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Swiss start up aims to cut truck carbon emissions

Friday, 8 April 2022 06:30

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A small start-up in French speaking Switzerland could end up have a large impact on the climate.

In a few days the firm, Qaptis, will complete a modest crowdfunding campaign which will allow it to bring out the first truck with a carbon capture device attached to the exhaust. It liquifies the carbon which can be drained away later. 

The inventors claim it can reduce the carbon emitted into the atmosphere from a truck by 90%. 

The work follows a patent filed by an EPFL professor, Francois Maréchal in 2018. 

It won’t take a lot of money to bring out the first truck. The firm is asking for only CHF 25,000, but if the prototype is successful, there’s likely to be significantly more money available. 

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