A team of wacky scientists from BBC1′s “Bang Goes the Theory” TV show, have converted a 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco into a coffee-powered car, nicknamed Car-puccino.
As revolutionary as this concept sounds, it’s more of a fun project than a cost-efficient one. The idea behind Car-puccino is relatively simple: coffee, like wood or coal, has traces of carbon in it, so it burns. Use a bucket load of coffee, heat it enough to break it down into hydrogen and carbon monoxide, direct the gases towards the engine, and you’ve got yourself a running vehicle.
That sounds easy enough, but there is a down-side to using coffee as fuel. First of all, it’s between 25 and 50 times more expensive than petrol. Car-puccino is schedule to journey 210 miles, from Manchester to London, and the team estimates it will burn through 70 kilos of coffee. Multiply that by 13-26 British pounds per kilo (depending on the quality and brand) and you get some pretty big numbers. Plus, Car-puccino will have to pull over every 60 miles or so, so the crew can clean up the filters of tar.
Pretty original idea, but I doubt we’ll ever see Car-puccino go into production. I wonder what the exhaust fumes smell like, though…Espresso?
I've already saw this but I can't figure out how it works. Looks pretty impressive. Thank you for sharing. Can I know when it would be available in the market?
They should have designed it to use spent coffee grounds. Then it would have at least been useful.
Well thats so cool riding a car with coffee well what i guess is might that a fuel or liquid by means of coffee.So cool concept.
what characteristic this cappuccino have? Its hardly to believe.. but nice invention.
what characteristic this cappuccino have? Its hardly to believe.. but nice invention.
I don't think it can runn…i have to see it to believe it