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Argentina motorbike manufacturer launches CNG bike

Argentina's most important motorbike manufacturer, Zanella, has announced its first factory-installed CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) powered bike. The bike, which is a converted RX150 model, has 150 cc displacement and the conversion adds two tanks of gas for a range of approximately 200 kilometers (120 miles). The tanks can store 1.4 m3 of natural gas and are located in the same place as the fuel tank. Interestingly, a small reservoir that holds 3.5 liters of gasoline remains on board for emergencies. The CNG option costs 1,000 pesos (about ... Read more →

Big luxury SUVs are "bulldozers" against the earth with biodiesel Xavier Navarro

We are not crazy: The image above is Greenpeace Argentina's way to protest against the country's efforts to produce soy-based biodiesel. The activist group took a Mercedes ML and a Porsche Cayenne ...

America to get high speed rail Domenick Yoney

Before you get too excited by the headline, I should clarify that by "America," I mean South America. And by "South America," I mean Argentina. An editorial in the International Railway Journal ...

Study finds Argentinian soy biodiesel an artificial business Xavier Navarro

According to a recent article by El Enfiteuta, soy biodiesel is alive and well in Argentina thanks to artificial hype derived from treating biodiesel and pure soy oil different fiscally. This ...

Biodiesel furor in Argentina Xavier Navarro

Biodiesel not only is making furor in México. Further down in the American Continent, Argetina is living a biodiesel boom. Up to 8 producing plants, totalling $110 million have just gotten ...

Frequent oil spills threatening the lives of Magellanic penguins in South America 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Oil spills are most definitely NOT green news. Unfortunately, they are exactly the opposite. Again, unfortunately, it seems that they are all too common off the coast of Argentina, which is causing problems for the local population of Magellanic penguins. Penguins need to be able to stay waterproof ...

Brazil & Argentina at war over biodiesel exports 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Argentina and Brazil both have large soy industries which have looked to biodiesel production in recent times to boost revenues and expand their markets. Argentina's government has enthusiastically embraced the market for soy oil based biodiesel by implementing tax and trade incentives that ...


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