Volcanic combustion

NOT CONTENT WITH SIMPLY powering vehicles with small explosions in their combustion chambers, Koenigsegg and Geely are looking to source power for future cars from something with a significantly bigger bang: volcanoes.

That’s not an exaggeration, with both manufacturers looking to source carbon from Icelandic volcanoes to concoct methanol-based alternative fuels. The pair have invested in an Icelandic company called Carbon Recycling International, which runs an innovative program that combines hydrogen and captured carbon to create methanol.

To source the C02 required, Carbon Recycling International built a plant on