|
|
Scientists have developed a car that utilizes urine-like solution to cut its harmful emissions. The passenger vehicle manufacturer, Mazda is the first to use this technology on its new passenger vehicle, CX-7.
According to the sources, the new fluid called AdBlue is a mixture of one-third pure urea and two-thirds demineralised water.
Though this technology has already been used in the trucking industry in Europe and Australia but Mazda is the first to use the technology on a passenger vehicle.
The technology is called selective catalyst reduction.
In this process the urea-based liquid is injected into the car’s exhaust system to turn harmful nitrogen compounds into harmless nitrogen and water.
The car has a particulate filter to reduce the amount of filth emitted by the vehicle. Interestingly, the car will not start if the AdBlue tank is empty and the vehicle reduces the maximum speed if the tank is not filled properly. There is a warning lamp to warn the driver when the level drops the minimum.
The driver has to fill the tank after every 20,000 km of service. It also costs roughly 7 dollars per 1000 km run.
Mazda is also coming out with new variants to reduce CO2 emissions.
