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Fiat unveils Tri-powered Car
autoblog.com — The Multipla Multi-eco concept, meanwhile, runs on methane, gasoline or E85 bioethanol. Like the Panda Panda, the methane is stored in separate tanks, while the main tank takes either gas or bioethanol, leaving the ECU to switch modes automatically according to the fuel used.
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- pairanoyd, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Cool!
Three different ways to blow up and die..
I prefer the air car. http://www.theaircar.com- schrodiggity, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8as if a giant barrel of hypercompressed air won't violently rip apart when punctured either.
- teddyrux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Inner beauty is what really matters.
- KIERANMULLEN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Run the family to taco bell for some bean burritos and hook everyone in for great mileage.
- mgajda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2BMW hydrogen looks much cleaner http://www.bmwworld.com/hydrogen/.
- starless, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0cool!the low rise up of fiat..but new kind was born, in lexus/toyota car an electric engine work down 60km/h, up this speed normal engine starting work
- OnymousHero, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1All your comments are belong to us...Someone set us up the hybrid....
- korhojoa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0What are you saying, starless?
- devindotcom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Bomb. But is this going to end up like the Gillette/Schick competition?
Introducing the 8-powered car: gas, hydrogen, ethanol, wind, nuclear, hydropower, coal, and pedalling! - cuoops, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Fiat - Fix it again, Tony!
- CovardeAnonimo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2hmmm, sorry if i look skeptical, but as a brasilian, this is absolutelly NOT news.
we have flex fuel cars for a while now (the run on alcohol, gasoline or any mixture of the two) and for almost 10 years we have cars running on vehicular gas (dunno if it's methane or propane).
you can buy a conversion kit that includes a reprogramed fuel injection controler, valves, tubing ang a steel cilinder to contain the gas from several companies, and most big cities have vehicular gas stations, some even offer all 3 fuels: gasoline, gas and alcohol.
so if you live here, just buy a flex-fuel car, install the gas kit, and happy driving.
all FIAT is doing, is taking brasilian technology, developed by state funded universities and introducing it to europe.
BTW, cuoops: FIAT means "Fui Iludido, Agora é Tarde" or "I've been scamed, now it's too late" ^_-- RodrigoKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Covarde, you are right that the original alcohol engines were developed by state funded research (back in the 70's), but the newer multi-fuel beasts were developed primarily by private companies.
- felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm glad you pointed that out. I was about to bring up the Obvio, a Brasilian car about to come to the US... http://zapworld.com/cars/obvio012.asp
- RodrigoKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Covarde, you are right that the original alcohol engines were developed by state funded research (back in the 70's), but the newer multi-fuel beasts were developed primarily by private companies.
- acariquara, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How about a tetra fueled car (also by fiat)?
http://www.novosienatetrafuel.com.br - DanMcScience, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Bioethanol is possibly the lamest term I've heard introduced in a while. Isn't it just ethanol produced by grass not petroleum? I'm pretty sure that this is a step in the right direction though! If only we could all be like Brazil.
- dadood, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0GM for the win.
http://www.youtube.com/v/ry6w3mRm-FM - SpeedoBurrito, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Could it possibly be any uglier?
- mattimoto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1yep... it could have been based on the old Multipla.
http://autooboz.site.kz/foto/fiat/fiat_multipla.jpg
- mattimoto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1yep... it could have been based on the old Multipla.
- lowededwookie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think the best design feature of this car, the one that they thought real long and hard about, is the placement of those four fuel tanks.
All four under the SEATS.
Fantastic. I always feel happy riding fuel tanks, always conscious that they could rupture and explode. I suppose driving this car would be the closest we could ever get to the feeling the Space Shuttle crew feel on every liftoff.
Two sarcastic thumbs up for Fiat there. ;-)- dewfish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I don't think those are thumbs you're holding up.....
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