Alternative Fuel Vehicles

If there were an alternative electric vehicle that could be delivered by January 2009, for $35,000.00 and it were truly comparable, speed, distance etc, is there 100,000 people that would commit to the first 100,000 produces?

What would the gas price per gallon have to be to get 100,000 contracts in america?

2007-05-31 18:18:33 · 12 answers · asked by Thomas from Miisk 2

if not, can it burn any ethanol mix?

2007-05-31 15:56:16 · 4 answers · asked by The Big Bean 3

2007-05-31 09:41:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

bio-deisel, electricity, hydrogen, and now compressed air. It seems the list of "green" cars just keeps on expanding, yet I personally have never even seen a way of refueling any of these cars at any of the gas stations Ive ever been to.

I'd love to buy a car that can refuel for 2 dollars on compressed air but I doubt id make it past my first tank before parking it.

So how can people who are interested in exploiting these new technologies get gas stations to add the means neccesary to refuel them?

2007-05-31 05:00:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

It would be great as a second vehicle in big cities.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/new_cars/4217016.html

2007-05-31 04:02:02 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Read about the first commercial compressed air car manufactured in India.

http://macrocosm-magbook.blogspot.com/2007/05/commercial-compressed-air-cars-break.html

2007-05-30 19:39:31 · 15 answers · asked by alvinwriter 2

Why is this product not the TOTAL SOLUTION??

2007-05-30 15:57:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just got a new car, a Volkwagen Jetta, that is diesel and I used to drive a Dodge Neon. I find my gas (diesel) mileage to be much much better driving my Volkswagen, but I was wondering if anyone can tell me if I am doing anything to help the environment by burning diesel.

I used to get approximately 400km (250 miles) on 60 litres (15US gal )of gas with the Neon.
Now with my VW I get 900 km (560 miles) on 45 litres (12US gal) of diesel.

2007-05-30 13:33:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-30 13:24:03 · 9 answers · asked by Nsth 2

2007-05-30 12:34:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-30 11:16:56 · 11 answers · asked by Josh P 1

2007-05-30 10:30:04 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

what do i do

2007-05-30 06:44:14 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I read in a question the yahoo had annouced it was going carbon neutral. How do think Yahoo! will do it?

2007-05-29 16:04:56 · 5 answers · asked by I <3 My Hamster Smokey! 6

2007-05-29 08:37:04 · 12 answers · asked by Adam K 1

Using a small steam engine, which is more efficient, cleaner and simpler than an IC engine, to run an alternator to keep the batteries charged to power the electric motors, solves the problem of short ranges for EV's. It also solves the drawbacks of straight steam power. Water tube boilers do not explode. Thermoelectrics could also generate electricity from the waste heat making it more efficient. It could also use any liquid or gaseous fuel made, reducing dependence on oil.

The steam engine people feel steam is perfect as is, it's not, and refuse to consider a hybrid. The electric vehicle people feel EV's are perfect, they are not, and refuse to consider a hybrid. The Internal Combustion people are married to Big Oil and their hybdrids are so complex to hold down the normal IC pollution that they break down regularly. Can't afford to build one myself. Anyone interested out there?

2007-05-29 04:30:55 · 14 answers · asked by Taganan 3

By burning the same amount of fuel I would think it would produce the same amount of greenhouse gas, since that's from the chemical hydrocarbon + O2 reaction caused by burning....

2007-05-28 12:24:10 · 6 answers · asked by ragapple 7

2007-05-28 12:13:06 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

if so, how much can a tankful of propane last?

2007-05-28 09:27:28 · 8 answers · asked by The Big Bean 3

2007-05-27 13:29:29 · 8 answers · asked by Lauren G 1

Is it better to continue to use my 14-year old vehicle with less than average gas mileage or buy a new vehicle that gets better mileage? I am still burning fuel either way, but a new car is built with additional materials from the earth, and causes pollution secondary to manufacture. If I could buy a car that didn't burn fossil fuels, and that I could fill-up/recharge easily I would go for it. I also wouldn't think a moment about buying a gas burning car if the MPG was somewhere close to 100.

I don't know much about the current materials being used to build green cars --- but I assume they don't materialize without a primary or secondary effect on the environment.

2007-05-27 13:05:06 · 15 answers · asked by Izdiwaj 2

chevrolet is designing an electric car called the volt. you can go to chevy's website and vote for them to build it. do you think the volt will have the same fate as previous electric cars, or do you think it has a shot of being mass produced?

2007-05-26 13:46:55 · 37 answers · asked by Jen B 2

2007-05-26 13:29:26 · 6 answers · asked by Jack AbramOn 2

2007-05-26 12:29:52 · 15 answers · asked by Mitch R 1

It is well know that America is one of the fatest nations on Earth, so why not set up lipo-centers to take "fat donations" and then use it for fuel? I see a win-win situation here, people with unwanted fat get it sucked out at no fee, and we reduce our dependence on oil.

So, possible reality or just wishfull thinking?

2007-05-26 09:30:56 · 22 answers · asked by Bunny 2

2007-05-26 04:15:54 · 8 answers · asked by Colin S 2

IMHO, the solution is a True Hybrid. More than 50 years ago the Railroads figured it out (sorta)-why do you think the locomotives that pull the big freight trains are called Diesel-Electrics? And the military has figured it out (sorta)- they have a prototype next gen HummVee in testing. Even stodgy old GM has almost got it, with their Roller Skate platform. What we need are vehicles powered by electric motors in the wheels, with electricity from an onboard generator driven by an engine that burns a bio-fuel(NOT blended gasoline or diesel), that's produced in a plant that uses biofuel. And what if our farmers became so good at raising whatever crop is needed to produce the biofuels, that we stopped needing to import oil, and actually became a fuel supplier to the world?

2007-05-26 01:08:53 · 15 answers · asked by topguntechie 1

using the same type of internal-combustion, gasoline powered engine?

Why do we not have anything better? We have electronic mail, space shuttles, cell phones etc but we still have to use gas to power our cars?

2007-05-25 12:46:53 · 14 answers · asked by rusefox 3

The cost of gasoline is at an all time high. Will purchasing smaller, more economical vehicles aid in the reduction of consuming gas and funds expended ? Are SUV's and other large vehicles necessary for normal day to day driving? Is big and bigger vehicles needed as family size vehicles?

2007-05-25 08:54:28 · 21 answers · asked by Butch. 4

2007-05-25 08:38:41 · 14 answers · asked by JaHannah 2