Sustenable Transportation

Biodiesel.

Biodiesel may be deffined as the liquid fuel obtained from natural products, vegetal oil, that can be sued instead of gasoil, in vehicles and heaters.

Biodisel is a clean and renewable energy source obtained from recycling of waste products from oil manufactures.

And another advange is that you can make your own biodisel in your home. Search on the web.

Hybrid Vehicles.

This type of vehicles have an electric motor and another fuel engine combined to obtain low polution vehicle.

By example: The new Ford Scape Hydrid produces 97% less emission of polutant gases. Very close to a Zero Emission Vehicle.

Peugeot works in Hybrid Diesel Vehicles where you can use BioDiesel.

Toyota plans to supply, hybrid versions of all their models.

In bykes you can find the Vespa, with 25% more power and 20% less consume.

Another very interesting Hybrid vehicle is the Chevrolet Volt, powered by E-flex System, is an electric vehicle for 4 passenger with a little fuel engine to increase millage. The batteries of the Chevrolet Volt can be recarged in the plug of your garage in less than 6 h, and you can run 60 km without the fuel engine. To go further, you can use the fuel engine and go 1030 km more, for 4'7 l / 100 km.

Here do you have a short list of hybrid vehicle that you can find in the market: Honda Insight, Toyota Prius, Honda Civic Hybrid, Saturn Vue Green Line, Toyota Camry Hybrid, GMC Sierra Hybrid, Ford Escape Hybrid, Mercury Mariner Hybrid, Honda Accord Hybrid, Toyota Highlander Hybrid, Toyota Highlander Hybrid, Lexus RX 400h, Lexus GS 450h.

Other equal interesting hybrid vehicle is the Renault Kangoo Hybrid, or the Electric Renault Kangoo with Range Externder, this means, with a 10 kW electric generator powered by a little fuel engine that let you increase the milleage from 60 to 200 km. The recarging time is less than 4 h and can run to the top speed of 120 km/h.

Electric Vehicles.

Quiet vehicles of Zero Emission. If we use the Wind or the Sun to recharge it, you can NOT use Nuclear Energy to recarge an Electric Vehicle and tell that you are Green. But you can tell that you Don't Smoke.

These vehicles are powered by one or more electric motors powered by reciclable batteries, as the little car of your childs.

Mitsubishi have developed the "Mitsubishi Inwheel motor Electric Vehicle", that have electric motors installed in wheels. In the Mitsubishi Colt they have obtained a top speed of 150 km/h and can run 150 km in one charge.

El most spectacular electrice that I know, is the Tesla Roadster by Tesla Motors, 100 % electric, with a top speed of 210 km/h, an acceleration from 0 to 100 in 4 seconds, and can run 400 km without recharge. Rechargind time, less than 4 h.

Another interestic electric vehicle is the Morgan LifeCar, that use hydrogen fuelcells and ultracapacitors.

The hydrogen is converted to electricity using a 4 stack hydrogen PEM fuel cell. Apart from 22 kw of electricity, the fuel cell produces only heat and water as by products. The fuel cell made by QinetiQ operates at 45% efficiency, a significant advantage over the conventional internal combustion engine.

Electricity is directed to 4 electric motor-generators, each connected directly to a driving wheel. Not only are these motors super-efficient, 92-94% across their operating range, but their have inbuilt re-generative braking, recapturing the kinetic energy for when vivid acceleration is required ( and reducing energy consumption still further ). Whilst regenerative braking is not a new concept, current applications offer around 10% energy reuse, whereas in LIFECar, up to 50% of this stored energy can be re-employed. This is due to the use of a bank of ultracapacitors. These have the ability to shiffle up to 1000 amps back and forth, maximising energy storage during braking and delivering powerful acceleration.

Cranfield University have developed management systems for vehicle, hydrogen, fuel cell, ultracapacitors and the motors allowing them to become the drive and braking system. They have also developed a control system to seamiessly switch the electronic brakes to a conventional hydraulic system at very low speeds.

About electric bikes, ideal for city, you can find ebikes that run 70 km, with a charge of 8 h for 0'02 Euros. This is the ECO 909 Base, ECO 909 Plus, y ECO 909 PW.

Another interesting and more powerfull ebike is the Sumo EV-X7 Génesis, with all japanise look, you have an electric bike using 2 kW electric motor, that can run 180 km, with a charge of 6 h. Top speed 60 km/h.

But, if you would liko to run offroad, you have an option. The Blade T-6, with 18 hps, equals to Honda XR250, have a top speed of 64 km/h and can be recharged in 6 h or 20 minuts.

Here do you have the Vectrix Electric Superbike, with a top speed of 125 mph.

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