A HERIOT-WATT engineer has made an innovative step in fighting climate change by modifying a petrol-driven car to produce oxygen.
Mohamed al Musleh, being a passionate advocate of sustainable transport, has unveiled a fully electric car that - thanks to a handful of changes - is capable to counteracting the effects of carbon dioxide emissions.
Mr al Musleh, who heads the engineering laboratories at Heriot-Watt University's Dubai Campus, now has an electric-powered car that produces no CO2 and has a range of around 50km per charge.
Also, the car's bodywork is covered by silver foil, which helps to reflect excess heat and reduces the need for air conditioning.
However, perhaps the most notable feature is a small garden lawn planted on the car boot to manufacture photosynthesis and produce oxygen. And as the process consumes carbon dioxide, Mr al Musleh's car actively helps to reduce the effects of CO2 emissions.
He said: "I wanted the car to be an unusual design in order to increase awareness and highlight the different ways our everyday actions can contribute to the green agenda.
"I'm not suggesting that everyone should drive electric vehicles, or have grass on the top of your car, but I do want people to realise that any small step towards energy saving today is going to save the planet in the future. This might be a familiar message to people in the UK but in Dubai, it is not."
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