Environmentally Friendly Cars (Hybrid and Others): Part 2

Hi Everyone,


This is the second post of environmentally friend cars.


BMW Clean Energy^1,3


BMW has produced the first Hydrogen vehicle in the world. It is named BMW Hydrogen 7. It has been around for quite some time now. BMW has the idea of making hydrogen to be the fuel for the future. BMW hydrogen engines will burn the fuel to produce H2O or better known as water.


BMW has decided that hydrogen fuel is the long term solution to reduce emissions. Hydrogen has won over wind, sun, water and biomass and meet energy needs in a sustainable way.


Not only does BMW has pioneered Hydrogen fuel, it also has several hybrid cars to choose from.


Volvo Drive²


Volvo also has initiatives of researching environmentally friendly vehicles. See videos of the four Volvo cars that has been researched namely Volvo C30 Electric, Volvo V60 Plugin Hybrid, S60 and V60 Drive and Volvo Flexifuel (85% ethanol, 15% petrol).


Volvo has developed cars based on electric technology, hybrid technology and flexi fuel technology that reduces Carbon Dioxide emissions by 80%. 


Other car companies are going green as well including our national car manufacturer, Proton. Proton Emas is set to go on sale by 2013. Here are several links to other car companies on their environmentally friendly vehicle initiatives:


Kia Eco Dynamics
Ford Electric Vehicle Technology
Mazda SKYActiv Technology
Proton Concept Cars: Emas
General Motors: Design & Technology
Mercedes-Benz International: BlueTecEco

Cheers,

Rogerkoo


¹ BMW Clean Energy: Overview, http://www.bmw.com/com/en/insights/technology/cleanenergy/phase_2/cleanenergy.html


<sup>2 Volvo DRIVe: Environmental Programme - Explore, http://www.volvocars.com/intl/explore/Pages/drive.aspx


3 BMW Efficient Dynamics: Introduction</sup>
http://www.bmw.com/com/en/insights/technology/efficientdynamics/phase_1/introduction.html