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October 28, 2005
Honda & Fuelmaker attempts to boost gas powered car sales by turning homes into "Gas" stations
Dispite sky rocketing prices of petroleum, alternative energy powered vehicles such as FuelCell cars are yet to become mainstream because of high vehicle price.
Further complicating the issue of course is the chicken and egg debate. There has to be enough alternative fuel cars to justify investment in re-fueling infrastructure. But without filling stations you cannot have that many alternative cars on the road.
With the Civic GX, the natural gas powered vehicle from Honda, the company believes that it can provide a much more practical solution to delivering environmentally friendly energy efficient cars. Partnering with Canada's Fuelmaker Corporation, Honda is giving away appliances that effectively turns homes that have gas into filling stations for their car to a limited group of California buyers of Civic GX.
FuelMaker developed Phill, a home-based refueling appliance that can be mounted to a garage wall either indoors or outdoors, allows natural gas powered vehicles to be refueled overnight directly from a homeowner's existing natural gas supply line. Phill provides Civic GX drivers enough fuel for approximately 100 miles of driving on an eight hour refueling cycle.
Posted by admin at October 28, 2005 02:47 AM