A racing car powered by chocolate and made of vegetables! No, it’s not a typo. A British team from the University of Warwick has designed an environmentally friendly formula 3 racing car for the future. The diesel engine runs on biofuel made from waste chocolate and vegetable oil. Not only is the fuel sustainable, but the car itself is 95% biodegradable! The steering wheel is derived from carrots and other root vegetables. The wing mirrors are made from potato starch and flax fiber. The brake pads are from cashew nut shells.
Bringing sustainability to motor sports and to show that competitive racing can be environmentally friendly is a primary goal of the project. Unfortunately, current Formula 3 regulations do not allow for the use of biodiesel in competition. Hopefully that will change soon and we can begin to see environmentally friendly racing cars on tracks around the world. ”Powered by chocolate” is a slogan I’d like to see more of.
