Imagine stopping at the gas station and filling your tank with dark roast coffee or decaf. Crazy, don't you think?
Well, maybe not.
British engineer Martin Bacon and a group of volunteers from Teesdale Conservation have recently managed to make a car run on coffee.
Their heavily-modified Rover SD1 can reach a top speed of 124.7 km/h, obliterating the land speed record of 76.8 km/h set by the wood-burning Beaver XR7 in 2010.
The unorthodox V6 engine under the hood burns wood and coffee grounds at more than 700 degrees Celsius. The blend goes through an on-board gas generator system, which turns it into carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and methane – the exact three ingredients an internal combustion engine needs.
Mr. Bacon's super-cool invention, much like this scotch-powered Nissan LEAF, doesn't really make sense, however, since coffee prices far exceed oil prices.
Source :Top Speed
Well, maybe not.
British engineer Martin Bacon and a group of volunteers from Teesdale Conservation have recently managed to make a car run on coffee.
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Their heavily-modified Rover SD1 can reach a top speed of 124.7 km/h, obliterating the land speed record of 76.8 km/h set by the wood-burning Beaver XR7 in 2010.
The unorthodox V6 engine under the hood burns wood and coffee grounds at more than 700 degrees Celsius. The blend goes through an on-board gas generator system, which turns it into carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and methane – the exact three ingredients an internal combustion engine needs.
Mr. Bacon's super-cool invention, much like this scotch-powered Nissan LEAF, doesn't really make sense, however, since coffee prices far exceed oil prices.
Source :Top Speed