landowner

Mercedes To Bring Natural Gas Powered Vehicles To U.S.

Mercedes-Benz will be revealing the compact B-Class hatch that has been built with a powertrain – which is designed to be powered by compressed natural gas. They will be showing this new design at the Washington Auto Show. Mercedes has already produced a dual-fuel version of the B-Class in Europe that can run on either petrol or compressed natural gas or both.

They have hopes that this same model or one even better will make its way to the United States. William Craven – the general manager for the regulatory affairs for Daimler’s Washington office told Automotive News that they want to test it for the U.S. market. “We’re testing the market” he said.

Views: 245

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion


landownerPermalink Reply by ken hatcher on March 4, 2011 at 10:20
Hmmmm...would be interesting to know the sticker price on this one.

Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on March 4, 2011 at 10:52
It's a nice day dream, don't ruin it.

landownerPermalink Reply by ledlights on March 4, 2011 at 13:00
I suspect this one will be a "one off".  The folks in Houston who have worked on it say they want to break the current CNG speed record of about 225 mph (I have no idea what classes they have for such vehicle records or whether this is the overall record.)

landownerPermalink Reply by Jeff on March 5, 2011 at 11:46
Where is my pickup truck?  Come on GM, Ford, Nissan, anyone?

RSS

© 2026   Created by Keith Mauck (Site Publisher).   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service