The tyres are made of potatoes and the brake pads from ground cashew shells. The body was created from hemp and rapeseed oil, and it runs on fuel made from fermented wheat and sugar beet. Yet despite the greenest of credentials, this mean machine is capable of a highly-impressive 150mph. Eco One was designed by Dr Kerry Kirwan, a researcher at Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), the university's academic department which provides solutions to industry, and built by student Ben Wood over two months at a cost of £20,000. Powered by the engine from a Triumph Daytona motor-cycle, Eco One does 0-62mph in under four seconds. It will be on display at the National Science Museum in London from August 28 to 30. 
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