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Rick Santellis is converting a Ford F-150 to CNG on live TV!!! He is showing how easy it is for a car or truck to be converted. MSNBC is helping people to see the future with this publicity stunt. They are currently in Edmond Oklahoma working with CNG Interstate which is just north of the Oklahoma city area.  It is important to remember that in Oklahoma there are lots more CNG stations than in other part of the country. Also, that they sell CNG at a cheaper price than in most arts of the country. It is…

CNG is becoming more popular throughout the United States. The greatest thing about CNG is that it can be fitted to almost any car or truck. However, the start up cost has been holding people back. The current cost to convert a car is about $7,000. Even though technically you can make that money back in a little over a year in savings from fuel cost people still are having a tuff time pulling the trigger. So with the help of Chesapeake Energy, 3M is trying…

Stanford University is working on a highway that will charge your car as you drive. The process will be done through coils that are in the road as well as on the car through a process called Magnetic Resonance Coupling. The coils will work through a frequency much like the wireless charging pads that are becoming more and more popular for cell phones.  Through these processes batteries are able to be charged from a distance and without physical contact to a power source. This could take a while to implement but it is an exciting new way to get around.

Nissan is looking to boost sales of the leaf by making it faster to charge up. The company is going to distribute 800 quick chargers in the next few months. Most current vehicles are “level 2″ and tak a hours to charge up. The new quick charger will take charging the battery down to a 30 min charge time. This will only get you an 80% full charge but it will for sure make the vehicle more economical to drive around town.

The new Dodge ram 2500 will now be powered by natural gas. As I reported yesterday, the new Chevy 2500 HD has just done the exact same thing. The new Dodge will have an onboard CNG tank that is capable of driving the truck for 255 miles. Not to mention that it will also have a gas tank that will be good for an additional 112 miles. This truck will also be covered under a three year or 36,000 mile bumper to bumper warranty. As well as a 5 year/100,000 power train warranty.

Gas Prices are up and CNG is becoming more and more of a reality. Billionaire T. Boone Pickens backing the push for CNG and even President Obama has expressed interest in the technology. Now GM is pushing towards the next step. GM will now be producing Trucks with a production line option to run CNG on their V6 ans V8 engines. They have not given the option to all trucks but they will include the 2013, 2500 HD Silverado and Sierra. Vehicles running on CNG have the potential to both improve the environment and gas…

I learned some new news at the DFW Clean Cities meeting the other day. Concerning, the taxi cab CNG problem at DFW Airport. Basically, the issue is that DFW International Airport would like to do their part to increase awareness of CNG while also incentivizing taxis to run on cleaner fuels. DFW will do this by letting the taxis that do, switch to CNG. Move to the front of the line while waiting for new fairs. By converting to CNG the taxi companies stand to make quite a bit of money after the initial investment has been paid off by fuel savings. So…

Link to T. Boone’s interview on CNBC

After 3 1/2 years T. Boone finally has the government listening to him. He says that if we don’t get on our own resources we’ve got to be really stupid people. according to the Pickens Plan website in 1970 we imported 24% of our oil, now we are at more like 65% and growing. In this interview he says that we have access to 250 Billion barrels of oil from Fort McMurray in Canada. Boone explains that, we act like the Canadians are part of the United States and…

He knew what he was talking about 4 years ago. However, he was much more interested in wind and renewable energy. This is Pre-Pickens Plan. When his interviewer asks, “Why dont we just use the oil of other countries, when the price is so cheap?” Boone will explain.

AT&T just made the largest order of natural gas powered vehicles in history. Their first order consisted of 1,200 CNG powered Vans but AT&T says there are more to come. The vehicle they ordered is the Chevrolet Express Van which is perfectly suited for this type of conversion right off the line. It’s engine is constructed with hardened exhaust parts that are ideal for conversion to high-pressure fuels. These Vans will still be covered by the OEM Warranty for 36,000 miles even after the conversion. AT&T has committed to spending $565 Million over the next 10 years to convert over 15,000 of their…