[bullheimer]

Yeah me either. this lady showed me one. a 1999 ford ranger 'electric'. i got pics of the 'engine' and under the rear end. boy is it weird. has the plug in in the grill.

i will post pics later, but too busy right now.

btw chevy sells a Natural Gas pick up now, and last year vans as well.

also, Honda sells a natural gas civic or something.

good luck filling them up tho!

[matt167]

Yep. Ranger EV was not popular, but they were lease-only vehicles. Their production ran '98-'02 and all leases were terminated/ vehicles recalled by 2004. Most of those trucks have been destroyed but some still exist

[bullheimer]

yes that's what she said, that Ford collected them all after the leases were up and smashed them all. somehow her's made it out alive. i had no idea!

[bullheimer]

got back as quick as i could with pictures, hope it isn't too soon for you! hahahahaha! they are in my photo album, dammit!


Badging

rear axle

motor, and i mean motor

i think the gal said the battery was under the pickup bed

[JGK95]

My brother has the cng Civic from Honda and is officially off of the grid. He now pays $2.xx something a gallon or however they calculate it. Bonus is that he gets to run in the CA HOV lanes.

[bullheimer]

yes, that is quite remarkable that they are making a honda that runs on cng, as well as last year Chevy made a cargo van and added to that this year with a pickup! imagine no more gasoline! TOO BAD THERE'S ALMOST NOWHERE YOU CAN BUY CNG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (that has a car nozzle)

when you hear about all the BS how we need to get off of foreign oil, they have ZERO infrastructure to support either cng or electric vehiculars. what a joke our govt is. suckwads!

trust me, i live on the I5 corridor in washington and there is one elec. car charging station at the rest stop at Custer, a couple somewhere down south, and one privately owned one at the Burlington Outlet mall. other than that forget it. there is ONE place you can go to get your cng car filled up, 20 miles south of here in Arlington, and that is the only place north of seattle. what a joke.

[JGK95]

Bull hockey! It's gradually rolling out and when it hits the Midwest I'm a buyer. It'll be no more $4 bucks a gallon for me.

[bullheimer]

Dont hold your breath, and where to Bulls learn how to play hockey? How do they get their ice skates on?

[bullheimer]

oh if you don't believe me a quick google search of both e.v. charging stations as well as cng automobile filling sites is readily available online. they are there to help people who have electric or cng vehicles. (and God knows they will need them). have fun and don't cry in your beer too much.

[JGK95]

I'm just pulling your chain. But the sooner we get off fossil fuel, the better. Check out a CNG-powered factory five 33 street rod in Google search.

From May 18, 2010!

http://m.jalopnik.com/5539315/natura...reen-very-fast

[sedanbob]

There are several companies around St. Louis that run their fleets on CNG, most of them installed their own filling sites. They are looking to install CNG stations around town, it's just slow in coming.