December 7, 2006 10:26 a.m. EST
Maira Oliveira - All Headline News Reporter
London, England: Prince Charles is eagerly awaiting the arrival of a special purchase. The royal is waiting to receive his new "green" Jaguars.
The 58-year-old prince has converted his two official chauffeur-driven cars to run on vegetable oil, as part of his new eco-friendly travel plans.
The $67,000 vehicles now feature engines that run entirely on biodiesel - made from rape seed.
A Jaguar spokesperson told Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, "This is really cutting edge but Charles has shown the way."
Charles' cars are the first in the world to run on the specially modified vegetable oil, which is biodegradable, non-toxic and produces much less pollutants than petrol or diesel.
The prince is determined to reduce his carbon footprint on the world and has recently announced that he plans to swap his royal helicopter for trains and he has even instructed his staff to travel by bicycle wherever possible.
Charles has also suggested that he will commute to London on public trains from his Highgrove residence.
On Wednesday, he launched his Costing The Earth - The Accounting For Sustainability project at St. James' Palace. The prince wants industry leaders to assess the environmental damage caused in the production of their products.
Charles warned that we are all "living on borrowed time" if we don't stop consuming the world's resources at our current rate.
He added, "It is our children and grandchildren who will have to pay off this debt and we owe it to them and ourselves to do something about it before it is too late."