Want to fuel your car off that well on your property? Well sort of.

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WASHINGTON -- General Motors said it will sell a version of the Chevrolet Impala sedan with the ability to switch between gasoline and natural gas, part of the automaker's plan for taking advantage of a U.S. drilling boom that has made natural gas a more viable fuel for cars.

The dual-fuel Impala, announced today by CEO Dan Akerson at a conference here, will have one engine and two fuel tanks -- one for gasoline and one for compressed natural gas. That means drivers could almost instantly switch between fuels, depending on what is cheap and available.


Akerson said the sedan will have a combined range of up to 500 miles, with a large enough gasoline tank for 350 miles of driving and a large enough CNG tank for 150 miles. It is slated to go on sale next summer as a 2015 model.


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Permalink Reply by rmc on October 17, 2013 at 12:38am
I wonder if it is still fleet sales only ?
I tried to buy one several years ago to find out that you had to buy seven vehicles in order to purchase one.
But don't worry folks you can go on Ebay and purchase a old Goverment vehicle that is bifuel and you can purchase a used Phill Station for home use and be using you're own gas in no time at all.
I have to say it is nice to drive past the gas stations and when you're friends are talking about the price of gasoline,they look at you funny cause you don't know what the price is.
Permalink Reply by EMC on October 17, 2013 at 6:27am

I have two 2001 Bi-Fuel Cavaliers that I fuel at home with a Fuelmaker compressor.

They were Government vehicles that were auctioned off. I have put a combined 200,000 miles on them with very few problems. They run just as well on CNG as they do on gasoline. They can run on low cost natural gas for about 200 miles and also over 400 on gasoline. The cons are the high cost of a good home compressor and the cost to repair the Bi-Fuel system when it needs it. They also have limited trunk space. Most dual-fuel vehicles in Ohio are filled with CNG at private fueling stations. There are very few stations open to the public in Ohio. Hopefully, as the number of CNG vehicles increases, many more public stations will be built here.

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