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Nissan Leaf Sure, most of the electricity in the United States is produced by burning fossil fuels, but that doesn’t mean it’s not cheap. Whether your power company uses furnaces, reactors, waterfalls or windmills to generate your juice, on average you’ll still pay less than half as much per mile in the Leaf as you would in a Toyota Prius. Unfortunately, you can only go 70 of them per charge, but with a lease price of $249 per month after a $2,000 down payment, the future was never so affordable. Click here to read more about the 2011 Nissan Leaf![Mercedes-Benz F-Cell]()
Mercedes-Benz F-Cell Don’t want to wait eight hours for your car to charge? The Mercedes-Benz F-Cell is electric, too, but instead of batteries it uses a hydrogen fuel cell to power it. A fill-up of the compressed gas only takes about three minutes and the F-Cell will travel 240 miles per tank. Of course, there are a lot more power outlets than hydrogen filling stations in the United States, with only about 50 of the latter currently open to the public. That being the case, the F-Cell is only available in the Los Angeles area, where there is a cluster of stations, for $849 per month on a 24 month lease.![Honda Civic GX]()
Honda Civic GX It has an internal combustion engine and a tank, but the gas it runs on doesn’t drip. The $26,240 Honda Civic GX burns compressed natural gas (CNG), which is not only domestically produced, but is also the cleanest-burning fuel available, typically costs less than $2 for the equivalent of a gallon of gasoline at the pump and can be found for less than a buck in some states. Plus, if your house has a line you can buy your own pump and wake up every morning with a full tank.![Chevrolet Volt]()
Chevrolet Volt We know, the last time gasoline broke $4 a gallon you dumped your guzzler for an economy car and regretted it a couple of months later when prices dropped in half. Well, here’s a good way to hedge your bets. The Volt is a battery-powered car with a 40 mile range, but can run on gasoline for as far as you need to go at an impressive 37 mpg. Sure at $41,000 it’s a pricey proposition, but you are getting two cars in one. Sort of. Click here to read more about the 2011 Chevrolet VoltFour Cars That Don't Need $4 Gasoline
With gasoline, diesel and E85 prices already exceeding $4 a gallon in some parts of the country, maybe it’s finally time to consider an alternative. Here are four cars that could help ease your pain at the pump.
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- Four Cars That Don't Need $4 Gasoline
