London: Soon, your carbon footprint may vanish into thin air, literally. An American company has designed a “green car” that runs on wind energy and can attain a top speed of 249kmph.
Designed in California, the environment friendly Formula AE car will initially use a solar-powered battery to move, but later depend upon the airflow around it to power a turbine. The high performance car will take less than four seconds to accelerate from 0 to 96kmph. The car is expected to cost around £100,000 when it hits the market. The two-seater’s bodywork boasts paper-thin solar panelling that could fully charge the battery in just 1.5 hours. However, this time will be reduced to just six minutes with a new prototype battery. A full battery would enable the drivers to cover more than 322km or to race around a track for at least an hour.
An advanced alternating current induction motor with a power output of 212 kilowatts will propel the Formula AE. The chassis will be constructed from lightweight aluminium and super strong steel in a Formula 1-style monocoque shell. Rory Handel and Maxx Bricklinas from Beverly Hills, California designed the sleek motor of the car, and they expect the prototype to be ready in August.
“The Formula AE car embraces a rarely thought of alternative source of energy,” the Telegraph quoted a RORMaxx spokesman as saying. He said: “The target market would be the sports car, track day, eco-concerned auto-enthusiast. In addition, those enthusiasts who support and would want to promote the future development of revolutionary green technologies.”
He added that funding for the project was from a major “fuel and commodities corporation” which wishes to remain anonymous. And he said that the engineering expertise comes from two professional mechanical engineers and Handel, who used to work for a racing team as an engineer. ANI
Designed in California, the environment friendly Formula AE car will initially use a solar-powered battery to move, but later depend upon the airflow around it to power a turbine. The high performance car will take less than four seconds to accelerate from 0 to 96kmph. The car is expected to cost around £100,000 when it hits the market. The two-seater’s bodywork boasts paper-thin solar panelling that could fully charge the battery in just 1.5 hours. However, this time will be reduced to just six minutes with a new prototype battery. A full battery would enable the drivers to cover more than 322km or to race around a track for at least an hour.
An advanced alternating current induction motor with a power output of 212 kilowatts will propel the Formula AE. The chassis will be constructed from lightweight aluminium and super strong steel in a Formula 1-style monocoque shell. Rory Handel and Maxx Bricklinas from Beverly Hills, California designed the sleek motor of the car, and they expect the prototype to be ready in August.
“The Formula AE car embraces a rarely thought of alternative source of energy,” the Telegraph quoted a RORMaxx spokesman as saying. He said: “The target market would be the sports car, track day, eco-concerned auto-enthusiast. In addition, those enthusiasts who support and would want to promote the future development of revolutionary green technologies.”
He added that funding for the project was from a major “fuel and commodities corporation” which wishes to remain anonymous. And he said that the engineering expertise comes from two professional mechanical engineers and Handel, who used to work for a racing team as an engineer. ANI
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