More natural gas trucks to hit the market
More natural gas-powered automobiles will be hitting market soon, as the prices of rising gasoline, booming production of natural gas & proposed credits of tax make them better option. However, they are long way from getting common sight for driveways of U.S.
Chrysler will be selling Heavy Duty Ram 2500 pick up which runs on CNG compressed natural gas from July. This truck comes with both gasoline tank & natural gas tank of storage, and the engine seamlessly shifts between 2 sources of power. This truck will run for about 255 miles (or 410 kms) with natural gas & 367 miles (or 590 kms) on gasoline.

Chrysler will be having competition. In this year, GMC or General Motors Co. will be selling natural-gas models of 2 pickups – Chevrolet Silverado & GMC Sierra 2500 HD. GM trucks will be running on gasoline & natural gas for around 650 miles (or 1,050 kms). Ford Motor Co. is offering natural-gas powered pick ups & vans since the year 2009.
Option of natural gas appeals for plenty of reasons. It comes through domestic sources, for people who are concerned about oil imports. It produces around thirty percent fewer green house gas emissions as compared to conventional diesel or gasoline. Also, it costs much less as compared to gasoline. Prices of natural gas dropped by 18 percent in this year and the prices of regular gas increased by 13 percent.
