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Readers feeling jittery on their second or third cuppa might giggle at the concept of the Carpuccino, but few car owners will. The wacky UK invention comes in the form of a converted 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco that downs about 56 espressos per mile, the Daily Mail reports. That should only cost about 25 to 50 times the cost of running a car on gas. The concept came out of the BBC1 science program called "Bang Goes the Theory," and will go on a 210-mile drive between Manchester and London that consumes about 11,760 espressos. But coffee aficionados shouldn't scream just yet -- the fuel comes from waste coffee grounds provided by a branch of Costa Coffee. Carpuccino Go: How the Carpuccino runs  Bang Goes the Theory/Daily Mail Related ArticlesThe Parajet Skycar: From London to Timbuktu on BiofuelBeyond EthanolGoogle Working on "Smart Charging" Software for Electric CarsTagsCars, Jeremy Hsu, automobiles, bang goes the theory, biofuels, carpuccino, coffee, coffee grounds, coffee-powered, gassific