To get you started

Water the renewable source of energy has many forms of energy incorporated in it. Water can be boiled
and its steam can be used as a means to rotate the turbine. But in this design you have to take into account
that water is not wasted by any means i.e. amount water after the car completes the total distance should
be same as that of the starting amount. This can be achieved by using the potential energy of the water
and convert it into kinetic energy and using that kinetic energy rotate the turbine and without using any
kind of stored energy rotate the wheels to move forward by using of suitable gears according to the
weight of the car to increase the efficiency. The process of each important part of the making of car is
given in detail below.

Rotational Energy
Rotational energy is the kinetic energy possessed by a spinning shaft.
The shaft is made to spin by fluid energy imparted to components
attached to it. In the case of a turbine, the components are blades which
are driven by a fluid which may be water. A water wheel is a machine
for converting the energy of free-flowing or falling water into useful
forms of power. A water wheel consists of a large wooden or metal
wheel, with a number of blades or buckets arranged on the outside rim
forming the driving surface. Most commonly, the wheel is mounted
vertically on a horizontal axle, but the tub or Norse wheel is mounted horizontally on a vertical shaft.
Vertical wheels can transmit power either through the axle or via a ring gear and typically drive belts or
gears; horizontal wheels usually directly drive their load. Here the load is moving the motors of wheels
which can be accomplished by putting up a gear in contact with the rotating blades. The following gears
arrangements can be used.

Gear Efficiency
Unfortunately, by using gears, you lower your input to output power efficiency. This is due to obvious
things such as friction, misalignment of pressure angles, lubrication, gear backlash (spacing between
meshed gear teeth between two gears) and angular momentum, etc. Different gear setups, different types
of gears, different gear materials, and wear and tear on the gear, will all have different efficiencies. The
possible combinations are too big to list, so I will give you an estimated efficiency to expect with
each gear type below.

 Gear Types that can be used:All gears, no matter the type, work on the same principles above. However the different types let you
accomplish different things. Some types of gears have high efficiencies, or high gearing ratios, or work at
different angles, for example. Below are the main common types.

Spur Gears (~90% efficiency)

Spur gears are the most commonly used gears due to their simplicity and the fact
that they have the highest possible efficiency of all gear types. Not recommend for
very high loads as gear teeth can break more easily.

Bevel Gears (~70% efficiency)

Bevel gears are gears where the axes of the two shafts intersect and the toothbearing faces of the gears themselves are conically shaped. Bevel gears are most
often mounted on shafts that are 90 degrees apart, but can be designed to work at
other angles as well. The pitch surface of bevel gears is a cone. Bevel gears are
good for changing the rotation angle. Unfortunately they suffer low efficiencies,
so avoid use if possible.

Rack and Pinion (~90% efficiency)

Rack and Pinion is the type of gearing found in steering systems.
This gearing is great if you want to convert rotational motion into
translational. Mathematically, use radius = 1 for the straight 'gear'.

Worm Gears (~70% efficiency)

Worm gears have a very high gearing ratio. To mathematically calculate,
consider the worm gear as a single tooth. Another advantage to the worm
gear is that it is not back-drivable. What this means is only your motor can
rotate the main gear, so things like gravity or counter forces will not cause
any rotation. This is good say if you have a robot arm holding something
heavy, and you don't want to waste power on holding torque. The efficiency
is low, but lubrication really helps.

Mechanical Advantage, Torque vs. Rotational Velocity

Gears work on the principle of mechanical advantage. This means that by
using different gear diameters, you can exchange between rotational (or
translation) velocity and torque.As with all motors, by looking at the motor
datasheet you can determine the output velocity and torque of your motor.
But unfortunately for robots, motors commercially available do not
normally have a desirable speed to torque ratio(the main exception
being servos and high torque motors with built in gearboxes). With gears, you will exchange the
high velocity with a better torque. This exchange happens with a very simple equation that you
can calculate:
Torque_Old * Velocity_Old = Torque_New * Velocity_New

Important things to be kept in mind while making the design: The water wheel should be as light as possible.
The nozzle through which the water will fall on water wheel should be small but appropriate so
that the force with which the water strikes the water wheel is more than sufficient to rotate the
wheel.
Gears should be properly fixed to the shaft of the water wheel.
Proper gears should be chosen depending on the weight of the car.
See that there is no leak of the water from any portion of the car.
Proper aerodynamics should be used for smooth gliding of the car.
Friction should be as low as possible.
Water tank used to store the water should be situated very low.