In the future, carbon capture technology could be upgraded to existing vehicles.
The TU/ecomotive student team at Eindhoven University of Technology has developed a solar-powered electric vehicle that captures carbon dioxide. The concept car, called Zem, stores CO2 in specially designed filters, according to CNN.
This is a one of a kind prototype. It uses a bottom-mounted carbon capture device and absorbs and stores more CO2 than it emits. To reduce waste and production emissions, the body and frame are 3D printed using recycled plastic, while the interior is trimmed with vegan pineapple leather.
“We’ve put so much technology into one car to really show what they can do together. In the future, carbon capture technology can be retrofitted into existing cars and help combat some of the emissions from a billion passenger cars currently driving on the world’s roads,” said the developers.
An electric car has two filters under the car, next to each of the front wheels. Air passes through the filter as the vehicle moves, and the CO2 sticks to a special particle inside the filter. The filter needs to be cleaned every 200 miles, so the students built a dedicated electric vehicle charging station that can capture CO2. It can then be reused to produce other fuels such as pure hydrogen, or stored underground in geological formations to keep CO2 out of the atmosphere.
“Since we will never be 100% fossil fuel-free, or at least carbon dioxide emissions, then we have to withdraw (CO2) from the air,” the students added.
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