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11-03-2010
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Brits create coffee powered car, gets 56 espressos to the mile
The College Driver | Yes, a car that runs on coffee. It's not cheap, it's not efficient, and the looks are more Susan Boyle ...
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The gas is then fed into some radiator pipes that are on the cars roof and it cools down. This gas is then fed into two filters which are inside the boot of the car, one is a cyclone filter which removes any solid matter, and the other filters out the hot tar and stops it getting to the engine. The clean gas is then fed to the engine, where it burns and powers the engine.
The team who invented the car have managed to drive it 210 miles from Manchester to London powered only by the roasted coffee granules, although it seems it could be an expensive way to travel costing around 56 espressos per mile.... Open »
Coffee: It's not just for marathon blogging sessions anymore.
It may be full of beans, but that's a good thing: An automobile dubbed the "Car-puccino" has been designed to run only on leftover coffee grounds. The heavily modified 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco was created for British TV show
Bang Goes the Theory
, a program dedicated to "putting science to the test." To prove that just about anything can be turned into car fuel these days, Bang Goes the Theory will drive the Car-puccino 210 miles from London to Manchester using only residual coffee grounds as fuel.... Open »
Coffee-powered Car I'll see your electric vehicle and raise you in fuel inefficiency!
Bang Goes the Theory/Daily Mail
Readers feeling jittery on their second or third cuppa might giggle at the concept of the Carpuccino, but few car owners will. The wacky UK invention comes in the form of a converted 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco that downs about 56 espressos per mile, the Daily Mail reports. That should only cost about 25 to 50 times the cost of running a car on gas.... Open »
As a professional blogger, I am fueled by coffee in a way most comparable to the way that an automobile is fueled by gasoline. Without coffee, I do not function: I am not so much zombie as corpse. But get a cup or morning joe into me and I spring to life, my engine combusting, my gears churning, my mind racing. That sweet elixir of locomotion, coffee! Oh, how I love you. Is there anything you can’t do?
The answer to that last rhetorical question is, of course, no.... Open »
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The car was created for a show on the BBC called "Bang Goes the Theory" that will air on March 15 and the Car-puccino episode will air on May 3.
The Car-puccino is one of those creative ideas that will probably never be commercialized. Though it is a cool concept to run a car on coffee grounds, there are other more efficient and cheaper ways to power a "green" car.... Open »
Source: The Advertiser
THIS is the car that runs on coffee - but it will not take the grind out of commuting. At between 25 and 50 times the cost of running a car on petrol, the invention will not please motor industry bean counters either.... Open »
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