This solar-powered electric car cleans carbon from the air as it drives

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Built by students at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, the Zem prototype captures carbon while driving.

The amount of CO2 the student's device captures may be limited -- but this prototype is an important first step, says Carlo van de Weijer, a research fellow at Eindhoven University of Technology.Van de Weijer has spent decades working in the automotive industry, including executive positions at Siemens and TomTom, and has been a mentor to the innovation teams at Eindhoven for years.

The EV revolution has reduced emissions at the tailpipe, but those created during the production of vehicles are still a growing problem. According to afrom the non-profit International Council of Clean Transportation, manufacturing a medium-sized EV in Europe generates two metric tons more in CO2 equivalent than a conventional car.

"We have gigantic challenges for the future with the environment," says van de Weijer."If something comes out of as a spin-off, thenw it would be fantastic -- it can contribute to this huge problem."The team finished building the car in May this year and began a tour across the US in August. The US is theof greenhouse gases and first per capita -- and nearly a third of these emissions come from transport.

Zem isn't road legal yet -- but Louise de Laat says the next student team will work to overcome some of these regulatory challenges."We pulled it off: 35 students with a lot of eagerness but a lot less experience than the main industry that we are competing with," says Okkels, adding that without regulatory restrictions faced by big companies, they have more room to experiment."We're just showing the big industry what is possible.

 

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This car is also gay.

The design is also cool.

None of this is actually feasible in principal, let alone real usage. The solar generation and miniscule co2 capture is entirely redundant. Like trying to boil the water in a holed ship to stop it sinking.

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Ask daddy Tesla to use these seats and clear Carbon etc . Nothing better when it comes to EV

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Lame.

Does it come with an ashtray?

It is not a solar powered car. It's an electric car with a trickle-charger on top that would just about cover the headlights and stereo and -might- stretch to the air conditioning depending on how hard you run it but definitely will not power the engine.

What do you do when it catches flames

Great! Now dems are going to require all cars clean the air.

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Solar is the ultimate future. Electric cars!, Sit and watch, we’re coming for you! Charging bills so expensive. We’re relying on the Lord’s Sun now.

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