WHY WE NEED THIS TECHNOLOGY?
In mordan age car is one of the most important things for us. We all know that, we need fuels to run car. But there is some problem s
1: these fuels are not endless.
2:they are costly
3:most of them are harmful for the nature
SO we need a alternative source of energy. One of them is " the car which can run by only water and aluminum plates"
This meterials is called Log9. this prototype is designed by the students of the IIT Roorkee. So let's try to know about it.
Car that runs on water! IIT-Roorkee students try to achieve the impossible
The car is still in its initial phases. Tests are being conducted to figure out the car's commercial viability.
The young and bright minds at the Indian Institute of Technology have done it again with their latest innovation. Students at IIT Roorkee have developed a new electric car prototype that runs on water and aluminium, instead of fuel or electricity. Better still, the car will cost almost as much as a standard car. Not only will this have a positive impact on the environment, it will also cut down costs drastically.
The car is powered by water and an aluminium plate. According to a report in The Print, the car can run 1,000 km on a single charge. It requires a litre of water every 300 km. Once the 1,000-km mark is crossed, one would need to change the aluminium plate. But fret not, that process will only take 15 minutes of one's time. As of now, these plates cost Rs 5,000 but are likely to get cheaper in the future as demand goes up.
The car is still in its initial phases, as mentioned on the news site. Tests are being conducted to figure out the car's commercial viability.
This brainchild comes from a startup called Log9 Materials. They started the project around two years ago and have developed batteries that generate power from water and aluminium. While this has been done globally, with Log9 Materials' project, India too will join that league.
Founder-CEO of Log9 Materials, Akshay Singhal, confirmed to The Print that the startup is in talks with automobile companies and the prototype is ready.
So how will this car work?
The car will give a range of 1,000 kms on a single charge and will require 1 litre of water every 300 kms.
Once you cross the 1,000 km mark, the aluminium plate will need to be replaced.
Costing Rs 5,000, the replacement will not take longer than 15 minutes.battery
The car runs on a simple fuel cell technology that uses electrochemical reaction to produce electricity. There is a graphene rod along the metal plate that generates electricity with water as its base for the chemical reaction.
The electricity thus generated is sent to an electric motor that drives the car.
The IITisans are confident that these batteries will also have a long run.
Other automotive experts have lauded the idea as well, and in The Print, Tutu Dhawan, an automotive expert and journalist, who happens to be on the board of advisors to the Delhi GOVERNMENT, Said this technology could be the future of motoring.
The Government is very clear on its stance on vehicles using alternative sources of fuel and is optimistic about electric vehicles. And innovations like these will fuel India’s dream to achieve electric mobility.
IT is true that cars and SUVs powered by fuel cells are expensive. The biggest challenge for the IITians will be to keep the car’s production cost in check. Mass production would require the need for proper and durable batteries. And if this is addressed, this innovation could perhaps solve issues faced by electric vehicles today, namely range and charging point.
Well, here’s hoping that the IIT Roorkee innovation gets into production for a cleaner and greener planet!
cars that run on water and aluminium
IIT-Roorkee engineers develop electric car prototype that needs ‘refuelling’ not recharging, say it won’t cost any more than your petrol or diesel vehicle.
The group expects cars using these batteries to run for up to 1,000 km in one go — needing just about one litre of water every 300 km. At the 1,000 km mark, an aluminium plate will need to be replaced in the battery — which the engineers say will take no more than 15 minutes of your time.
Each plate will cost about Rs 5,000, about the same as what it would take to run a petrol or diesel car for 1,000 km. The makers say the cost may reduce further in future.
There is just one question that they don’t want to answer — how the aluminium plates are going to be made available to consumers.
At present, the company is conducting tests before launching its car commercially.
“The car prototype is ready and we are already in talks with some automobile companies,” Akshay Singhal, founder-CEO of Log9 Materials, told ThePrint.
“We are confident that cars using these batteries will be able to have a good run,” Singhal said.
Experts laud idea, but is it affordable?
Automotive experts have lauded the idea, but also cautioned about the affordability of these cars.
Tutu Dhawan, automotive expert and journalist who is also on the board of advisers to the Delhi government, said this technology could be the future of motoring.
“Fuel cell technology is the future for electric vehicles, if it is perfected. A lot of manufacturers are seriously going into this technology and have already started testing it,” Dhawan said.
Automotive engineer Vikram Mishra, however, sounded a note of caution.
“It is a great innovation, and IITs are doing good work in terms of innovation. But I have my doubts on how much this vehicle will be successful,” he said. “Even if they make it viable, they have to be able to make it affordable.”
The Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) report released recently expects electric vehicles to comprise about 7 per cent of sales in India by the year 2030
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