May 6 2009Wait, What?: A Chocolate Powered Race Car
That's right, a team at Warwick University have developed a race car that's made out of vegetables and runs on chocolate. Of course, gumdrops and licorice sticks would have been cooler, but hey, you work with what you've got.
The racer isn't legal to race in the F3-series as chocolate-based fuels aren't on the approved list of energy sources, but that's not the point. The WorldFirst team is trying to prove green-racing doesn't have to mean boring-racing. They've used recycled materials in combination with fibers and extracts of fruits, vegetables and plants to create composites, materials and lubricants along the same vein as carbon fiber, plastics, and oil. It's based on the standard Lola chassis and despite the eco-friendliness, the car will still hit 145 MPH and corner like the real deal.
Well snap crackle pop! Plus, if you crash in the wilderness you can eat your car to survive. Double whammy! Now, here's your fun word fact for the day: race car is spelled the same forwards and backwards. It's a palindrome, just like "Wo! Nemo, Toss a Lasso to Me Now!" You know that joker Mr. Wizard that used to be on TV? Yeah, well I'm like his illegitimate cousin, Mr. Word Wizard. Except I don't invite neighborhood kids over to my house all the time BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HOW I ROLL.
WorldFirst ecoF3: A Chocolate-Powered Sustainable Race Car [jalopnik]
Thanks to Dr Freak, Thumperchica, Lisa, Stirling and James, who made a race car that was powered by dreams but crashed it when one of them had a nightmare.
Reader Comments
1. cj - May 6, 2009 10:31 AM
first
2. GeekOnAmission - May 6, 2009 10:31 AM
Hmm, what a tasty idea, Now ANGELO! Back to work or I break out the whip!
3. Ekn - May 6, 2009 10:32 AM
Wolvorine runs on whisky and cigars.
4. Angelo - May 6, 2009 10:38 AM
@2: Bite me.
5. Captain - May 6, 2009 10:40 AM
Must see!!
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6. Daisy - May 6, 2009 10:44 AM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never BAck Down where MAx won a trip to visit a famous chocolate factory and then went for a ride on a foamy car that seemed to stretch.
7. 1st, 2nd, 3rd Police - May 6, 2009 10:47 AM
@5 I am fine with you posting your BRUTE, but at least say something about the comment. Douche
Soon cars will run on trash like the Back to the Future car.
http://jfect.mybrute.com
8. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - May 6, 2009 10:48 AM
I run on coffee, chocolate and carcinogens.
And it was my nightmare that crashed our racer. Sorry, but that chick from the Ring scares the crap outta me.
9. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - May 6, 2009 10:54 AM
I wonder if it'll wreck the motor if you throw some Beano in the tank.
10. STOMPY - May 6, 2009 10:56 AM
I'm running on coffee and hangovers right now....
11. che-che - May 6, 2009 11:06 AM
they proved nothing. dont plastics come from trees, so they went from on plant to another. and they are still using a combustion engine. when people think of green cars, they think electric motors and hybrid engines. so if they created a race car with an electric engine that can hang with a combustion engine then you can say something.
oh, and also there goes the price of chocolate, a kit kat bar is gonna cost us around 5 bucks a bar, and there are like 4 or 5 bars in a package of kit kat, making that a 20 to 25 dollar candy bar. thanks asssholes!!!!!!
12. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - May 6, 2009 11:07 AM
@8
See --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_portrait_of_a_serial_killer
Starring Michael Rooker (Mr. Jared Svenning from Mallrats) That ought to get that silly but slightly creepy Ring girl out of your head.
13. aznterrorist - May 6, 2009 11:12 AM
http://at52.mybrute.com/ <--- fight meeeeeeeeeee!
14. STOMPY - May 6, 2009 11:15 AM
@11
Plastic coming from trees? What kind of 'trees' have you been smoking?
15. STOMPY - May 6, 2009 11:21 AM
http://www.otherkidspacklunch.com/WindowsLiveWriter/ring%20girl%20tv.jpg
16. Watch-303 - May 6, 2009 12:12 PM
why is it not on the approved fuel list?
17. WEs - May 6, 2009 12:24 PM
So Many Dynamos!
Nurse I Spy Gypsies- Run!
-wes-
18. Elmo - May 6, 2009 1:18 PM
why waste chocolate on a dumbass car?!
19. Dougle - May 6, 2009 1:28 PM
race car is rac ecar backwards.. not race car and not a palindrome
20. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - May 6, 2009 5:07 PM
16 - They haven't approved the use of bio-diesel fuels in Formula 3 yet. They have approved diesel though...
21. Dr Freak - May 6, 2009 10:21 PM
I had a Homer moment when i first saw this, imagining myself at the gas station... "1 for you, 1 for me, 1 for you, 1 for me..."
*drools
22. mike literous - May 22, 2009 10:09 AM
the person 3 comments below me is a hoboblower.
23. Sandor - July 27, 2009 6:41 AM
Thar's so cool
24. Sevandor - March 25, 2010 7:43 AM
mike literous you fail....anyone for a petition to make it an appropriate/accepted fuel souce?
25. willis - July 6, 2010 9:34 PM
Then this one is really inspiring for both genders, lol. I like the colors - they are fresh and full of gratitude.
Will - Fox Car Rental