Peaches Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Hydrogen-powered two-seater car unveiled240 miles from a single tank, anyone?By Alun Taylor 17th June 2009 12:33 GMTLeccy Tech British boffins have unveiled what they believe is the future of urban personal transport - a prototype two seater micro-car powered by a single hydrogen fuel cell.Riversimple’s management team’s no stranger to groundbreaking car designs. The firm’s led by Hugo Spowers, for example, who was involved with the Morgan LIFEcar hydrogen vehicle project.The universities of Oxford and Cranfield have also played roles in the RUC’s development, as has Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies - a Shanghai-based developer and manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cells.story & Photos ... The register - http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/06/17/riversimple_ruc/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Wouldn't catch me dead in one. A small SUV could crush it in an accident. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 Wouldn't catch me dead in one. A small SUV could crush it in an accident.Heh-heh. Agreed. I'm 6' 4", I don't think I'd fit in that little bucket. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Honda_Boy Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Honda Has been producing and selling the Hydrogen powered FCX Clarity in California for a little while now. It's quite a bit bigger though. Here's a Top Gear review on it: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Unless they enact some sort of nationwide edict to build the necessary infrastructure, hydrogen powered cars aren't going to happen in my lifetime. And ... There's a reason no one has had much success selling "micro" cars here, even though they sell them in OTHER markets. But keep workin' on it, even if they succeed in making "grass-ohol" economically (which uses non-crop biomatter to make biofuels), that looks like a temporary stop-gap measure to me, I bet fuel cells are the future. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
irregularjoe Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 I love it! I support ANY alternitives to the gas eaters.I've been forced into an "early" retirement due to my chronic back pain. (without pay of course). So my truck is collecting dust in the garage. I used to drive 75,000+ miles per year while working. I think I got out just in time, gas prices as they are. I'd probably be bankrupt now anyway if I was still working.I'd love to get a really energy efficient vehicle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bozodog Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Grass-ohol! Ha! Wasn't that what early transportation used? (horses) It would take less nuke plants to power up the nations electric cars, then to make hydrogen. What we really need is a better battery... Until that happens, Hybrids are the answer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sultan_emerr Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 I love it! I support ANY alternitives to the gas eaters.I've been forced into an "early" retirement due to my chronic back pain. (without pay of course). So my truck is collecting dust in the garage. I used to drive 75,000+ miles per year while working. I think I got out just in time, gas prices as they are. I'd probably be bankrupt now anyway if I was still working.I'd love to get a really energy efficient vehicle.Perhaps you can turn in your dust collecting clunker for a good deal in the "Cash for clunkers" program.Note: Don't pay any attention to what Kim says. I think that she may have gone over the egde; "Cash for Clunkers a U.S. intrusion into computers?" = http://www.komando.com/about/my-log.aspx?id=7079 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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