Car that runs on natural gas and electric battery?

[trentr]

I've never heard of such a car before. Are they talking about the Volt? :?

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/03/01/california-carpool-lanes-open-to-solo-drivers-of-green-vehicles/#comments" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

His car doesn’t run on gasoline but uses natural gas and an electric battery, allowing him to use HOV lanes as a solo driver.

 

[LEAFfan]

I've never heard of such a car before. Are they talking about the Volt? :?

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/03/01/california-carpool-lanes-open-to-solo-drivers-of-green-vehicles/#comments" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

His car doesn’t run on gasoline but uses natural gas and an electric battery, allowing him to use HOV lanes as a solo driver.

It shows a pic of a Volt. There aren't any hybrids that I know of that use CNG and a battery pack. He won't be able to drive here (legally) in the HOV lanes.

 

[LakeLeaf]

Looks like the article has been edited

His car doesn’t run on gasoline but uses natural gas, allowing him to use HOV lanes as a solo driver.

Sounds like either a Honda CNG or he has had a CNG retrofit. A CNG powered vehicle can get the white HOV sticker.

 

[Boomer23]

Typical clueless media reporter that has their facts wrong. It's either a CNG car or an EV. If it's one of the new Volts that GM has re-engineered to qualify for the HOV lanes, they haven't been delivering them yet, I don't think, and the driver wouldn't have had time to get his HOV stickers yet.

 

[trentr]

Looks like the article has been edited

Yes, they fixed the article, but not the embedded video. Good luck fixing that. :roll:

 

[LakeLeaf]

Yes, they fixed the article, but not the embedded video. Good luck fixing that. :roll:

Maybe they got a Google alert that you linked to the article and they stopped by to read your review