Green Driving

The Via VTrux, a converted Chevy Silverado to run mostly on electricity, is capable of about 100 MPGe. Most Americans will probably think of the Toyota Prius, Chevy Volt or Smart ForTwo as the most important green alternative vehicle of the past decade.  But considering the mass appeal of pick-ups, it’s the hard-working everyday truck that could be the biggest unrealized opportunity to save gas for consumers, and save our atmosphere from more tailpipe emission...

Is a CNG Vehicle Right for You? The Civic Natural Gas provides all the reliability of a Civic, but the ability to use cheap clean CNG as a fuel.Compressed natural gas is a cleaner and less expensive automotive fuel than gasoline, and it generally comes from domestic sources. When considering the purchase of a CNG vehicle, owners should first determine whether convenient and reliable CNG fueling is available nearby. Natural gas is normally used in the U.S. to...

President Barack Obama has occasionally voiced public support for compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles over the past few years. But the chief transportation priorities of the administration and Energy Secretary Steven Chu have been clear: raising the overall fuel economy of consumer vehicles and promoting early adoption of plug-in electric vehicles. However, recently the federal government is growing more confident in CNG's ability to fit into the national transportat...

Consumers looking for dramatic savings at the pumps should consider two of the most popular alternative fuel options: electricity and natural gas. But which one makes the most sense? One way to analyze electric versus CNC vehicles is to compare their relative costs—both in terms of upfront purchase price and per-mile fuel prices. The most logical comparison is between the Honda Civic Natural Gas, the only mass-market consumer vehicle available for sale in the U.S., an...