River Simple Hydrogen Car Launch PTV was there to film the launch of a new hydrogen car, but not only that, a rethink of how the car industry can keep us moving! The issues’ surrounding our love of cars and fossil fuel in general hits the headlines every day. Hugo
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Spowers, the inventor, has been concerned with this for the last ten years. This is their press release:- "A new hydrogen-powered car, whose designs will be “open source” and posted for free use on the web, was unveiled today in London. The company behind the Riversimple urban car claim the new model proves hydrogen automotive technology is ready for roll-out now rather than in 10 years’ time. The open-source approach means entrepreneurs around the world could download the designs and manufacture the two-seater prototype locally for free. The car, which drove in to the launch event, is capable of a 50mph top speed, 0-30mph acceleration in 5.5 seconds, and has a 240 mile range. The car’s backers say it has greenhouse gas emissions of 30g/km CO2, less than a third of the latest hybrid petrol cars such as the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight. The lightweight Smart car-size vehicle uses hydrogen in a modest 6kW fuel cell, and – in the case of this prototype – uses hydrogen converted from natural gas. Hydrogen can also be created from water using electrolysis and potentially even from bio-fuels. The car, which cost nearly £500,000 to develop in partnership with Oxford University and Cranfield University, is expected to cost £200 a month to lease when it is launched as a production vehicle”
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