Dutch students have invented a zero-emissions car that captures carbon as it drives.
"This car was made with the goal to minimise the CO2 emitted during the manufacturing phase, the life phase and the end-of-life phase," says Jens Lahaije, a member of the Eindhoven University of Technology team who created the vehicle.
Made mostly from 3D-printed recycled plastics, the sporty all-electric car is powered by a lithium-ion battery pack.
Although EVs emit virtually no CO2 compared with their combustion-engine counterparts, battery cell production is highly polluting. As a result,it can take EVs tens of thousands of kilometres to achieve 'carbon parity' with comparable fossil-fuelled models.