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Compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) could be the key components as General Motors attempts to gain new customers for its full-size van fleets. The manufacturer will offer both CNG and LPG versions of the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana to fleet and commercial customers starting later this year. The vans have [...]

Sales of ‘alternatively fuelled vehicles’ in the UK grew by a staggering 165.5 per cent in January compared with the same month last year. The news of the comes as the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) releases details of new car sales for last month, which shows that overall new car sales grew [...]

The Chevrolet Volt may grab most of the headlines, but General Motors has other exciting products ready to enter dealerships in 2010. From the first quarter of the new-year, GM Europe will launch the Chevrolet Spark, an all-new mini-car. As the fastest growing segment of the market globally, the mini-car segment represents almost 10 per [...]

Though its future remains in doubt as General Motors negotiates with two potential buyers for the brand, Opel is still making headway in the European market by launching five dual-fuel liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) models. The models will be the Corsa (two different engines), Meriva, Astra station wagon and Zafira with each boasting a wide [...]

The news unveiled by the BBC this week that children are at greater risk from harmful small particles in traffic pollution will have alarmed many motorists. However, the situation could be vastly improved with greater use of LPG technology,  Autogas Ltd say. Vehicles running on LPG produce far fewer harmful emissions that contribute to environmental [...]

Carmaker, Volkswagen has launched a new flex-fuel model which can operate on either petrol or LPG in Germany. Volkswagen has introduced the new BiFuel model version of the Golf Plus to cut CO2 emissions by more than 10 per cent and offer fuel savings of €6.10 per 100 kilometres in LPG mode. This impressive reduction [...]

An increasing number of British motorists are opting out of the volatile petrol car market, according to the latest LPG (liquid petroleum gas) vehicle sales figures from Proton.  The only manufacturer in the UK market to offer an LPG ready car at no extra conversion cost to the motorist, Proton has seen a staggering 375 [...]

One of the UK’s leading providers of cosmetic surgery has replaced its fleet with Proton GEN-2 ecoLogic dual fuel vehicles, the only vehicles available in the UK with a factory-fit LPG tank. Bromsgrove-based The Hospital Group offers its patients a door to door chauffeur service to help reduce the stress of surgery. With 15 clinics [...]

One of the UK’s leading automotive liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) suppliers, Autogas, has announced an increase in the number of outlets providing LPG. The latest service station to include LPG as part of its fuel range is Shell Eagle in Rochdale. This addition takes the total number of LPG stations in the UK to over [...]

With the Bologna Motor Show in full swing, Volkswagen have shown several new models, including: The Golf BiFuel has been developed to run on both LPG and conventional petrol, with the German giants promising a 39.8 mpg and emissions of 149 g/km from the 1.6 litre 98 PS engine, and when running on purely LPG the [...]