Could Trash-Powered Cars Be the Key to a Greener Future?

Forget traditional fossil fuels, this one runs on plastic.

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00:00When you imagine a hypercar, you probably picture a gas-guzzling dragster.

00:07But what about a garbage-guzzling one?

00:09This is the GB110.

00:11What developer Bertone says is the first hypercar that will run on waste.

00:15The car's engine features 1,100 horsepower and can go from 0 to 60 in just 2.7 seconds,

00:21with the hypercar topping out at a whopping 236 miles per hour.

00:25But the company says the real draw is that you can toss garbage into its fuel tank

00:29to power the futuristic-looking vehicle, with Bertone's CEO saying about it,

00:33quote,

00:34We recognize that plastic waste is a major environmental problem.

00:37We have committed to developing technologies that convert polycarbonate materials

00:41into renewable and sustainable fuels,

00:43something they are calling their cutting-edge advanced plastic-to-fuel technology,

00:47a new type of fuel, which is now being used in everything from transportation to aviation fuel,

00:52and, of course, their newest hypercar.

00:54The company is only releasing 33 of the vehicles,

00:56all to commemorate Bertone's 110th anniversary, hence the GB110 nomenclature.