaker, the company that creates the PHILL compressed natural gas filling stations for residential and commercial use, has just been driven into involuntary bankruptcy. You may recall that Fuelmaker is owned by Honda, which had been in negotiations last year to sell the company to a number of ...
Opel Astra Caravan CNG hybrid with GPS-enabled smart powertrain 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
After two years of research, Opel and the Institute for Combustion Engines and Motor Vehicles at the University of Stuttgart have developed a CNG-hybrid version of the Opel Astra Caravan. The car uses an all-new 1-liter 3-cylinder turbocharged engine that manages to produce 97hp and 160 Nm of ...
Florida drivers can now buy bi-fuel CNG Ford Focus 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Consumer availability of natural gas vehicles in the U.S. market tends to be very limited. The only regularly available factory CNG car on sale right now is the Honda Civic GX and that's only available in California and New York. Other than that it's pretty much third party conversions. Wise Gas is ...
Citroën adds dual fuel to Dispatch delivery truck for UK market 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click to enlarge Citroën's new Dispatch 1000 L1H1 2.0i 140 brings to five the number of dual fuel (liquefied petroleum gas, aka LPG, and petrol) vehicles in the marque's UK line-up. The Dispatch 1000 joins the Nemo 1.4i X and three Berlingo models in sharing this alternative-fueled ...
Ford to unveil tri-fuel Mondeo at Leipzig Motor Show 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Ford plans to use the Leipzig Motor Show to unveil a new version of the super popular Mondeo capable of running on gasoline, ethanol or liquified petroleum gas. As a flex-fuel car, a computer can detect what concentrations of gas or ethanol are pumped into the tank and can adjust the engine's ...
Death Star goes green, 15,000 alt-fuel vehicles coming to AT&T fleet 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above to watch video after the jump Although AT&T claims it wants to be more sustainable, today's announcement from the telecom behemoth is more about cutting operating expenses as fuel costs climb. Whatever the reason, the addition of 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles to the company's ...
UPS deploys 300 CNG trucks in four states, now has 800 worldwide 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
UPS has announced the deployment of 300 new CNG-powered trucks in North America. The trucks have been deployed over the past month to Denver (43 units); Atlanta (46); Oklahoma City (100), and four cities in California: Sacramento (21), San Ramon (63), Los Angeles (9) and Ontario (18). This gives ...
VW Caddy EcoFuel on sale in the UK this summer 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click on the image above for a gallery of the VW Caddy EcoFuel Putting natural gas in the tank isn't the first thing people think about when they talk green cars (unless said person is T. Boone Pickens) but in Europe, especially, natural gas is a somewhat common alternative fuel. Volkswagen has ...
British supermarket chain Sainsbury's to use biomethane in its trucks 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Clean Air Power has announced that one of Britain's largest supermarket chains, Sainsbury's, has signed a contract with them to expand the use of biomethane in their trucks. Back in August 2007, Sainsbury's tried Clean Air's technology for the first time and in August 2008, it began to operate one ...
Semi trucks converted to run on biomethane from cow manure 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Looking for a sustainable fuel to power your fleet of semi trucks? If you are a dairy farm, we'd bet that the one thing you've got too much of is cow manure. Hilarides Dairy happens to have this exact problem, and it's turning it into a solution. Over 10,000 cows will happily provide enough dung to ...
Argentina motorbike manufacturer launches CNG bike 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Argentina's most important motorbike manufacturer, Zanella, has announced its first factory-installed CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) powered bike. The bike, which is a converted RX150 model, has 150 cc displacement and the conversion adds two tanks of gas for a range of approximately 200 kilometers ...
Roush adds propane-powered E-250 to existing F-150 and F-250 line 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a gallery of the Roush propane-powered F-250 and E-250 Last month, Roush started showing off a new propane-powered F-250 truck to go alongside the gaseous F-150 that it released last year. Roush has now also announced that it will convert the E-250 van model to propane power as ...
Dutch LPG giant expands to Germany 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Benelux (made up of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) is one of the world's largest LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) markets. The most important distributor of this fuel in Benelux, BK-GAS, has announced plans to expand to Germany, after its successful move to France, Italy and Poland. The Dutch ...
Chicago 2009: Propane-powered Saturn Vue Hybrid 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a gallery of the propane-powered Saturn Vue Hybrid Tucked away in a corner of the Chicago Auto Show was a booth from Shell Gasoline, and included amongst the tuner vehicles was a Saturn Vue Hybrid that was converted to run on propane. Other modifications to the vehicle include a ...
Iran's Samand Soren boasts the world's most powerful natural-gas car engine 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Iran's most important car manufacturer, Iran Khodro, has announced they are developing the world's most powerful natural gas engine. The engine is installed in the marque's latest model, the Samand Soren (a car which can trace its roots to the Peugeot 405). Although this claim should be checked ...
Renault adds eco2 branding to low-end Dacia lineup 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Following in the path formed by just about every other European automaker, Renault is expanding its eco2 branding to its low-end Dacia brand. The eco2 branding refers to special low-CO2 emissions variants. In this case, Dacia will offer special versions of the Sandero and Logan. Both models will be ...
