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Phill expands markets for home CNG fuelling stations

Dec 9th 2007 8:26AM - 12 Comments

FuelMarker Corporation, makers of the Phill home CNG refuelling station, has announced that it is going to be on sale in the Netherlands. While Germans have quite a large network of public CNG fuelling stations, Netherland's infrastructure is more ...

Honda to sell maker of Phill CNG home fueling device

Sep 11th 2008 2:47PM - 12 Comments

Since Honda started offering a natural gas-powered version of the Civic (the GX) several years ago they have also offered buyers a device called the Phill. Phill is a home natural gas compressor that hooks up to the household gas supply and fuels ...

Honda's FuelMaker finds a new home at Fuel Systems Solutions

May 2nd 2009 11:10AM - 12 Comments

FuelMaker, the Honda company that makes the Phill natural gas home refueling system, was forced into involuntary bankruptcy about a month ago. For a while, T. Boone Pickens' Clean Energy Fuels was maybe going to buy the company, but that didn't ...

IRS approves Honda hybrid and natural gas vehicles for tax credits

Nov 29th 2006 1:04PM - 0 Comments

The Internal Revenue Service has confirmed that customers who buy a 2007 Honda vehicle with either a hybrid drive-train or compressed natural gas fuel system can apply for federal tax credits. The possible credits are $1,300 on the Accord Hybrid, ...

Honda starts selling natural gas Civic in New York state

Oct 20th 2006 12:22PM - 5 Comments

Honda has been selling natural gas powered Civics In California since 1998. Now for the first time the cars are available outside of the sunshine state. This will be the only dedicated natural gas powered car offered for sale in the United States. ...

Honda intentionally limiting sales of its Civic GX?

Sep 29th 2008 8:43PM - 15 Comments

We're suckers for a good conspiracy theory, and we've stumbled upon one involving getting our nations off imported oil. Perfect! After reading through it, though, we're a little less enthusiastic. The whole thing centers around the Honda Civic GX, ...

Honda not selling CNG unit to Clean Energy Fuels

Oct 18th 2008 6:12PM - 2 Comments

Last month, it was revealed that Honda had agreed to sell its FuelMaker Corp. to Clean Energy Fuels for $17 million. It seems that the two companies, who had until October 3 to close the deal, have called off the sale. We're not sure what the reason ...

Honda Civic GX gets to stay in the carpool lane

Feb 1st 2007 6:19PM - 0 Comments

Click on the image for a high-res gallery of photos of the Civic GX For years the state of California has been allowing drivers of alternative fuel and hybrid vehicles to use the High Occupancy Vehicle (carpool) lanes on the highways even when they ...

Consumer Reports weighs in on Honda's CNG-powered Civic

Oct 3rd 2006 9:06AM - 2 Comments

Honda's alternative-fuel efforts are focused on compressed natural gas, not ethanol. Consumer Reports has just released its test of the Honda Civic GX, which is priced about $7,000 more than a standard Civic. But the benefits include much cleaner ...

Civic GX that runs on natural gas available this fall

Apr 28th 2006 4:27PM - 2 Comments

It seems you can now get a car made by a major automobile manufacturer that will run on just about fuel you can think of (perhaps with slight modifications). We’ve recently had posts on compressed air vehicles, plug-in cars and now here comes ...

Fuelmaker goes bankrupt, Honda to blame?

Apr 6th 2009 3:09PM - 26 Comments

Fuelmaker, the company that creates the PHILL compressed natural gas filling stations for residential and commercial use, has just been driven into involuntary bankruptcy. You may recall that Fuelmaker is owned by Honda, which had been in ...

Natural gas vehicles gaining in popularity in Germany

Apr 12th 2007 8:03AM - 2 Comments

Diesel engines are still king on German roads with almost half of all new vehicle sales thanks in large part to their thirty percent fuel economy advantage in a land of $6-7 a gallon gasoline. Vehicles fueled by compressed natural gas still hold a ...

LA Auto Show: Honda Civic GX quick test drive

Dec 5th 2006 7:51AM - 5 Comments

I arranged to drive the Honda Civic GX in an extended test after the holidays, but I wanted to offer a capsule review following a short 5-minute drive during the LA Auto Show. I'm a fan of natural gas as a fuel and have been interested in the ...

Video: natural gas Honda Civic re-fueling

Oct 2nd 2007 6:39PM - 6 Comments

Above is another video from my trip to AltWheels Boston 2007. The video is a look at the Phill home refueling station, topping off a Honda Civic GNG (Compressed Natural Gas) car. Natural gas cars are actually the cleanest cars you can buy today, ...

Florida drivers can now buy bi-fuel CNG Ford Focus

Mar 23rd 2009 5:57PM - 5 Comments

Consumer availability of natural gas vehicles in the U.S. market tends to be very limited. The only regularly available factory CNG car on sale right now is the Honda Civic GX and that's only available in California and New York. Other than that it's ...

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