June 16, 2009
U.K. Company Riversimple Says It Will Bring an H2-Powered Car to Market by 2012
Less than two months after the U.S. secretary of energy proposed cutting off federal funding for development of hydrogen cars, claiming their realization was many years away, a European company has announced plans to unveil a hydrogen-powered sedan (pictured
) in the next couple of years.
Hugo Spowers, head of the new U.K. car company Riversimple, said the four-seat urban car will launch by 2012, according to Autocar magazine.
Spowers is quoted as saying that the car will be capable of running at 75 miles per hour with a range of 200 miles between refueling, and it will have a much smaller fuel cell than other models such as Honda FCX.
Riversimple is currently testing its hydrogen technology in a small Smart-sized city car, which weighs just 770 pounds and has a 6-kilowatt fuel cell and a top speed of 50 mph. The prototype manages 240 miles on just 2.2 pounds of hydrogen
Sound too compelling to be true? That's what we thought, but the project has been given much-needed credibility and financial support by Sebastian Piëch, the great-grandson of Ferdinand Porsche.
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- Scott Doggett June 16, 2009, 11:37 AM
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