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It appears as GM dumps the volt they are moving toward natural gas and I applaud them for doing both. America is the Saudi Arabia of natural gas and this is a step in the right direction. Infrastructure to distribute natural gas is a problem but GM is doing this right by making their new vehicle run on gasoline too. This could really pave the way to get us off foreign oil. Another great thig is this vehicle will have twice the driving range as a regular gas car, GM may be back.
How common are natural gas stations?
How common are natural gas stations?
That's the beauty of GM idea to use gasoline and natural gas. A transition vehicle like this is needed to bridge the gap between natural gas stations. As more people get these vehicles more natural gas stations will spring up which will eventually allow a complete switch over. I would agree with Rocket on this one too, my tax payer dollars would be well spent by giving incentives and tax breaks to get this infrastructure going. I have been waiting for some new technology before trading in my old pickup, this just may be it.
It appears as GM dumps the volt they are moving toward natural gas and I applaud them for doing both. America is the Saudi Arabia of natural gas and this is a step in the right direction. Infrastructure to distribute natural gas is a problem but GM is doing this right by making their new vehicle run on gasoline too. This could really pave the way to get us off foreign oil. Another great thig is this vehicle will have twice the driving range as a regular gas car, GM may be back.
"At a time when gas prices continue to rise, alternative fuel sources for vehicles is a topic on just about every driver's mind. General Motors recently announced that they will debut two new pickup trucks next year that will run on both regular gasoline and compressed natural gas."
The new cars will use a system similar to how the Chevrolet Volt handles electricity and gas. When the Volt runs out of electric power, it switches to gasoline. A similar transition happens on the new versions of the Silverado and Sierra, with the truck using its natural gas reserves first before automatically switching to gasoline. Starting with two full tanks, the automaker says that drivers will be able to travel 650 miles before needing to fill up.
New GM pickups will have natural gas option - Car news - Zimbio
That is the problem, but you're trying to put the cart before the horse. Before cars were common, there weren't gas stations all over the place either. The gas stations came after the cars.
It appears as GM dumps the volt they are moving toward natural gas and I applaud them for doing both. America is the Saudi Arabia of natural gas and this is a step in the right direction. Infrastructure to distribute natural gas is a problem but GM is doing this right by making their new vehicle run on gasoline too. This could really pave the way to get us off foreign oil. Another great thig is this vehicle will have twice the driving range as a regular gas car, GM may be back.
"At a time when gas prices continue to rise, alternative fuel sources for vehicles is a topic on just about every driver's mind. General Motors recently announced that they will debut two new pickup trucks next year that will run on both regular gasoline and compressed natural gas."
The new cars will use a system similar to how the Chevrolet Volt handles electricity and gas. When the Volt runs out of electric power, it switches to gasoline. A similar transition happens on the new versions of the Silverado and Sierra, with the truck using its natural gas reserves first before automatically switching to gasoline. Starting with two full tanks, the automaker says that drivers will be able to travel 650 miles before needing to fill up.
New GM pickups will have natural gas option - Car news - Zimbio
I truly apreciate allthe effort being put into new techknowledgy, but from a practical perspective, where am I going to fuel up on natural gas?
Aww not even 1 in my state.
That sucks. One thing's for sure, though. There are helluva lot more CNG stations across the country than there are battery charging stations for electric cars.
Only the rich had the horsless carrage, but it seem GM is trying to sell this truck to the avarage Joe.
Hey, Jay Lenno doesn't need my permission to own exotic tech. More power to him.
The inherent problem is this -- nobody wants to build a bunch of CNG filling stations if there aren't CNG vehicles. No demand = no supply. It seems that (understandably), nobody wants to buy a CNG vehicle if there are no CNG stations. I don't know how to get around that stalemate.
At least this vehicle will run on both. If we can get more vehicles that can do that, maybe the filling stations will start to follow. Another idea would be a big tax credit for gas stations that install a CNG pump to try to stimulate greater availability.
That's why the U.S. government, state and local governments need to make a commitment to buy these cars. Then the fuel stations will be there.
How common are natural gas stations?
They aren't common at all, but a couple of weeks ago, I stopped at a local gas station to fill up, and noticed they are building a Propane filling station on-site. Really surprised me, but it's a large chain, and I figure they must be expecting NG to pick up in demand if they are going to the expense of installing a station.
Propane and NG aren't the same thing. Likely a big propane tank is filled by a truck at the site, and then end users can fill their smaller propane tanks that they bring in. I don't know of any propane piping infrastructure on a wide scale.
It has a simple enough fix. Put a polyurethane coating on the inside of the tank, our troops have been doing that to fuel trucks in theater and it minimizes damage to the shell of the tank and spark interacting with the fuel. It's not perfect but the margin of error goes up significantly.propane is much more dangerous, as well.
Propane and NG aren't the same thing. Likely a big propane tank is filled by a truck at the site, and then end users can fill their smaller propane tanks that they bring in. I don't know of any propane piping infrastructure on a wide scale.
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