Posted May 2, 2008, 12:01 PM
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It's a gas: Three-wheel Roadster gets 60 mpg on CNG alternative fuel - A Major New Employer for Salt Lake City?
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1...275599,00.html
 ...The three-cylinder engine runs on compressed natural gas, making tooling down the road in the wedge-shaped Roadster a potential bargain for motorists accustomed to $3-plus-per-gallon gasoline guzzlers.
"When you figure you can buy a gallon of natural gas equivalent for 63 cents at the station and the car gets over 60 miles per gallon of natural gas, you're looking at for $3, you get five gallons and you can go 300 miles," ...
... Salt Lake City is being considered as a possible site for a Roadster manufacturing plant. He and other company officials were in town to demo the vehicle and talk to officials about financing and other matters. An exact site for a manufacturing plant in Utah has not been determined.
"I would say there's about a 90 percent probability of putting a plant right here in Salt Lake City," ...
...Green said a Utah facility could have 900 to 1,200 employees...
"If we can get the funding, which is not excessive, and we get a building and the cooperation from the community and the state, we could probably be in production (in Utah) in six months," he said...
Michael Brandy, Deseret News
Michael Brandy, Deseret News
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