Introduction to Green / Environmentally Friendly Cars

1.1.  Introduction to Green Cars

• The sections that follow cover the many and varied alternative methods being used to power what is called an environmentally friendly (Green) car.
  
  

• These “Green Cars” are designed to produce lower levels of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. See Green Cars. Section 2.
  
  

• Fuels other than the fossil fuels of petrol and diesel have an important role.
  
  

• These “alterative fuels”, such biofuel and hydrogen, are being derived from renewable or sustainable sources. See Green Cars. Section 3.
  
  

• Green cars also use fuel cells, supercapacitors and batteries to power electric motors. See Green Cars. Sections 4 to 8.
  
  

• When two methods of propulsion are used in one car the vehicle is called a Hybrid. See Green Cars. Section 9.
  
  

• The subject can be explored in much greater depth via the many specialist web site links listed in Green Cars, Section 10. 
  
  

• Please “Contact Me” if, after reading “Green Cars”, you believe something has been omitted, not stated clearly or correctly. Reader feedback on this important subject is especially welcome.