Battery Electronic Vehicles – 0 Emissions - 100% Power!
Date: May 27, 2008
Did you know that Battery electric vehicles were the first cars breaking the speed barrier over 100 km/h? Well that was in 1899. Now over a hundred years later the BEVs are ready to start off their trail of success. A Battery electric vehicle is a car, that uses electricity stored in its rechargeable battery pack to power an electric motor that turns its wheels. Because a BEV uses electricity as a fuel, there are no emissions out of its tailpipe, well actually it doesen´t even have a tailpipe! 
Dynasty Electric Car Corp, an electric Low Speed Vehicle (LSV’) for the city The great thing is, that the Electric vehicles can be “fueled” at home using a separate electricity meter while standing in the garage over night. You even can recharge them using renewable energy sources like wind, solar or hydropower. So they do not cause any air pollution at all. Just a couple month ago Toshiba presented a new battery that can be recharged to 90 percent capacity in under five minutes, lasts 10 years and should be used in electric cars by 2010.
Check out also our blog about the BEV Racer of Wrightspeed coming soon - Stay tuned!
Check out also our blog about the BEV Racer of Wrightspeed coming soon - Stay tuned!
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The Air Car - more than hot air?
Date: May 15, 2008
"My vision is a clean world, where everybody is using clean energy”. Guy Nègre´s dream seems to come true in the future. The French engine designer wants to supply the whole world with the cheapest commodity in the world – compressed air.
AIR! Can you imagine?
Ok, the idea ist not completely new. Already in 1860 compressed air was used for huge drills to build up a tunnel between France and Italy.
While in Europe they still working and testing on prototyps, India kicks it off.
Last year India’s largest automaker, Tata Motors, announced to start producing the world’s first commercial air-powered vehicle. This summer about 6000 Air Cars are scheduled to hit the streets in India.
The Air Car uses a motor powered by compressed air. The uniqueness about the so called City Cat is its claim to offer zero emissions at the tailpipe without batteries or hydrogen fuel. Just to make it clear: Zero (0!) emissions. Even a dog has more emissions at the “pipeline”! The Air Cars can be refueled at “Air Stations”. Filling up the car’s carbon-fiber tanks with 340 liters of air takes about two minutes and costs only around $2 (!). Ok, in India that almost a monthly salary, but for us it`s like a can of beer. With a speed about 68 mph the City Cats have a range of 125 miles.
Deals have been signed to bring the Air Cars to 12 more countries, including Germany, Israel and South Africa.
So, is the CATvolution really taking over and saving the world from a climate catastrophe?! Or is it just a drop in a bucket and should we rather banish cows from the grassland?
Watch a Video about the Air Car here Images: hybridarenews.org
AIR! Can you imagine?
Ok, the idea ist not completely new. Already in 1860 compressed air was used for huge drills to build up a tunnel between France and Italy.
While in Europe they still working and testing on prototyps, India kicks it off.
Last year India’s largest automaker, Tata Motors, announced to start producing the world’s first commercial air-powered vehicle. This summer about 6000 Air Cars are scheduled to hit the streets in India.
The Air Car uses a motor powered by compressed air. The uniqueness about the so called City Cat is its claim to offer zero emissions at the tailpipe without batteries or hydrogen fuel. Just to make it clear: Zero (0!) emissions. Even a dog has more emissions at the “pipeline”!
Deals have been signed to bring the Air Cars to 12 more countries, including Germany, Israel and South Africa.
So, is the CATvolution really taking over and saving the world from a climate catastrophe?! Or is it just a drop in a bucket and should we rather banish cows from the grassland?
Watch a Video about the Air Car here
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