SUCTION GAS FOR MOTOR-CARS
LOW RUNNING COSTS Demonstrations of driving a motorcar- on suction gas were given in Invercargill yesterday by a representative of the New Zealand Gasogene Company, Ltd. Fitted to the car was a gasogene, which consists of two units, the producer and the filter, one of which was on either side of the bonnet. These two units are connected by piping or by a gas-coaling unit of some type. The producer is filled with a special kind of coal which lights quickly and is soon producing gas in sufficient quantity for the vehcle to be run without petrol. In the car used yesterday an extra accelerator had been fitted and it was possible to run on petrol alone, gas alone or a combination of both. If a loss of power is shown when suction gas only is being used, it is possible io restore the full power by the use of a small quantity of petrol. It is claimed that the actual running costs with cars vary from 9d to 2/- for 100 miles, depending on the type of vehicle and the cost of transport of fuel. Large trucks operate for 3/- for 100 miles and tractors for 5d to 9d an hour’s run. Although it is necessary with a motor-vehicle to replenish the producer about every 40 miles this disadvantage, it is said, is more than offset by the low running costs.
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Southland Times, Issue 24174, 10 July 1940, Page 9
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236SUCTION GAS FOR MOTOR-CARS Southland Times, Issue 24174, 10 July 1940, Page 9
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