Green Car » Concept Green Cars http://greencar.us Hybris cars, fuel efficient vehicles, criticism, reviews and all the truth about saving our environment. Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:38:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Saab’s Fossil Free car http://greencar.us/2006/06/24/saabs-fossil-free-car/ http://greencar.us/2006/06/24/saabs-fossil-free-car/#comments Sat, 24 Jun 2006 15:46:37 +0000 g2 http://greencar.us/2006/06/24/saabs-fossil-free-car/ Looks like GM and its subsidiary Saab are finally onto something. This car is the first of it kind as a hybrid soft-top. Making its world premiere at the Stockholm Motor Show last week, the ground-breaking Saab BioPower Hybrid Concept delivers zero fossil CO2 emissions, enhanced performance, and a range of energy-saving features by combining the use of pure bioethanol fuel and electric power generation for the first time.

Source: http://www.athloneadvertiser.ie 

]]> http://greencar.us/2006/06/24/saabs-fossil-free-car/feed/ 0 Cow Dung Power: Talk about a renewable resource http://greencar.us/2006/05/12/cow-dung-power-talk-about-a-renewable-resource/ http://greencar.us/2006/05/12/cow-dung-power-talk-about-a-renewable-resource/#comments Sat, 13 May 2006 01:03:44 +0000 g2 http://greencar.us/2006/05/12/cow-dung-power-talk-about-a-renewable-resource/ Now this a new concept coming all the way from India. A little background on cow dung aka cow pies, its the manure gotten from the cow which is shaped as pie, three stripes (finger imprints lengthwise, note: not the same as adidas) on the top of them. These are then layed out to dry and bake in the Indian summer. If you are ever traveling around rural India you will find cow pies slapped on walls along the road and sidewalks. This is the poor man’s fuel. People in rural areas in India have been using dried cow dung as a fuel for ages. Its generally used in clay ovens as a cooking medium. Now cow manure gives offf methane which can be used to power pretty much anything. There is a car that runs on cow pies. It’s fast, the fuel is cheap and the vehicle smells nothing like the dairy that produces the gas in its tank.

The Viking 32 is one such methane driven concept car being entered at the Tour de Sol at the Saratoga Automobile Museum Auto Show in Saratoga Spa State Park. “Fledge”, a one person hybrid designed and developed by seven Delhi College of Engineering students, which gives 60 miles on a single charge is another entrant at the show from India.

Cow pie or methane powered vehicles will definitely work in countries such as India, because due to the rapid economic growth of the country, India’s fuel resources cannot keep up witht the demand. Currently only the affluent in India can own a car, and they make up a very small demographic. For even these people to own a hybrid vehicle such as the Prius (USD24,000 converts to over Indian Rupees 1million). So I wish those students from India and all the other entrants all the best in the contest and hopefully someday we will see greener cars in Indian cities. Hint: Combine the cheap hybrid with a methane powered engine.
Source: Racing for a better way to power cars

 
 
]]> http://greencar.us/2006/05/12/cow-dung-power-talk-about-a-renewable-resource/feed/ 0 Hybrid BMW X3 SUV http://greencar.us/2006/05/09/hybrid-bmw-x3-suv/ http://greencar.us/2006/05/09/hybrid-bmw-x3-suv/#comments Tue, 09 May 2006 18:06:59 +0000 g2 http://greencar.us/2006/05/09/hybrid-bmw-x3-suv/ BMW unveiled the X3 EfficientDynamics, a hybrid concept of BMW’s popular compact SUV. The hybrid model goes 0-60 mph in approximately 6.7 seconds and a top speed of 146 mph – both better than the stock X3 with a concurrent 20 percent reduction in fuel consumption.

More soon…

Source: www.greencar.com

]]> http://greencar.us/2006/05/09/hybrid-bmw-x3-suv/feed/ 0 Mazda RX8 Hydro Rotary Engine http://greencar.us/2006/04/12/mazda-rx8-hydro-rotary-engine/ http://greencar.us/2006/04/12/mazda-rx8-hydro-rotary-engine/#comments Wed, 12 Apr 2006 05:43:20 +0000 g2 http://greencar.us/2006/04/12/mazda-rx8-hydro-rotary-engine/ The Mazda RX8 Hydro Rotary engine car is on display at the New York Auto Show. Once I find some engine and performance specifications I will post them here.

]]> http://greencar.us/2006/04/12/mazda-rx8-hydro-rotary-engine/feed/ 0 Stockholm Motor Show 2006 http://greencar.us/2006/04/01/stockholm-motor-show-2006/ http://greencar.us/2006/04/01/stockholm-motor-show-2006/#comments Sat, 01 Apr 2006 06:19:12 +0000 g2 http://greencar.us/2006/04/01/stockholm-motor-show-2006/ I tried to get some pictures of the Saab 9-3 E100 concept from the Stockholm Motor Show. So I decided to go onto the official site for the Stockholm Motor Show and the site really sucks, check it out for yourself. This show comes around once ever three years, its claims to be the biggest motor show in Scandanavia and it plans on attracting over 200,000 people over th next 9 days, and I could not find one decent picture of the cars on display. Wonder if any photographers are covering this event, so people if you are reading this and you happend to own a camera and are in Stockholm and plan on going to the motor show, please take some pictures for me and then post them. Cheers.
In the mean time here are some pictures of the Saab 9-3 Biopower hybrid.
Source: http://www.babez.de/saab/biopower

]]> http://greencar.us/2006/04/01/stockholm-motor-show-2006/feed/ 0 Saab 9-3: Fossil-fuel free Hybrid car http://greencar.us/2006/03/30/saab-9-3-fossil-fuel-free-hybrid-car/ http://greencar.us/2006/03/30/saab-9-3-fossil-fuel-free-hybrid-car/#comments Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:33:08 +0000 g2 http://greencar.us/2006/03/30/saab-9-3-fossil-fuel-free-hybrid-car/ Today the Stockholm Motor Show opened and Saab premiered its Biopowered Hybrid Concept. The Saab 9-3 convertible concept is the first of it kind, especially the fact that it runs on 100% Bioethanol, hence CO2 emissions are zero. The Stockholm Motor Show runs from 30 March – 9 April. For more information, check out Saab 9-3: Worlds First fossil-fuel free hybrid vehicle.

]]> http://greencar.us/2006/03/30/saab-9-3-fossil-fuel-free-hybrid-car/feed/ 0 Toyota Prius Hydrogen Hybrid starts fleet test http://greencar.us/2006/03/17/toyota-prius-hydrogen-hybrid-starts-fleet-test/ http://greencar.us/2006/03/17/toyota-prius-hydrogen-hybrid-starts-fleet-test/#comments Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:02:58 +0000 g2 http://greencar.us/2006/03/17/toyota-prius-hydrogen-hybrid-starts-fleet-test/ SYNOPSIS: ECD Ovonics’ hydrogen hybrid has been equipped with hydrogen storage tanks using the company’s proprietary solid metal hydride technology that gives the modified Toyota Prius a range of just under 200 miles.

Source: EV World. The Future in Motion

]]> http://greencar.us/2006/03/17/toyota-prius-hydrogen-hybrid-starts-fleet-test/feed/ 1 Car or Box? http://greencar.us/2006/03/08/car-or-box/ http://greencar.us/2006/03/08/car-or-box/#comments Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:39:25 +0000 g2 http://greencar.us/2006/03/08/car-or-box/ Concept car designers need to move away from the boxy looking cars. I would love to drive a car that runs of an electric motor and does not pollute the environment as much, but I do not see myself in a box. Its time the designers started thinking outside of the box.

For more pics click on Mitsubishi EZ-MIEV

]]> http://greencar.us/2006/03/08/car-or-box/feed/ 0 Blue Car: The Pure Electric Car http://greencar.us/2006/03/08/blue-car-the-pure-electric-car/ http://greencar.us/2006/03/08/blue-car-the-pure-electric-car/#comments Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:08:18 +0000 g2 http://greencar.us/2006/03/08/blue-car-the-pure-electric-car/ Bollore Group of France, which is mainly a French battery company has come up with an electric car named “Blue Car”. Designed by Philippe Guedon and is claimed to go 0 to 60 kmph (37 mph) in 6.3 seconds and has a range of 250 km (155 miles) on a single battery charge, with a top speed of 120 kmph (75 mph). Now all this varies on road and weather conditions, so take note. Blue car uses lithium-metal-polymer battery technology which takes about 6 hours to recharge.

The draw backs:

  1. You are limited to a travel radius of 155 miles.
  2. Limited pickup speed.
  3. Holds only three passengers (incld. driver) in its three front row seats.

The only advantage I see at this point it that this car has zero emissions and that over time the battery has more development potential.

]]> http://greencar.us/2006/03/08/blue-car-the-pure-electric-car/feed/ 0 Mitsubishi makes Bamboo Green Car http://greencar.us/2006/03/06/mitsubishi-makes-bamboo-green-car/ http://greencar.us/2006/03/06/mitsubishi-makes-bamboo-green-car/#comments Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:32:53 +0000 g2 http://greencar.us/2006/03/06/mitsubishi-makes-bamboo-green-car/ This is something car companies should definitely research. Mitsubishi Motors has developed a car interior which uses materials such as bamboo fiber and plant based resin, polybutylene succinate (PBS). This definitely helps reduce CO2 emissions and are dependence on plastics. We do need fuel efficient vehicles but we also need a car that is made out of materials that can be recycled and are renewable.

]]> http://greencar.us/2006/03/06/mitsubishi-makes-bamboo-green-car/feed/ 0 E100 Biopower Concept from Saab: The Green Car http://greencar.us/2006/02/28/e100-biopower-concept-from-saab-the-green-car/ http://greencar.us/2006/02/28/e100-biopower-concept-from-saab-the-green-car/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:14:26 +0000 g2 http://greencar.us/2006/02/28/e100-biopower-concept-from-saab-the-green-car/ At the Geneva motor show, GM is going to show off its Saab Aero X two seater coupe. It is fueled entirely by ethanol (E100), thereby offering net zero tank-to-wheel CO2 emissions. With carbon fiber bodywork, electronically-controlled suspension and all-wheel drive, the Saab Aero X is projected to accelerate from zero to 100 kph in just 4.9 seconds with a top (limited) speed of 250 kph (155 mph). Although optimized for E100, the engine management system will make adjustments for any gasoline-ethanol blend.
Finally a car that can truly be considered green. But what I find most fascinating is that the Aero X does not have conventional doors and windshield, but an aircarft cockpit canopy.

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