A rash of Australian innovations may lead to cleaner, more efficient
transport. A company linked to CSIRO is promoting a radical design for a
petrol-electric car which it claims can cut pollution by about 90 per cent. And
two separate research groups are working on electric motors which could
revolutionise two-wheel transport.
At a recent conference in Canberra, CSIRO’s Australian Automotive Technology
Centre (AATC) introduced a design for an efficient hybrid car that uses about
half the fuel of a typical vehicle, as well as dramatically reducing the
emission of pollutants. The hybrid car, which will be promoted by the…
