Natural gas powered cars...

Cost of building refueling stations and distance you can travel between fill ups are the 2 single issues that have slowed down a transition to CNG vehicles. Many companies are building their own refueling stations and converting their fleets to natural gas.

There are also opportunistic Natural Gas Producers with several different business models operating or planing to build future refueling stations, but the start up costs are very high.

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I guess recharging stations for electric vehicles would be slightly less expansive than gas refueling stations but you also would not need as many due to the greater range of a natural gas powered car.

I will check your link. Thanks.



As the fueling infrastructure builds for CNG, the inconvenience of limited public fueling opportunities is softened by the availability of filling up at home. That's because Honda offers the Phill home refueling appliance, which was developed in conjunction with its Canadian technology partner Fuelmaker and is now manufactured by that company. Phill can be installed in a garage or outside a home to allow refueling using a home's natural gas supply. The refueling appliance does require as much as 16 hours to fill an almost empty tank, although it's likely that a natural gas vehicle refueled at home will rarely have an empty tank, and an overnight top-off will usually be sufficient for the daily commute. In many cases, vehicles fueled up at favorable natural gas home rates can operate as cheaply as the equivalent of $1.25 to $1.50 per gallon.