A Dutch university has developed an air-purifying car
A team of students from the Netherlands' Eindhoven University of Technology has developed a Zem electric car that captures and recycles more carbon dioxide (CO₂) than it emits while driving.
Zem purifies the air through a special filter, storing captured CO₂ and then disposing of it, which should contribute to the fight against global warming.
The transport sector is one of the main sources of carbon emissions in the European Union. Passenger cars are responsible for more than 60% of these emissions. To reduce them, 35 students at the University of Eindhoven designed and assembled the first car of its kind that does not pollute the air, but on the contrary – makes it cleaner.
The car can capture 2 kilograms of CO₂ through a special filter when running 32,000 kilometers per year. This means that ten cars can capture as much carbon dioxide as the average tree. After all, there are more than a billion passenger cars driving around the world that could capture CO₂ instead of releasing it. Currently, the prototype can travel 320 kilometers before the filter fills up.
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