Hummer O2 beats nano-cars to win Design Challenge
Filed in archive News by george elvin on December 01, 2006
?This year's challenge had design studios transform the future of driving into an environmental experience, and competitors included the Volkswagen Nanospyder, which used nanotechnology to create a vehicle capable of being assembled, disassembled, and reassembled on a microscopic level, and the Acura FCX 2020 Le Mans utilizing nanotechnology in its compact fuel cell.
But the GM Hummer O2 is not the gas-guzzling behemoth we see today. Powered by a fuel cell, this Hummer "breathes" through a revolutionary phototropic body shell that produces pure oxygen throughout the lifespan of the vehicle. The algae-filled body panels transform harmful CO2 into pure oxygen that is subsequently released back into the environment.
It may be a while before you see a breathing, algae-filled Hummer on the lot at your local GM dealer, but I'll bet by 2008 every car in the Design Challenge will utilize nanotechnology. (photo GM)
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