GREEN RACING CAR
November 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLA SPEED record has been set by a car running on biofuels, with a vehicle designed with help from the European Space Agency (ESA) breaking an existing green car record of 315km. It was developed by French non-profit group IdéeVerte Compétition to be lubricated by sunflower oil and run on liquid petroleum gas (LPG), one of the least polluting fossil fuels. The organisation used space technology to make the car safer. Said IdéeVerte Compétition president Alain Lebrun: "The car of the future will have to respect the environment. This is the only ...
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