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German CNG fan tours 800 filling stations

Despite some recent problems with the natural gas supply from Russia, Germans have an ever-increasing number of CNG options. Rainer Zietlow, a German citizen who just might be the world's biggest CNG fan, started a nationwide tour of Germany's 800 compressed natural gas (CNG) service stations on the 7th of January. He'll be at the wheel of a VW Passat TSI EcoFuel with a direct injection bi-fuel turbo engine and expects to complete the tour in 80 days, just before the AMI 2009 (Auto Mobile International) show in Leipzig on March 28. Zietlow is ... Read more →

Around the world in 142 days in a VW Caddy EcoFuel

We don't get any VW Caddy's here in the U.S., and definately none powered by natural gas. But, they do sell them in other parts of the world. Speaking of other parts of the world and the VW Caddy ...

EcoFuel World Tour driving around the world on natural gas

Click on the image for a gallery of really sweet high-res images of the EcoFuel World Tour. Hoping to prove that compressed natural gas (CNG) is a completely feasible and more environmentally ...

German CNG fan tours 800 filling stations 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Despite some recent problems with the natural gas supply from Russia, Germans have an ever-increasing number of CNG options. Rainer Zietlow, a German citizen who just might be the world's biggest CNG fan, started a nationwide tour of Germany's 800 compressed natural gas (CNG) service stations on ...

Around the world in 142 days in a VW Caddy EcoFuel 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We don't get any VW Caddy's here in the U.S., and definately none powered by natural gas. But, they do sell them in other parts of the world. Speaking of other parts of the world and the VW Caddy (excellent segue, right) it took Rainer Zietlow and its team only 142 days while driving 45,000 ...

EcoFuel World Tour driving around the world on natural gas 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of really sweet high-res images of the EcoFuel World Tour. Hoping to prove that compressed natural gas (CNG) is a completely feasible and more environmentally friendly substitute for petrol and diesel, Rainer Zietlow embarked on the EcoFuel World Tour. The goal of ...



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