The car that ran on coffee. What if your car ran on your morning coffee? In 2010, British engineers converted a Ford pickup into a carpacino, powered entirely by coffee grounds. Instead of gasoline, it used the gasifier that burned coffee waste into combustible gases, which the engine inhaled like fuel. The smell of roasted coffee trailed behind it as it cruised at 60 miles per hour. It wasn't efficient. It needed about fifty-six espressos per mile, but it proved almost anything combustible coul