The truck above is powered by a wood gas generator, except this one runs on coffee grounds. The Cafe Racer is a 1975 GMC pickup that essentially burns up used coffee to create a combustible gas. The gas is filtered on its way to the engine and, Viola, a caffeine-powered truck.
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A Truck That Runs on Coffee Grounds (and How Wood-Gas Powers Cars With Garbage) : Gas 2.0
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Submitted by claybodie on Thu, 2008-05-15 20:27. | Tags: transportation | activism | alternative fuels | automobiles | car hacks | diy | gasification | lifehacks | transportation | Wood Gas | wood gas generator
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Sick of Gas?: Convert Your Car To Run On Electricity : Gas 2.0
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If you can’t buy the car you want, then build it.
Gregg Abott (aka Gadget) custom-converts cars for a living, but instead of tricking out cars to run on biodiesel or get better mileage, he’s hacking them to run on electricity.
Submitted by claybodie on Mon, 2008-03-10 22:12. | Tags: transportation | automobiles | car hacks | cars | diy | electric vehicles | electricity | ev | howto | technology | transportation
