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So yea we arent actually at the stage where the entire car is actually able to be powered by the sun but with this it is getting very close indeed. Well at the moment on the market is something that could attach onto your car that could actually benefit you in several ways. Yes believe it or not all of that air conditioning eventually tears away at the fuel that you use up during the course of the day and getting this solar attachment could really help you out.

{It works as you can attach it onto a specially made spoiler in which when you aren’t driving you roll out the cover over the top of your car and it starts to actually charge the car up with solar energy}. Once this has actually been put onto your car you can actually use it to power a lot of the gadgets within it including the CD player.

If you think where this kind of technology will be in 20 years time you will begin to understand the potential to this kind of product. Just think if everyone went out and bought one of these the money would be raised to make a half decent running car on solar power.

It is unsure if they are going to release this product onto the market or not as of yet but if they do it is sure to start selling to the people who are really interested in these green products.

For people that don’t really care about this and need a new car then look into getting a cheap Audi or perhaps a Audi R8. There are also many used cars if you do not fancy splashing out on a brand new car.

So it is up to you really on whether you are interested in getting a brand new green car that is going to help save the world and fix some of the awful damages that we have inflicted on it or if you are going to go out and buy a brand new car to enjoy, the choice is really up to you.

The Riversimple Urban Car will have a far smaller fuel cell than in current industry prototypes and thus needs less hydrogen to be stored on board and in fuelling stations.

It depends on what kind of car you are interested in but if you are into the smaller cars you will love this as it is no bigger than the smart car. For a car of its type it is actually quite speedy reaching at around a bout 50mph which is great for the people that live in the city.

The power actually comes from a 6kw fuel cell which is actually one of the smallest ever introduced into a car like this. it is very important to keep the weight down on this car as it allows the speed of the car to be heavily increased.

There is a bank of ultracapacitors to store this electricity, which in turn provides most of the accelerating power, allowing for a small fuel cell.

Design for the Riversimple cars will be placed online in an ‘open source’ environment, meaning any small manufacturer can lease the design, better suiting local environments and allowing for the car to be built almost anywhere in the world.

Something that is also very good to hear is that you can lease these vehicles and everything from the price of the fuel will be covered.

The head of Riversimple actually stated that we must push forward with the technology rather than get left behind. Of course we now realise that we much minimize the resource source of selling cars which is what these cars are trying to do.”

“The Riversimple Urban Car represents a major step towards practical 21st century personal transport and towards the fulfilment of my great-grandfather’s ambitions for accessible personal transport but this time combining his other passions: light weight and high efficiency,” said Piech.

The real question to ask is will they be upgrading things like used cars to make them greener? If you have recently gone out and purchased a  Audi TT Roadster then you are not going to be pleased when you cannot upgrade it to make it a bit greener.  New Audi are just one of the brands that needs to be looked into.

It is well worth looking out for newer points as there are sure to be more popping up soon.

London is of course the first place where everything kicked off but now there are other places who have started up the idea. Of course you may be aware that the next place going electric is going to be Brighton.

Brighton was chosen because it’s the home of Elektromotive, the company that developed and makes the Elektrobay roadside charging station and which has installed more than 100 in London since 2006. Four stations are already in place in Brighton and will be useable in time for their official launch on October 2nd.

The Elektrobay is actually able to charge up plug-in hybrid cars with all customers getting a key that actually unlocks the unit for roadside charging.

Moving to a place that is actually a lot smaller shows that the idea is actually really kicking off.

The problem at the moment is one; there aren’t enough places to charge up an electric car and two; because they’re still a bit rubbish. People won’t buy an electric car for both of these reasons.

However, once there is somewhere to charge up people will get them and that will in turn create demand for more research funding to make better cars.

So although there are actually not very many places where you can charge up your vehicle if you give it a bit of time we could be on to something here.

The real question that needs to be asked is will they be upgrading things like used cars to make them greener? If you have recently gone out and purchased a  Audi TT Roadster then you are not going to be pleased when you cannot upgrade it to make it a bit greener.  New Audi is just one of the brands that needs to be looked into for this.