Post by meike on Mar 5, 2016 13:54:34 GMT
I work as a courier / express driver to every corner of our little country and I made a sport of eco-friendly driving. Like my boardcomputer says when I take over the car from a collegue, the average fuel consumption is around 5,6 to 6,0 liters per 100km's or 60 miles.
I thought, I can do that better (several times I saw an average use above 6.0 liters/100km) ! Last time I resetted my boardcomputer, was by 5.000km's and a fuel > km's average of 4,9 liters per 100km. That's the most ecofriendly range I've ever got with my Kangoo from work.
And there I think, couldn't be an challenging thing to get a car with a very friendly operating range during an average range on High Speed Ring for example ? If we are choosing a convential engine, hybride or pure electric, a range of 200km's is more 'sexy' in a sales pitch than 100 miles with the same car.
But what are the options to get our car more green than usual racign cars.. This thread could be a brainstrom session for the car to get it Mean and Green !
First idea !
Liek a few days/ week ago, we had an small conversation in our FB chat about an engine running on air.. But at the same time, I was also thinking about an idea to get my Kangoo greener (just fictional, it's a lease-car and I may even not customizing my own Tomtom menu lay-out).
The idea I came up with, was a small generator in the loading space of the car. The generator could get his source from the car's battery, or froma solar panel or from a windturbine under the car.
The wheel arches of a normal car are a big element in the car's aerodynamics and with closed wheelarches and wheelcovers, my average fuelconsumption will go down, minimal..but it will be that way. But with that generator I could use the air to give the air in front of the wheel arches a small change of direction. Like a small strip of tiny holes and compressed air I could push the air away from my car and get a greener result, isn't it ?
Just a hypothetical idea, I can't test it out right now, need a fluid dynamics software to test something like that
I thought, I can do that better (several times I saw an average use above 6.0 liters/100km) ! Last time I resetted my boardcomputer, was by 5.000km's and a fuel > km's average of 4,9 liters per 100km. That's the most ecofriendly range I've ever got with my Kangoo from work.
And there I think, couldn't be an challenging thing to get a car with a very friendly operating range during an average range on High Speed Ring for example ? If we are choosing a convential engine, hybride or pure electric, a range of 200km's is more 'sexy' in a sales pitch than 100 miles with the same car.
But what are the options to get our car more green than usual racign cars.. This thread could be a brainstrom session for the car to get it Mean and Green !
First idea !
Liek a few days/ week ago, we had an small conversation in our FB chat about an engine running on air.. But at the same time, I was also thinking about an idea to get my Kangoo greener (just fictional, it's a lease-car and I may even not customizing my own Tomtom menu lay-out).
The idea I came up with, was a small generator in the loading space of the car. The generator could get his source from the car's battery, or froma solar panel or from a windturbine under the car.
The wheel arches of a normal car are a big element in the car's aerodynamics and with closed wheelarches and wheelcovers, my average fuelconsumption will go down, minimal..but it will be that way. But with that generator I could use the air to give the air in front of the wheel arches a small change of direction. Like a small strip of tiny holes and compressed air I could push the air away from my car and get a greener result, isn't it ?
Just a hypothetical idea, I can't test it out right now, need a fluid dynamics software to test something like that