A super-green minivan has eventually been designed. Hats off to the Union of Concerned Scientists for its efforts to build it. The vehicle concept - named Vanguard - is capable of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent exceeding California’s 2016 global warming standards (30 percent reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions).
Though this new minivan presently exists only as a computer simulation, it provides a great hope for the environment-concerned people. It will be using existing technologies and is capable of running on a gasoline-ethanol blend.
Interestingly, vehicles like this one would cost only $300 more than today’s minivans. But, again, it would be saving an owner $1,300 over the lifetime of the vehicle, according to the Group.
Quoting Mercury News,
The UCS Vanguard, featuring off-the-shelf technologies and clean fuels, surpasses the latest state global warming standards, while saving consumers money and maintaining vehicle safety.
But, since UCS is not a car maker, it’s not that easy to be sure if the automotive industry will really use such a concept.
