Slapping your credit card into the gas pump still takes too much time, plus you have to hunt for your wallet. To the rescue comes Mobil. Fossil-fuel-based companies are one of the last places you might expect innovation, but Mobil has refined the concept of pay-at-the-pump.
Attach a 2-inch-square black box to your car's rear window, and when you pull in to fill up, the pump is on before you get out. The Speedpass, as Mobil calls it, also comes as a little black tube you attach to your key chain - wave it in front of the pump and you're off. The Speedpass knows what credit card to charge and even whether you'd like a receipt. Getting one is as easy as calling an 800 number.
While it's limited to Mobil gas stations now - and only those with the new pumps - look for others to play catch-up soon.
STREET CRED
Smooth in the Crud Speedpass Gas
