BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept In Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol

Mr Tom Cruise will be using this car for his upcoming MI:4 Movie. DOPE !!! check out the trailer here :

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NASA Puffin

The puffin is an airplane concept created by NASA aerospace engineer Mark Moore. The vehicle is
designed for personal flight and utilizes an electric engine. The airplane would be 3.7m long with a
4.4m wingspan and take of and land from a vertical position.

The user would essentially standup in the plane and be able to fly with their head poking out through the glass tip of the plane. The plane's tail splits into four legs that support it during take off and landings until it closes during flight.  Because the vehicle uses an electric engine it would have no emissions, presenting an environmentally friendly flying option for a single user.

This is further amplified by the plane's light weight of 136kg and battery weight of 45kg. Moor estimates that the plane could fly in the air at around 241 km/h with a battery range of 80km. While it is just an idea now, you may see something similar in the skis soon.

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Concept : Organic bike

Designer Smolyanov Michael V has come out with a bike design that is environmentally friendly. The materials are not only eco-friendly, but also very light in weight and stronger than usual. The bike’s frames, suspension and steering components are grown from organic substances and then fastened. The bike really comes out with strong, lightweight and very powerful spatial structure after processing and destruction of organic carbon skeleton with fluorine. And that’s where the name M-Org comes from.

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Mercedes-Benz - G 350 With BlueTEC Technology

With the 80th International Motor Show in Palexpo-Geneva fast approaching, auto makers have released a slew of information not only on new models but on transformational technologies as well. Though they have been behind their counterparts from Japan historically, European car makers have sped up their adaptation of “green” technologies this year. And joining the likes of Porsche and BMW, Mercedes-Benz just announced a new environmentally sound vehicle at the newest entry to its popular G-Class SUVs.

Fondly known as “G-Wagon”, the ruggedized sports utility vehicle is the preferred vehicle of Middle East Sheiks and Beverly Hills soccer moms. It is also the standard issued transportation for the Australian Defense Force and German Army. Now in its 31st year, the G-Class SUV will undergo a slight update with the new BlueTEC technology from Mercedes.

Adopting to the efficiency of diesel-powered vehicles, engineers at Mercedes developed BlueTEC as a way to further reduce diesel vehicles’ emissions, especially nitrogen oxide (NOx). By introducing its patented AdBlue urea solution to the exhaust gas, BlueTEC is able to alter 80% of the nitrogen oxide into harmless nitrogen and water. Engineers also created a easy refill method for AdBlue - simply add the solution to a separate blue valve while filling up at a pert station. A full tank of AdBlue equates to 12,000 kilometers or 7, 450 miles.

Armed with a V6 diesel engine, G 350 is still able to generate 210-hp yet only emits 50% of the emission when compared to the model from previous year, a significant improvement indeed.

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