Comments on: VIERIA: Michelin Design Challenge Concept Car Cleans Polluted Air http://inhabitat.com/vieria-michelin-design-challenge-concept-car-cleans-polluted-air/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Fri, 24 May 2013 19:53:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Zeppflyer http://inhabitat.com/vieria-michelin-design-challenge-concept-car-cleans-polluted-air/comment-page-1/#comment-334853 Zeppflyer Wed, 18 May 2011 12:08:48 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=251768#comment-334853 Gimmick. Pure gimmick. Why, aside from cute PR, would it be necessary to put air scrubbers in a car? It can't be part of the power system. There are no future or on-the-horizon technologies that somehow produce energy from a chemical reaction that makes air cleaner. Thus, the scrubber has to be a purely parasitic system. A system which draws power from the car's (presumably) battery powered electric motor, wasting energy and decreasing the vehicle's range. If there are scrubbers out there which have a true net positive effect on overall air quality (most require either massive amounts of energy or chemicals), it makes far more sense to build it big and stationary and not lug it around, pointlessly, in a car. Go plant a tree or seed a pond with algae if you want a truly green way to clean the air. Gimmick. Pure gimmick. Why, aside from cute PR, would it be necessary to put air scrubbers in a car? It can’t be part of the power system. There are no future or on-the-horizon technologies that somehow produce energy from a chemical reaction that makes air cleaner.

Thus, the scrubber has to be a purely parasitic system. A system which draws power from the car’s (presumably) battery powered electric motor, wasting energy and decreasing the vehicle’s range. If there are scrubbers out there which have a true net positive effect on overall air quality (most require either massive amounts of energy or chemicals), it makes far more sense to build it big and stationary and not lug it around, pointlessly, in a car.

Go plant a tree or seed a pond with algae if you want a truly green way to clean the air.

]]> By: DineOmite http://inhabitat.com/vieria-michelin-design-challenge-concept-car-cleans-polluted-air/comment-page-1/#comment-334378 DineOmite Tue, 17 May 2011 18:34:06 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=251768#comment-334378 I am more interested in the air purification technology, rather than the silly looking car. They should focus on that and sell it to all the car manufacturers. I am more interested in the air purification technology, rather than the silly looking car. They should focus on that and sell it to all the car manufacturers.

]]> By: jschmidtke7 http://inhabitat.com/vieria-michelin-design-challenge-concept-car-cleans-polluted-air/comment-page-1/#comment-334279 jschmidtke7 Tue, 17 May 2011 14:20:15 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=251768#comment-334279 This car is a great idea if the public will only accept it. The VIERIA also resembles the Toyota concept car called the PM which they have had as a concept for some years now. This car is a great idea if the public will only accept it. The VIERIA also resembles the Toyota concept car called the PM which they have had as a concept for some years now.

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