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They made propane cars. What happened to them? I know a guy who had one and his verdict was never again. The valve would freeze on a cold enough day and you

They made propane cars. What happened to them? I know a guy who had one and his verdict was never again. The valve would freeze on a cold enough day and you couldn’t get it started. He even had it freeze while he drove it. These don’t seem like impossible issues to solve though.

gambiting 4y ago
What do you mean? Where I'm from LPG cars are extremely popular(13.4% of all cars on the road[0]), the winters are very harsh(-20C and less isn't uncommon), and all these LPG cars drive just fine. I used to have one myself, in winter you basically had to start it on petrol but you could switch to LPG 10 seconds later and it was fine. [0] https://motoryzacja.interia.pl/wiadomosci/ciekawostki/news-polska-gazem-stojaca-ile-aut-jezdzi-u-nas-na-lpg,nId,5953089 https://motoryzacja.interia.pl/wiadomosci/ciekawostki/news-p...
ryukoposting 4y ago
Here in the US, the only LPG vehicles I've seen are forklifts and backyard hackjob conversions. My favorite one was a Subaru BRAT with the propane tank strapped into the bed.
- rascul 4y ago
  UPS and Schwan's, among others, use propane powered trucks.
  - ryukoposting 4y ago
    Those are propane? Huh. Neat.
    - rascul 4y ago
      I think all the Schwan's trucks are, but not all the UPS trucks. The propane powered UPS trucks say propane on the side somewhere.
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Gordonjcp 4y ago
Sounds like it was incorrectly installed. In the UK the main problem was that the government went with LPG conversions as the cleaner greener way forward, then got a lot of pushback from car manufacturers who wanted to sell more cars. So in the early 2000s, they pushed diesels as cleaner and more efficient and got everyone to scrap their petrol cars and buy diesels. And you know how that worked out. But the long and short of it is, "what happened to them?" comes down to "they didn't sell enough debt to people" is what happened to them.

gambiting 4y ago

What do you mean? Where I'm from LPG cars are extremely popular(13.4% of all cars on the road[0]), the winters are very harsh(-20C and less isn't uncommon), and all these LPG cars drive just fine. I used to have one myself, in winter you basically had to start it on petrol but you could switch to LPG 10 seconds later and it was fine. [0] https://motoryzacja.interia.pl/wiadomosci/ciekawostki/news-polska-gazem-stojaca-ile-aut-jezdzi-u-nas-na-lpg,nId,5953089 https://motoryzacja.interia.pl/wiadomosci/ciekawostki/news-p...

ryukoposting 4y ago

Here in the US, the only LPG vehicles I've seen are forklifts and backyard hackjob conversions. My favorite one was a Subaru BRAT with the propane tank strapped into the bed.

rascul 4y ago
UPS and Schwan's, among others, use propane powered trucks.
- ryukoposting 4y ago
  Those are propane? Huh. Neat.
  - rascul 4y ago
    I think all the Schwan's trucks are, but not all the UPS trucks. The propane powered UPS trucks say propane on the side somewhere.
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Gordonjcp 4y ago

Sounds like it was incorrectly installed. In the UK the main problem was that the government went with LPG conversions as the cleaner greener way forward, then got a lot of pushback from car manufacturers who wanted to sell more cars. So in the early 2000s, they pushed diesels as cleaner and more efficient and got everyone to scrap their petrol cars and buy diesels. And you know how that worked out. But the long and short of it is, "what happened to them?" comes down to "they didn't sell enough debt to people" is what happened to them.