{"id":709819,"date":"2010-04-06T03:21:11","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T07:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/bug-electric-car-zero-emission-light-weight-concept-vehicle\/"},"modified":"2010-04-06T03:21:11","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T07:21:11","slug":"bug-electric-car-%e2%80%93-zero-emission-lightweight-concept-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/709819","title":{"rendered":"Bug electric car \u2013 Zero emission lightweight concept vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/06\/vw-bug_cqvhe_58_IcPxo_5638.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"vw bug_cqvhe_58\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Designer Ricardo Fedrizzi has shown some deviation from conventional material for his &#8220;Bug&#8221; electric concept car. He has suggested recyclable and renewable materials, such as polymers with a load of vegetable fiber in order to keep it a lightweight ride, which in turn will enhance the efficiency of the car. Like many other sustainable transportation designs, special attention has been paid to the aerodynamics, as it\u2019s an important factor that affects the efficiency of vehicles.  Reduction in weight and better aerodynamic can help promoting economy and performance.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/06\/bug-01_xpdoz_17621_bYlbv_5638.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"bug 01_xpdoz_17621\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Even the glass windows and windshield have been made lighter and safer using resilient polycarbonate. In brief, Ricardo has proposed a zero emission vehicle which could be manufactured at an affordable price.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/06\/bug-04_4gqtu_17621_6uOOm_5638.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"bug 04_4gqtu_17621\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/06\/bug-02_gfjrt_17621_4KdFz_5638.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"bug 02_gfjrt_17621\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/06\/bug-03_dxvyc_17621_1TF7R_5638.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"bug 03_dxvyc_17621\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/06\/bug-05_fyn8v_17621_IpOcD_5638.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"bug 05_fyn8v_17621\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedesignblog.org\/entry\/nano-engineered-bug-electric-car-allows-safe-sustainable-and-economical-travel\/\">TheDesignBlog <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designer Ricardo Fedrizzi has shown some deviation from conventional material for his &#8220;Bug&#8221; electric concept car. He has suggested recyclable and renewable materials, such as polymers with a load of vegetable fiber in order to keep it a lightweight ride, which in turn will enhance the efficiency of the car. Like many other sustainable transportation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1678,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-709819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2YEH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}