Green VehiclesBy: Josh Foreman, Aditya Pethe, and Ian

Matejka

Lines of Inquiry

Types of Green Vehicles:What are green vehicles like, and what will they be like?How do green vehicles work differently?

New Power Sources in Development:How are green vehicles becoming more popular and efficient?How do green vehicles impact our life and society?

Pros and Cons of Eco-Friendly Transportation:Why do the Pros and Cons of Green Vehicles occur?Looking back on green vehicles, are there more Pros than

Cons?

Ways to Support Green Vehicles:How can we support green vehicles?

Types of Green Vehicles

Green Cars of today: Natural Gas Cars-cleaner than

gasoline but still pollutes environment

Hybrid Cars- Cleaner than gasoline cars, low emissions

Green Cars of Tomorrow: Electric Cars- No emissions,

Cleaner than Hybrids and Natural Gas

Space Green Vehicles of Today:

Hydrogen-Fueled Rockets, launches pollute environment, releases little fumes

Space Green Vehicles of Tomorrow:

Solar Sails- Rides on light, Zero emissions, uses ultra-thin mirrors, can travel

200,000 Miles Per Hour, can catch up to Voyager in 8 years

What are Green Vehicles like and what will they be like?

TYPES OF GREEN VEHICLESHOW DO GREEN VEHICLES WORK DIFFERENTLY?

Electric:uses a motor and lithium

batteries, simplest of all car designs

Hydrogen:uses a combustion chamber

and fuel cells, slightly complex

Gas:They work by burning gasoline to spin their

wheels, are by far the most popular cars on the road.

Plug In:are basically electric cars and work using the same principles as electric cars

plug in cars are electric cars that recharge from “The

Grid”

Hybrid:uses electric motors and

combustion chambers, the most complicated car

design.

Air:uses compressed air to spin

their wheels and has 0 emissions

New Power Sources in DevelopmentHow are Green Vehicles Becoming more Popular

and Efficient?

Electric:0 emissions, emerging

technology

Hydrogen:0 emissions, slightly

futuristic, seldom seen

Gas:Most Popular Current

Technology

Hybrid:More efficient then NG, 2nd most popular technology

Air:0 emissions, future

technology, currently a concept

Natural Gas:Burns Cleaner Then

Gasoline, not as popular

New Power Sources in DevelopmentHow do Green Vehicles Impact our Life & Society?

Global Warming:

• Fossil Fuels Contributes to it =

• GV Help PREVENT it =• Makes Sea levels rise = • Heats Atmosphere = • Pollutes Air = • Endangers Animals =

Are Green Vehicles Really Green?:

• Electricity maybe made with fossil fuels =

• Electricity Made with Alternative energy =

• Heavy materials used to build cars =

• Lightweight materials used to build cars =

= Good = Bad

Pros & Cons of Eco-Friendly TransportationWhy do the Pros & Cons occur?

Pros Doesn’t Pollute (electric ) Can charge at home

(small charger) Good acceleration (motor) Efficient ( electric battery )

Cons Small range( electric

battery) Charges over long time

( electric battery) Not as fast as gas car (less

power) Expensive ( Developing

Technology)

Pros $ Cons of Eco-Friendly TransportationLooking back on Green Vehicles,Are there more Pros than Cons?

What Matters Overall Impact

Some Attributes matter more than others for example NOT polluting matters more then acceleration, handling, speed and performance because Global Warming would eventually lead to mass extinction.

The overall impact of green vehicles is greater than its cons because not polluting matters more than little things like speed, it would benefit the environment if you bought a green vehicle.

Ways to Support Green VehiclesHow Can We Support Green Vehicles?

Why YOU Should Care: Global Warming Conserving Environment Saving Resources

What WE Did: Pumped The Tires of 7 Cars Spread awareness Raised MPG

What YOU Can Do: Turn Off A/C Clean Out Trunk Junk Pump Your tires regularly Avoid Drive Throughs

The Hareari & The Tortoise Leaf

He’s definitely gonna lose!

He isn't a Green Car, unlike ME!

The Hareari Challenged The Tortoise LeafTo a Race!

The Hareari sped ahead!

I need GASoline!

NOOO!!!!

But soon, The Hareari got tired….

The Tortoise Leaf chugged past….

And WON!

Ol` Betsy

Nissan Leaf

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