Iranian Automaker Pushes Duel-Fuel Cars

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Jul 10, 2:39 PM EDT

Iranian Automaker Pushes Duel-Fuel Cars

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Associated Press Writer

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Fuel rationing has forced Iran's largest car maker to scale down the manufacture of gasoline powered engines and increase production of dual-fuel cars that can also run on natural gas, the company's manager said Tuesday.

In an attempt to reduce Iran's multibillion dollar gasoline import bill, the government suddenly imposed fuel rationing last month, sparking riots and outcry among consumers used to subsidies.

Iran Khodro, one of the largest car manufacturers in the Middle East, opened its doors to international media on Tuesday to show off its industrial achievements and its ability to produce the dual-fuel cars, which can consume both gasoline and compressed natural gas.

Iran's state-owned car makers had anticipated fuel rationing and begun to adapt their production, said Manouchehr Manteghi, to company's manager.





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[poverlay]

1. If you run out of gas I hear you can use spent uranium fuel rods. According to Bushie they're lying

around all over the place over there...

[Ian David]

2. Oh, no no no... Bush is going to claim that those natural gas filling stations are WMD labs.

Remember Saddam's "Mobile Weapons Labs" turned out to be porta-potties, and his "poison gas" labs were just trucks with hydrogen for weather balloons?

Then again, why does Iraq need weather balloons?

Today's weather: Fucking hot and dry.
Tomorrow: Fucking hot and dry.
Thursday: Totally fucking hot with extreme dryness.

[Spinzonner]

3. Aren't there enough problems with road rage

without having Duel Fuel cars ?