Coffee is not only suitable for drinking, it can also be used to power a car – environmentally friendly and fast. Incredible but true facts.
With coffee fuel to the new speed record
No question: coffee wakes you up and, thanks to the caffeine content, provides a welcome boost of energy, especially in the morning or during the midday slump. In fact, this not only applies to people, but also to our favorite vehicle, the car. The coffee-powered “Bean machine” was developed in England and even made it into the Guinness Book of Records thanks to a speed record of 106 km/h. But how did this crazy idea come about and does coffee fuel for cars really have a future?
The idea behind coffee fuel
Two Brits have already attempted the experiment of powering a car with coffee. Jem Stansfield, presenter and engineer of the BBC show “Bang goes the theory”, bought an old Scirocco and converted it into a “Carpuccino”. The environmental activist and engineer Martin Bacon also worked on his coffee-powered Ford pick-up for several years until it finally drove on coffee. The development actually took several years, but Martin Bacon rewarded himself and his experiments with an entry in the Guinness Book of Records. After all, his “Bean machine” is the fastest car in the world that runs on coffee fuel.
