{"id":45416,"date":"2014-09-06T18:39:29","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T18:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=45416"},"modified":"2014-09-06T18:39:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T18:39:29","slug":"the-sports-car-that-runs-on-saltwater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=45416","title":{"rendered":"The sports car that runs on saltwater"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sports cars may not have the best reputation for being environmentally-friendly, but this sleek machine has been designed to reach 217.5 mph (350 km\/h) \u2013 using nothing but saltwater.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Its radical drive system allows the 5,070lbs (2,300kg) Quant e-Sportlimousine to reach 0-60 mph (100 km\/h) in 2.8 seconds, making it as fast as the McLaren P1.<\/p>\n

After making its debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show in March, the saltwater technology has now been certified for use on European roads.<\/p>\n

The 920 horsepower (680 kW) Quant e-Sportlimousine uses something known as an electrolyte flow cell power system to power four electric motors within the car.<\/p>\n

It works in a similar way to a hydrogen fuel cell, however, the liquid used for storing energy is saltwater.<\/p>\n

The liquid passes through a membrane in between the two tanks, creating an electric charge. This electricity is then stored and distributed by super capacitors.<\/p>\n

The car carries the water in two 200-litre tanks, which in one sitting will allow drivers to travel up to 373 miles (600km).<\/p>\n

Overall, the four-seater is 5.25 metres (0.4ft) long, 2.2 metres wide (7.2ft), the 1.35 metre (4.4ft).<\/p>\n

Its 22-inch wheels sit just beneath double gull-wing doors which feature ‘Chrystal Lake Blue’ paint.<\/p>\n

Inside is a full-length interactive dash, with wood-theme features and an Android-based entertainment system.<\/p>\n

No price or sale date has yet been revealed, but some experts suggest it could cost more than \u00a31 million ($1.7 million)<\/p>\n

NanoFlowcell AG, a Lichtenstein-based company behind the drive, is now planning to test the car on public roads in Germany and elsewhere in Europe as the company prepares for series production.<\/p>\n

It claims the technology offers five times the energy capacity of lithium-ion batteries of the same weight.<\/p>\n

‘We’ve got major plans, and not just within the automobile industry,’ says NanoFlowcell AG Chairman of the Board Professor Jens-Peter Ellermann.<\/p>\n

‘The potential of the NanoFlowcell is much greater, especially in terms of domestic energy supplies as well as in maritime, rail and aviation technology.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: Daily Mail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sports cars may not have the best reputation for being environmentally-friendly, but this sleek machine has been designed to reach 217.5 mph (350 km\/h) \u2013 using nothing but saltwater. Its radical drive system allows the 5,070lbs (2,300kg) Quant e-Sportlimousine to reach 0-60 mph (100 km\/h) in 2.8 seconds, making it as fast as the McLaren […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":45417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[18,7],"class_list":["post-45416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dr-akwasi-osei","tag-togbe-afede-xiv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}