We’ve all heard of biodiesel and we’ve all heard of hybrid vehicles but how about a hybrid biodiesel burning 1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle? No? Me neither. Neither did students at the University of Kansas until they built one, that is.
What you see above is their creation which gets close to 50mpg running on both biodiesel and 10 lead acid batteries.Professor Chris Depcik, leader of the team, comments on the project:
“We have driven it around and reached approximately 30 mph, but this was more of a proof of concept drive without pushing the boundaries. We are currently getting the vehicle into road-ready shape to be driven safely in order to determine these values.”
via autopia
Tags: Beetle, biodiesel, hybrid, university of kansas, volkswagen