Hybrid
What if our cars were zero emission for most trips plus we could use conventional fuel for long trips - at high speed... Hybrids use a combination of propulsion systems - commonly an electric motor+combustion engine - to get the best of both.
GreenTomatoCars is an award-winning private taxi hire (minicab) service in London with a fleet of hybrids that are often completely emission free when used as taxis. Green Tomato also carbon-offest unavoidable emissions and have built up a huge number of loyal customers.
Bridgestone Eco-Rally Guest Speaker: Dr Ralph Clague
EVO Electric develops and manufactures advanced electric machines, drive systems and other integrated products for a wide range of transportation and mobile power applications.
Oaktec is an engineering research and development business concentrating on the development of petrol electric hybrid technologies for motorsports and other niche vehicle applications.
ITM's electrolyser and fuel cell technologies have the potential to become the cornerstones of a future hydrogen economy based on 'green' hydrogen. Their hydrogen systems are able to convert renewable energy to a clean fuel, that can be indefinitely stored for use in transport, residential and industrial applications.
Ferrari used the Geneva Motor Show to unveil a hybrid future that it says will not only make its sports cars more efficient, but also aid their handling and performance.
Pulling the wraps off a lime green version of the 599, fitted with the Prancing Horse's new hybrid powertrain, CEO Luca di Montezemolo joked that you "don't normally see a green Ferrari" on the firm's Geneva stand but that this marked a "new direction."
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The automotive industry adds £9.5bn to the UK economy and employs around 380,000 people. British workers design, engineer and build cars that are sold globally. It is clear that there is an environmental and an economic imperative to to change.
In the short term we need improvements to existing technologies: efficiency, light materials and drag reduction.
Longer-term we need the new, cleaner technology that is still evolving.
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