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This Electric Car Sucks Carbon From the Air
ZEM is an electric vehicle designed by a group of college students that absorbs more carbon dioxide than it emits while it drives. Made from 3D-printed recycled plastics, its designers say it’s the world’s most sustainable car. What is Carbon Capture?: These Trees Store More Carbon: Andy on Twitter: @theandyaltman Subscribe to CNET: Never miss…
Frederick Gomes
November 6, 2022 at 5:35 pm
I’ll get this filter for the z
Andrii Lysohor
November 6, 2022 at 5:49 pm
Krakow Berlin should sell it to its residents for not more then 10k
EVERY ZOBO IS A HOBO
November 6, 2022 at 5:50 pm
Fantastic idea! Why haven’t we done this yet? Let’s get this idea and car on the road ASAP
playboysolrac
November 6, 2022 at 5:53 pm
THIS is what the government needs to invest in!
rjat1000
November 6, 2022 at 5:54 pm
I love CNET, but This is a joke. Show me the proof that this car reduces any carbon. To bad these students are not using their skills to actually benefit the world. Great click bait but it is a joke.
NOMSI4
November 6, 2022 at 6:39 pm
We must protect those students before some companies decide to X them off. If the technology is finalized, it will change the motor industry forever.
Hani Mann
November 6, 2022 at 6:51 pm
A hydrogen car also cleans the air as it drives so until this car comes reality in any form ….
Farns Worth
November 6, 2022 at 6:53 pm
my car melted on the way to work
SS S
November 6, 2022 at 6:55 pm
Cool idea but whatever finally comes of it it needs more than 200 miles between the filter being emptied.
K-rex
November 6, 2022 at 6:55 pm
it looks like it wants to be a Z
ashVGF
November 6, 2022 at 7:01 pm
Can they convert the carbon into electricity or hydrogen to fuel the car?
Freely Roaming
November 6, 2022 at 7:16 pm
Rather than trying to patent this, they should open source the technology if they are serious about global adoption for this to make any kind of significant impact. It’s a nice concept but getting 10% of all cars on the road using this system is a pipe dream.
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November 6, 2022 at 7:31 pm
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Artemis152
November 6, 2022 at 7:45 pm
this is awesome
Dustin Sherrill
November 6, 2022 at 7:45 pm
Admirable work. I hope this takes off more.
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L. J.
November 6, 2022 at 7:46 pm
My favorite are when the “leaders in climate activism” take their private jets across the world to talk about climate change.
Alfonso Murillo Bolaños
November 6, 2022 at 7:53 pm
Ok hear me out why not make CO2 capturing filter mandatory for all cars on the road, even if they capture little the sheer size of the fleet will make an impact. Catalytic converters are mandatory pretty much around the world. It would be doing the same again. I’m pretty sure someone can come up with a way to retro fit the new filters on old cars, it won’t be “the solution”, but sounds like a realistic meaningful step.
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November 7, 2022 at 3:17 pm
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144Donn
November 6, 2022 at 8:17 pm
Please prove and bring the evidence to support your claim in the opening statement that transportation produces more CO2 than animal agriculture. None the less, gorgeous car with absolutely cool tech! I WANT!
Bracey Smith
November 6, 2022 at 8:57 pm
Is there anything stopping these filters from being added to other electric cars? If the sourcing and manufacturing of the filters is the only limit that’s an insanely viable carbon capture solution that could be very easily implemented compared with all the others I’ve seen.
Chem_nut2003
November 7, 2022 at 9:53 am
Actually I was wondering if the filters could only be put on only electric cars. Even if the car is putting out CO2 emissions, having it collect as well; would still reduce the amount that makes it into the atmosphere.
Ricky Campbell
November 6, 2022 at 9:23 pm
Or couldn’t we just plant the 3 million trees instead, Since they convert the carbon dioxide into oxygen, That we need to breathe? Duh!
rml695
November 6, 2022 at 10:18 pm
I know it’s a concept, but I love it. Not just the technology, which is obviously the most important thing, but just from a design perspective it’s super sleek. Reminds me of something Lotus might do.
James Jones
November 6, 2022 at 10:19 pm
I heard Audi is doing something similar with one of their vehicles.
The Transformation Channel
November 6, 2022 at 10:24 pm
Now we just need to get the big automakers onboard.
Keith White
November 6, 2022 at 10:35 pm
The carbon capture hasn’t really worked and for most companies it’s been a lie Australia is a good example millions of tax payers money been wasted on this idea and being honest this car probably picks up more dirt than any think else , I did say a while back that cities should have tall thin towels with filters around the city to help clean up pollution in the air and there be a possibility of capturing the crap that came out of vehicles. The only problem is what you do with all these filters in the long run it just creates more garbage .
physics77guy
November 7, 2022 at 1:27 am
so basically electric car with two carbon capture filters….. they should make it open source and charge royalties and that will help it push to all manufacturers at a fraction of a cost rather than trying to replace exiting cars… they should make standalone carbon filters to retrofit on cars…. that way adaption is much faster and it will help at fraction of cost
VizKiz.
November 7, 2022 at 2:51 am
And yet it still looks super badass
Vlican
November 7, 2022 at 3:15 am
4.4 lbs of CO2 per 20,000 miles does NOTHING to offset it’s own CO2
windell mooneyham
November 7, 2022 at 4:31 am
I got kind of stumbled when it said it collected 4.4 lbs of carbon every 20,000 miles but the filter has to be changed ever 200. Did I hear that wrong?
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Travonte The Boring Gamer
November 7, 2022 at 7:05 am
I truly hope they succeed , we need something like this in the mainstream not just a YouTube video introduction
Buzzyguitar
November 7, 2022 at 7:38 am
Won’t happen. The big powers want you to buy electric vehicles.
swansmeister
November 7, 2022 at 9:54 am
Soon all the inventers of this car will be dead because this will make that now WE can ask THE GOVERMENT for CO2 money back.
AlphaXiro
November 7, 2022 at 11:49 am
Not all of us want one of zem
Aaron Pierdon
November 7, 2022 at 2:12 pm
What do I think? I want one.
I kind of think it’s silly to make such small filters on such a mass scale and require owners to replace them so often just seems kind of inadequate… I would rather see a forest of 8 m tall filters kind of like a forest of filters that are very efficient and can be replaced in a sustainable way. I don’t think we should mix filtration, CO2 capture, and vehicles. The return of filtration isn’t enough compared to how costly and annoying it will be to replace those filters.
Tri edge
November 7, 2022 at 2:43 pm
dang the build quality on that thing looks abysmal… Cool concept though
Rifat Rahman
November 7, 2022 at 3:03 pm
We need this…
Alex Mercer
November 7, 2022 at 3:48 pm
People like these make us feel ashamed of our lives being damaging to the nature. Please these students should get enough limelight and they deserve more attention.
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Kyle
November 7, 2022 at 4:35 pm
200 miles?
That’s quite a frequent maintenance item. I don’t want to have to clean out/replace a filter every 200 miles. That would get old real fast.
Cool tech, but not practical.
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November 7, 2022 at 5:04 pm
News Flash: Greenhouses literally use CO2 emitters to promote plantlife. The more CO2 we emit, the greener the planet becomes. The climate scare is blown so far out of proportion its hilarious – and it is clearly done for political reasons. We can have a rational discussion, but it must include facts like the one at the beginning of this comment. Every single doomsday political issue is always for control. Politicians DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU. And the field of science is filled with scientists who work for MONEY. Who gives the money to them? What are their viewpoints? Are they trained in the sciences? Do they want an open debate? Ask questions. The answers show how skewed and unscientific this field has become.
Keith White
November 7, 2022 at 7:11 pm
Carbon capture and storage has been a waste of time and you only have to turn to Australia for the evidence total waste of tax payers money I had this idea back along but what I came up with was you would pick up more rain and dirt than any think else by car , a more better idea would be tall thin towers in around cities that sucked up the bad fumes but the biggest worry is where to put all theses filters in the end .
Trees do a better job in carbon capture so the better option is leave nature to do what it does best and stop culling old trees that have grown for hundreds of years .
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Rob Sasena
November 8, 2022 at 2:46 am
Does it really make sense to reduce your EV’s efficiency just to take carbon out of the air? sure it is good click bate but there are much more practical ways of doing this like placing the filter at the center of a big wind funnel on a windy mountain. Simpler = more carbon removed.
Rob Sasena
November 8, 2022 at 2:48 am
Why not just have a solar powered fan blow air through the filter? It would be the same thing only better because you wouldn’t need to have the efficiency reduction of driving around with all the extra weight and drag that the filter has.
Rob Sasena
November 8, 2022 at 2:56 am
4.4lb per 20,000 miles is a halariously small amount. The average US citizen produces 2.3 lb carbon per day and drives 13,000 miles per year. That would take you 1.24 years to recover 1 day of your own average carbon emissions.
The Last Ninja
November 8, 2022 at 5:12 am
yet another scam , anyone with a bit of chemistry knows this is total BS
E. v. K.
November 8, 2022 at 7:03 am
Good Idea
Okhueleigbe Eddy
November 8, 2022 at 9:39 am
Elon musk typing……….
contratiger
November 8, 2022 at 9:54 am
Carbon is using in photosynthesis and its a usefull element for green world. But you always show carbon is evil. Its a commercial for evs. But you show your self a envirement protector but you re liyer. If there is no carbon you cant eat any vegatables as vegan.
Jan Klöbener
November 8, 2022 at 3:16 pm
2:56 I wouldn’t recommend using Methane in beer…
J Bettis
November 8, 2022 at 4:05 pm
Reminds me of Volvo Radiator that converted CO emissions from cars in front of it.
Omar
November 8, 2022 at 5:42 pm
This tech should be required for all public transport.
Yashar Yildirim
November 9, 2022 at 2:59 am
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J. Caraballo
November 9, 2022 at 12:04 pm
The curves on it suggests it could be a fun car to drive!
Brandon Garrett
November 9, 2022 at 3:34 pm
This is not a step forward but just a step back. Focusing on real world problems like living somewhere you do not want to work is life changing, in my I add world changing. Change the core structure to change a plant
El Dom
November 10, 2022 at 1:26 am
Carbon catchers on gas powered vehicles amen
kosher&halal
November 10, 2022 at 1:44 am
how much lithium in those batteries? they found lithium in my country, and it’s bad. under most fertile land above the largest underground lake of fresh water in the whole region, and they want it. angela melker said it : if you dig it we will buy it. for our clean electric batteries.
Young Pete
November 10, 2022 at 2:38 am
Zem for you zem for me