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Anderson069 OP t1_jbitola wrote

This fully electric car called Zem has created by 3D-printed from recycled plastics. Zem also has an interior made of pineapple and a dashboard made of cooking oil. “Zem” stands for “Zero Emission Mobility,” this car does not emit carbon. It also has a great exterior design. This Zem car has a pair of carbon filters in the front grille that contributes to cleaning the atmosphere by removing about 4.5lb of Carbon-dioxide per 20,000 miles.

That means ten Zem cars remove the same amount of carbon as a mature tree absorbs annually. Solar panels are also installed on the Zem’s roof, and those provide about 15% of the car’s energy needs. It has a traditional charging point at the rear that completes the rest of the car’s energy needs.

It was created by a team of 35 undergraduates at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. Carbon neutrality is built into every aspect of the car. The Monocoque and body panels are created by additive manufacturing. “These parts of Zem are 3D-printed to get the desired shape and almost no waste produced,” TU/ecomotive has stated.

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Frubanoid t1_jbk7gkp wrote

This is great! We should be starting to look at net-negative carbon solutions. Even if it's only a little bit, with the amount of cars on the road this sort of thing will add up. If the filter or capture device is unpowered or only uses the kinetic energy of the air it's pushing through that's even better. Hopefully it's not something that takes a lot of maintenance too.

I love the idea of turning all those little sources of carbon emitting terraforming cars into carbon sippers as part of an overall solution!

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spootypuff t1_jbl79dr wrote

>4.5lbs of Carbon-dioxide per 20,000 miles

Great! This will really offset the 4.2 metric TONS of co2 that a typical gas car emits every year.

In all seriousness, the magnitude of continuous co2 emissions over the life of an ice vehicle underscores the need to rapidly transition to EVs.

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