{"id":15,"date":"2013-10-13T17:29:38","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T00:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sumi\/?p=15"},"modified":"2016-04-15T16:39:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T23:39:26","slug":"driving-electric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sumi\/2013\/10\/13\/driving-electric\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Electric"},"content":{"rendered":"

Look at that cool Lotus sports car! Wait, that\u2019s a hybrid?<\/p>\n

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Lotus Evora by Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Photo from flickr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That was my reaction when I saw the \u201cgreen\u201d Lotus Evora 414E<\/a> on its test drive.<\/p>\n

This car has an impressive power and acceleration for a hybrid car. Each year, car makers are developing more higher-performance electric cars, but existing large, heavy-weight motors do not suit more compact sports cars. Lotus shows prospect for a very lightweight engine that enables 1000 Nm of torque and a 0-60mph time of 4 seconds with emissions of just 55g\/km CO2<\/strong>. Compare this to the original version of Evora with a 0-60mph of 5 seconds and emissions of 217g\/km.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a passenger of a car almost every day for my work commute. I\u2019m also a car enthusiast. Especially appealing are the ones that show off their speed and streamlined bodies. However, I do recognize cars are a key source of carbon emissions, a leading cause of greenhouse gases. How can I have the fun of driving a sports car and still not be harmful to the environment?<\/p>\n

The Evora 414E is at an experimental stage, but it proposes a technology that allows more than a 50% reduction in carbon emissions while getting thrust power and looks of a conventional sports car. You can see the most recent model and developments in The Guardian<\/i><\/a> and Green Car Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(This article was published in December 2012 on\u00a0At this time the news magazine\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Community of Accounting and Business Professionals<\/em>\u00a0blog)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Look at that cool Lotus sports car! Wait, that\u2019s a hybrid? That was my reaction when I saw the \u201cgreen\u201d Lotus Evora 414E on its test drive. This car has an impressive power and acceleration for a hybrid car. Each year, car makers are developing more higher-performance electric cars, but existing large, heavy-weight motors do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21657,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[873587,873585,873589,211638,873584,165215],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-car-emissions","tag-evora-414e","tag-green-car-guide","tag-hybrid","tag-lotus","tag-sports-car"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":493,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions\/493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sumi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}