Honda has been the sole automaker with a reliable CNG car for way too long. On the heels of Honda announcing they will make twice as many natural gas cars as last year; Toyota has recently displayed the new CNG Camry hybrid at the Los Angeles Auto Show. What better place to show off the future of green cars than at the city that is the mecca for all things eco-friendly.
One of the World’s largest reserves of Natural Gas lies here in the U.S.! So why should be pay other countries for oil when we could use our own resources and tap into those large pockets of natural gas. I’ve been wondering this for years now and since Honda is doing so well, and there are home fueling kits for natural gas, this seems like the next logical step for the world’s most powerful auto maker.
The CNG Toyota Camry Hybrid will be based on the current gas-electric version, just instead of a gas engine this car will be powered by natural gas-electric motor. Horsepower will suffer a tiny bit and the average fuel economy will shrink from 34 MPG to 33 MPG, based on estimates. The range on this eco-friendly car will be over 250 miles. But when you consider that natural gas is cheaper than regular petrol…..this seems like a viable car!
Sources: http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/11/toyota-shows-co.html
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/24/la-preview-toyota-to-display-cng-fueled-camry-hybrid-concept/
2 comments:
To bad Toyota only has plans to release it in India at the moment. Hopefully Mercedes will go through with their plans to release a NGV in America.
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a beautiful line. Economy is very important
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