Alternative fuel could save drivers up to $1.50 per gallon
With gasoline prices nearing $4 a gallon, more companies, cities and individuals are considering an alternative fuel for vehicles: compressed natural gas, which is cheaper, cleaner and made in the USA.
City looking at alternative fuel vehicles (with video)
AVON LAKE — Save for an eye-catching yellow tank perched in the back of the truck bed, the idling Ford F-150 parked near JGD Associates in Avon Lake yesterday looked like any other.
Like all automakers, Ford has invested aggressively in hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles. But meeting ambitious new U.S. fuel economy standards -- a fleet average of 54.5 m.p.g. by 2025 -- will take more than a well-meaning faith that American car buyers will embrace alternative powertrains.
NADA: Economic Conditions Jell for Higher New Car Sales in 2012
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sales of small cars, SUVs and other light trucks will lead the way toward what Paul Taylor, chief economist of the National Automobile Dealers Association, predicts ...