LinkNotes: eco

2011-12-01

Wacky wheels: Zoleco Sports Car

Zoleco is a new start-up automobile company which hopes to integrate aerodynamics and energy conservation. Zoleco is also the name of its prototype vehicle which is capable of reaching top speeds of an impressive 200mph. Initial calculations show that using just 8.5hp, the car can touch 65mph with a huge 91.4mpg. If you look at other eco-friendly vehicles, you’ll notice that they don’t give as much mileage, examples being the fuel efficient Alfa Romeo at 54.3mpg and the 2011 Camry V8 at 19/28 city/highway. Zoleco uses a fiberglass body and incorporates innovative safety features that set it apart from the rest.

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Zoleco

The purpose of this specialty car company is to create an outstanding, very efficient, energy conserving sports car. This futuristic concept car prototype is being built with a unique and exciting form of automotive design. By using the scientific approach of combining the laws of nature with practicality and common sense we can produce a car that is…

• Sporty • Fun to drive

• Practical • Eco-friendly

• Exotic • A great compliment to ones individuality.

This all comes together to help address the sustainability issues in the future of our personal transportation.

Read More: The Car | The Man | Development Summary | Technical Benefits & Details | Engine Technology Research

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Zoleco is a home-built 151 mpg concept car

Canadian Zoltan Bod is a self-proclaimed "car and performance nut" who has built his very own, very efficient, 151 mpg (1.56 L/100 km) concept car. Dubbed Zoleco (which merges part of Bod's name with the word "eco"), it is designed with ergonomic considerations and seats up to four passengers comfortably. It also features a teardrop body shape and a three-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine, along with thermal and braking energy recovery technologies, that conserve as much energy as possible. The result is a sporty and eco-friendly car that we're told is fun to drive.

Source: Zoleco is a home-built 151 mpg concept car

The DIY Eco-Friendly Zoleco Concept Car from Canada

The future of the Zoleco is currently up in the air, as it could eventually head to production.

Zoltan Bod is considering selling a do-it-yourself kit for his Zoleco concept, allowing prospective buyers with some free-time and a bit of automotive acumen to create their own efficient car.

Source: The DIY Eco-Friendly Zoleco Concept Car from Canada

Source: Exotic AERODYNAMIC Unique Car Prototype Zoleco video 3 - YouTube

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2008-09-15

Inventor Greg Zanis of Sugar Grove, Illinois, has recently patented an electric car, he calls Dream Car 123. This futuristic, one-person, safety vehicle uses today's technology, but eliminates many of the traditional car systems, producing a car that is more efficient, faster and safer to drive than today's mechanical car on the street.

clipped from technabob.com

dream car 123: electric car gets pyramid power

Created by Sugar Grove, Illinois inventor Greg Zanis, the Dream Car 123 tools down the street at up to 40 mph. A single 3.5 hour charge provides about 240 miles of driving for only about $5 in electricity cost. Take that gasoline!

clipped from dreamcar123.com

~Dream Car~

An unusual garage

With the Dream Car 123, there will be no more pulling up to gas pumps to refuel. Instead, when the passenger pulls the car into the garage, the recharging begins. The garage, however, is not your usual building. It's a combined solar and wind tower that harvests both sources of energy: sun and wind by day and wind by night.