World is going green, almost in every industry green technology research is on the rise. Since racing is one of the most popular sports around the world, adopting a green technology in race car is a must as race cars need more fuel than ordinary cars.These Eco friendly cars will run on alternative fuels like Bio-Ethanol, Hydrogen, Electric, Natural and Bio gas. Also, there are some hybrid cars. Green cars are considered to be the only way to reduce the pollution and to tackle the gasoline shortage in future and are environment friendly. Let us see top seven Eco friendly green race cars on track.
Eco friendly vehicles designed for race tracks
1. Honda Insight
Honda Insight is the oldest green car used in race. After lot of improvements in technology happened over the years, the Honda Insight now comes up with an upgraded version for Formula 1000 Stage Rally championship. It is also said to be one of the affordable hybrid cars in the market. Even bio ethanol can be used as a fuel for this car. It is rated as one of the safest cars with a mark of 9/10, green rating is 9/ 10 and overall performance gets 7.9/10.
2. Trident Iceni GT
Though this car is not much successful, it occupies a place in green race cars list. This interesting and green car started its journey in 2005. This was the first time when trident brought Iceni a diesel engine car to British GT, which also runs on bio-diesel. It has a double bubble roof and 6.6-litre GM-sourced V8 turbo-diesel engine producing 800 lb/ft of torque in racing trim, and 8-speed sequential-automatic gear box.
3. UH Racing Formula Student hydrogen car
This is the first hydrogen-powered car used in racing. This hydrogen car is a invention by a team of students from the University of Hertfordshire. World's first hydrogen car can reach 0-60mph in just 3.2 seconds wit a top speed of 130mph. UH08H is designed for Formula student racing competition, which is mainly for student built cars around UK. It is a 100% zero emissions vehicle, made from donated, recycled and custom fabricated parts . It is one of most greenest vehicle in the list and hydrogen source is farmyard waste.
4. Toyota Prius
New 3rd generation Toyota Prius is the most fuel efficient car with a mileage of 51 mpg. Toyota Racing Development had made many advancements and changes in design to compete with other Japanese race cars. Handling is superb on the track and 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine is used with a increased horse power of 145 HP.. It has a sleek roof-line, stiff body and lighter. It scores 9/10 in safety, 7.3/10 in overall performance and it gets full marks in green rating.
5. Bio-ethanol Aston Martin DBRS9
DBRS9 is a unique bio-ethanol-powered car from Aston Martin. It is named as 'customer' racecar. This car is a carbon-composite skinned with a capacity of 550bhp and 6.0-litre V12 monster engine. It takes only 3.5 seconds to reach 0-62mph with a top speed of 200mph. Some adjustments are made to make it a complete green race, they are bigger tank, fueling system which uses bio-ethanol as a fuel. This car reduces carbon emission up-to 70%.
6. Audi R10
After winning Le Mans 24-hours championship five times using Audi R8, the Audi makers decided to go greener by introducing Audi R10. This car consists of twin-turbo 5.5-litre V12 diesel engine. Main advantages of this engine is massive torque level and improved fuel efficiency Though it has high bhp of around 700bhp, it won the Le Mans championship in 2006 and 2007.
7. Nuna 4
World Solar Challenge is very popular race car event in Australia. Only using sunlight for fuel and crossing more than 2000 km is not a joke. Once in two year many individual and corporate cars participate in the race. Darwin to Adelaide across Australia is the route and Nuna 4 from Delft university is one of the fastest solar car. In October 2007 Nuna from the Netherlands won the cup by covering the distance in 33 hours and also reached the end with an hour and 36 minutes ahead of other cars. Its a solar challenge record.
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