If you're a potential new car buyer you can choose between the hybrid cars, electric cars or the hybrid electric vehicles available. Looking for a used car? How about one of the pre-owned hybrids or used electric cars. Another option is to convert your current vehicle to run on two other alternative fuel sources, biodiesel or hydrogen.
Hybrid cars are the most popular of the alternative fuel powered vehicles. Hybrid vehicles use a combination of energy sources for power. A hybrid car burn gasoline and an alternative fuel. Common alternative fuel sources are hydrogen, compressed air, liquid natural gas and even electricity.
Electric vehicles exclusively use one alternative fuel source, electricity. The advantages of electric cars is they are virtually emissions free and buyers get a tax credit in the year they are purchased.
The disadvantages of electric cars are they have a limited range before they need to be recharged. They also have limited storage space because electric cars need lots of the space for the batteries.
If you have a diesel engine you can convert it to use an alternative fuel source called biodiesel. Biodiesel is a non-petroleum based product made by converting vegetable oil to fuel. Biodiesel can be used directly in diesel powered vehicles. Some consumers are using cooking oil from fast food restaurants to make biodiesel.
Another alternative fuel source available to power cars is hydrogen gas using an old technology called "Brown's Gas". It works by splitting the hydrogen and oxygen atoms in water to generate energy that increases fuel efficiency. The addition of a fuel cell is required.
The variety and choices of alternative fuel vehicles available to consumers is steadily increasing and becoming more affordable.
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Kit (15 Cell)
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