Fuel Cell
The Newest Green Car
The Riversimple Urban Car will have a far smaller fuel cell than in current industry prototypes and thus needs less hydrogen to be stored on board and in fuelling stations.
The vehicle is no bigger than a Smart car, weighing just 350kg, and has been developed over three years by teams at Oxford and Cranfield universities. It is actually quite a good car for someone living in a city as it can reach a top speed of 50mph which isnt bad for a car of this type.
The power in this car actually comes from a very small 6kw fuel cell which is actually very small compared to the 100kw in the Honda Clarity. Something that is very high in importance when it comes to this car is keeping the weight down which is why it is able to be quite speedy.
Another big point to this car is that it allows you to store a lot of electricty within it which means you can get the most out of accelerating power.
The great thing about this design is that it will be placed online making it available for all car manufactuers to use at their own will.
The cars themselves will also be leased over 20 years, with fuelling included in the leasing cost, and the materials will be recycled at the end of each car’s lifespan.
The head of Riversimple actually stated that we must push forward with the technology rather than get left behind. Of course we now realise that we much minimize the resource source of selling cars which is what these cars are trying to do.”
“The Riversimple Urban Car represents a major step towards practical 21st century personal transport and towards the fulfilment of my great-grandfather’s ambitions for accessible personal transport but this time combining his other passions: light weight and high efficiency,” said Piech.
The real question to ask is will they be upgrading things like used cars to make them greener? If you have recently gone out and purchased a Audi TT Roadster then you are not going to be pleased when you cannot upgrade it to make it a bit greener. Cheap Audiare just one of the brands that needs to be looked into.
New Audi Is Fuel Cell Powered, Nah Its Just A Scooter
This isnt actually a brand new car I am talking about here, but a scooter which at least means that technology is moving forward.
Unveiled at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show the fuel cell powered scooter was a big hit. Intelligent Energy are actually the brains behind all of this and of course they have recieved most of their backing from Suzuki to make this amazing scooter.
Having stunned the motorcycle world two years ago with the Crosscage fuel cell motorbike, Intelligent Energy and Suzuki have now applied this advanced fuel cell technology to a more accessible form of two-wheeled transportation.
The Suzuki Burgman showcase had the scooter earlier this month and by the looks of things it really does have the potential of looking to actually rid the world of the bad emissions. The scooter is fitted with a hydrogen fuel tank which delivers quick refueling, good riding range and a robust frame for increased safety.
The scooter uses the latest version of Intelligent Energy’s unique and proprietary PEM clean fuel cell engine, which are light, compact and well-suited to mass manufacture.
“The zero-emissions Burgman scooter is the latest product of the successful commercial relationship between Suzuki and Intelligent Energy”, commented Dr. Henri Winand, CEO at Intelligent Energy.
“Of course, these clean fuel cell engine powered motorcycles are not simply for motor shows, and can be widely available to everyone in the near future. It actually already has a market of just over 40 million units per annum meaning there is a hell of a lot to get out of it all. Intelligent Energy and Suzuki are actually going to start working even closer on making these vehicles even better and will be holding various tryouts soon
So there it all is, the future of the car, perhaps. Let us just hope that it does come to the car industry in the near future and doesn’t end up as a used Audi Of course for the time being you could go for a current car like the Audi R8 or the Audi TT Roadster.
