Are Natural Gas Cars Making a Comback?

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Muhammed El-Hasan
on September 24, 2008 12:19 PM | | Comments (0) |

I bet Toyota's decision to put more stock into CNG-powered vehicles came at the height of oil prices.


(USA Today) PORTLAND, Ore. -- Toyota will announce today that it is taking a new look at an alternative fuel that it had left behind: compressed natural gas.
And Honda, the only maker now of a CNG-powered car, plans to make twice as many of those environmentally friendly Civics for the U.S. in 2009 as it did last year.

Toyota says it will display a concept version of a CNG-electric hybrid Camry at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November. Though it has made no commitment to production, the unveiling is tied to a burst of renewed interest.

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