More natural gas vehicles in the future?
After hearing about demand being almost doubled for the Honda Civic GX, I was surprised to come across this bit of news on GCC:
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I do hope so. There is a good market for them. Even with limited refueling stations. The Honda Civic GX has a home refueling station which helps.
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I heard from someone "in the know" that NG is the big wave of the future too, but I am skeptical. Here in SoCal it is easy because we already have a decent NG infrastructure. But, I can't see that there is enough to go around. As one component in a multi-pronged solution, I could imagine this becoming maybe 5-10% of the cars being driven. I like the bi-fuel option on the Benz. That's a good idea. CarloSW2 |
The Sprinter has been a great alternative to the Econoline and Full-Sized GM Vans (Express). I'm hoping the new (to the U.S., in 2010) Ford Transit Connect will be a hit too...
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The problem with bi fuel systems is that the engine becomes extremely in efficient when running on natural gas. Natural gas has much high octane, lower energy content and takes up move intake volume than gasoline. A pure natural gas engine like the one found on the Civic GX runs much higher compression and completely different engine tuning compared to the gas engine.
The US has much more natural gas than than oil. There are massive deposits in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast of Florida. Natural gas could replace oil if we had the economy incentives. |
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tjts1~ Natural Gas Utility Companies, would be another place to look, too.
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Gasoline civic engine
Engine Type In-Line 4-Cylinder Engine Block/Cylinder Head Aluminum-Alloy Displacement (cc) 1799 Horsepower @ rpm 140 @ 6300 Torque (lb.-ft. @ rpm) 128 @ 4300 Redline (rpm) 6800 Bore and Stroke (mm) 81 x 87.3 Compression Ratio 10.5:1 Valve Train 16-Valve SOHC i-VTEC® Natural gas civic engine Engine Type In-Line 4-Cylinder Engine Block/Cylinder Head Aluminum-Alloy Displacement (cc) 1799 Horsepower @ rpm (SAE net) 113 @ 6300 Torque (lb.-ft. @ rpm) 109 @ 4300 Bore and Stroke (mm) 81 x 87.3 Compression Ratio 12.5:1 Valve Train 16-Valve SOHC i-VTEC® |
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Does Dartmouth have one of these?
Is that how you got down for the Rutgers Cycling Event? Pretty Cool, I hope we get natural gas busses/taxis in ny soon, there is a filling station going up, and the pollution is nasty. |
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