The sports car that runs on SALTWATER
Vehicle goes from 0 to 60mph in 2.8 seconds - and has just been approved for EU roads
- Quant e-Sportlimousine's top speed is 217mph - equal to a McLaren P1
- The car uses a saltwater flow cell system to power four electric motors
- Water passes through membrane in tanks creating an electric charge
- Two 200-litre water tanks can provide a range of 373 miles (600km)
- The four-seater is 5.25 metres (0.4ft) long and 2.2 metres wide (7.2ft)
- Price and sale date yet to be confirmed, but may cost more than 1m
Sports cars may not have the best reputation for being environmentally-friendly.But this sleek machine has been designed to reach an impressive 217.5 mph (350 km/h) using nothing but saltwater
It works in a similar way to a hydrogen fuel cell, however, the liquid used for storing energy is saltwater.
The liquid passes through a membrane in between the two tanks, creating an electric charge. This electricity is then stored and distributed by super capacitors.
The car carries the water in two 200-litre tanks, which in one sitting will allow drivers to travel up to 373 miles (600km).
Overall, the four-seater is 5.25 metres (0.4ft) long, 2.2 metres wide (7.2ft), the 1.35 metre (4.4ft).
Its 22-inch wheels sit just beneath double gull-wing doors which feature 'Chrystal Lake Blue' paint.
Inside is a full-length interactive dash, with wood-theme features and an Android-based entertainment system.
No price or sale date has yet been revealed, but some experts suggest it could cost more than 1 million ($1.7 million)
NanoFlowcell AG, a Lichtenstein-based company behind the drive, is now planning to test the car on public roads in Germany and elsewhere in Europe as the company prepares for series production.
It claims the technology offers five times the energy capacity of lithium-ion batteries of the same weight.
Full Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2739768/The-sports-car-runs-SALTWATER-Vehicle-goes-0-60mph-2-8-seconds-just-approved-EU-roads.html
Just a short 2 years ago everyone was saying that this would never come to fruition and yet here we are watching as the major break troughs are being made in Germany and other European countries. The USA has kept it's head in the sand so to speak and technology has once again passed us by and now we have to play catch-up.
Great article Larry! Thanks!
What a beauty of a car Larry. More advancements in the alternate fuel programs..Love it.
What a magnificent idea for a boat motor - a ship could run free of fuel cost - almost the impossible perpetual motion. Even a seaside home that could draw water could have zero energy cost.
I was once told that the government does not want people to have self-energy sources because it is through a system of energy distribution that they could maintain control of society.
The government would hide anything that gave the individual independence from the big oil companies.
Like the 100 mpg carburetors of the 60's.
Or, you could buy a nicePorsche 6-cylinder coupe or maybe a Ferrariand a Mill & a half of gasoline...
That's the kind of attitude that keeps the USA behind in research and development and buried under the Big Oil Machine!
It is a beauty Kavika, the USA needs to wake up and start aggressively researching alternate fuels or be left in the wake of a world that's had enough of big oil telling them what to do.
a battery is no more than two different metal plates witha acid to carry electrons from one metal object with a easily released electron to a material that will easily accept extra electrons when the circuit is broken the electron flow stops. No reason the metal cannot be replaced by two woven material mats with Salt water being used as the electrical stimulis instead of acid. Much safer and gives off water as a by product. Whats not to love. Let the Muslims hold their oil spigots in their hand waiting for a customer. Companies like BP owned by Rockefeller should be quite irritated. Big bucks flowing to Washington to outlaw it I'm sure. If Republicans get control of the Senate and House of Representatives and Presidency we will see Koch sand oil and the Rockefeller's and others from wall street throw billions into the Bribes to kill this power source from getting on American soil for decades. They make billions every year each.
Swamijim sez Swamijim do you own oil or gas stock. Or are you against the U.S. moving forward in energy sources or do we want to do the same as were doing in medical science and new treatments, Outlaw cheaper drugs and stop new treatments that do not use Drugs or manufactured pills or shots made in the USA now we are rated number 36 in the QWorld guess the house of Representatives should cut more funding for medical science and health care?
This is an interesting set of technology... I think it's a little disingenuous to say it runs on "salt water". Yes it is salt water, but it's a specific salt water with high concentrations of metals; not sea water or just table salt in water.
The weight of the liquid components is a little offset to the performance. And who knows how much the ion water would run you for price to fill up or what the membrane set up would cost to replace/upkeep (obviously a million to buy). Not to mention the discard fluid charge (or costs associated with recharging it to sell again).
More info here
I think the quick charge battery technology I've read about is a more sensible option, but that's just my opinion.
This, of course, is an important step down this road though. I'm glad they are considering it seriously.