Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Know about Alternative Fuel

Alternative fuels are called as non conventional or advanced fuels. They are any materials or substances that can be used as fuels instead of conventional fuels. Conventional fuels can be petroleum, coal, propane and natural gas.

Now, there are number of alternatives available, those can help to reduce the emissions of vehicle. These alternative fuel's contribution to reduce the Co2 can change, this contribution depending on from where they are sourced and how they are manufactured. There are some fuel alternatives. Such as:

  • Biodiesel: It is renewable fuel. Generally, it is produced from the oil of crops, these crops can be oil seed rape, sunflowers and soybeans, and from waste cocking oils. In general, biodiesel is obtainable from weak mix of 5 percent biodiesel and 95 percent ultra low sulfur diesel.
  • Bioethanol: It is a liquid biofuel as biodiesel. It is produced from starch plants, sugar plants and sometimes it can be produced from fermentation after distillation and dehydration. Generally, bioethanol is obtainable from a mix of 5 percent of ethanol and 95 percent of unleaded petrol.
  • Liquid petroleum: It is mix of propane and butane, it is produced as a by product of refining, or natural gas fields. It is most suited one for cars and light as a alternative and it is not used for heavy vehicles.
  • Electricity: Electric vehicles, which can be run through the electricity. They are powered by on board batteries.
  • Natural gas: This can be made from methane. This is made from oil and gas fields throughout the world. Generally, people use this for the purpose of cooking and heating. Natural gas can be stored in the form of liquid when it used as alternative fuel in vehicles.
  • Biogas: It is also called as liquid biomethane. It is produced by breaking down organic matter by a process of microbiological activity.
These are alternatives of the fuel. They were introduced to reduce the impact of climate change. But mainly pollution can be reduced by driving them more economically.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

What are the Different Types of Cars

Because of the increase in the expectations of the customers, manufacturers are showing interest in manufacturing new models which are much more convenient when compared with the usual cars.

The types of the cars are increasing. One can select the car of the best variety according to the necessity and affordability as they are more options for selecting the car.
Let us see some of the kinds of the cars which are mostly under usage.
  • Door sedans: These are often termed as the luxury cars. Most of the people show interest in buying or opting for this sedans. These cars consist of three box configuration. These pieces of style are enclosed with trunk which offers security. The rear seat passengers will be helped by the rear doors. There are separate places allocated for engine, passengers and cargo.
  • Door Coupes: These are generally used for single adults instead of a trunk a hatchback is present for carrying lot of loads. Here only the front doors are to be used for accessing the rear seats. These door coupes are classified into three types. High roof with a removable rear seat is the feature of the Opera Coupe. For carrying wares this business coupes are used, they don’t have the rear seat either removal rear or rear seat. Club coupes will be similar to the sedans because they have the larger rearer seat.
  • Convertibles: These are two seater cars. Some of the companies also manufacture luxury convertibles. They have the features of high performance engines and superior handling.
  • Station wagons: These are also termed as the sport utility vehicles, they are used for the families which like to travel. They have the best features like better gas mileage, less rates of insurance, more stability.
  • Sports car: These are generally used for the daily travel and racing purposes. They are used for fun purposes. These are not affordable for the daily transportation purposes.
Apart from these, there are also light trucks some often term them as cars. Among these, the commonly used are vans, mini vans, trucks etc.