If you follow the alternative vehicle headlines, you’ve probably seen the stories about the VW Beetle that’s been converted to “run on poop.” All of the expected puns have been used: Dung Beetle, the Bio Bug, etc. To burst the bubble right away, though, this VW is just a car running on compressed natural gas [...]
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The Now and the Later of Alternative Cars
July 2nd, 2010 
Aaron Turpen Image via Wikipedia by Aaron Turpen, AboutAlternativeCars Alternative vehicles are always in the news, yet data shows that they are a very small part of the overall transportation market as a whole. Often described as “sexy” for headline grabbing, alternative cars are statistically nothing more than a marketing toy. That is changing, but only slowly. [...]
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Tags: Electric vehicle, Natural gas vehicle, Transportation 
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