Video of the ENV fuel cell motorcycle in action
Filed under: Hydrogen
There is a now a video of the ENV fuel cell bike in action. The bike has a range of 100 miles and a top speed of 50 mph. The bikes shown in the video are pre-production prototypes. According to the video the creators aim to have the bike in production within two years at a price of $6,000. Unfortunately this is highly unlikely, but if they do manage it, and there is someplace nearby for me to get some hydrogen, I would definitely go for one of these at that price. I could get around with no carbon dioxide from the bike, and no excess carbon dioxide from having to pump the pedals on my bicycle. This is a very cool looking bike and would be great for the kids to get around on. This is some ENV that I want.
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10-09-2006 @ 5:40AM
DPC car videos said...
This is awesome, I want one for sure.
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10-09-2006 @ 9:52AM
MikeInNC said...
Wow! If they could get the speed up to about 75 and the range up a little, this thing would really be the business. As it is now, it's still probably worth the cost as long as you have a convenient place to get it refilled.
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10-09-2006 @ 9:54AM
Jeff said...
That's a sweet bike... definitely a great city get-around vehicle. I also just watched a review on... Driving TV or something like that last night, a review of the Fuel Cell focus. Seems to me like the fuel cell cars are getting the jump on the cleanly produced hydrogen. This stuff is great, but I feel like straight up electric power using batteries for storage is still looking just as good. From my experience with electric vehicles, I'd say 8hp and 100 mile range is easily within the capabilities of an electric bike with a lithium battery pack. It could weigh even as much as 50 pounds more or something, but that far outweighs having to wait for a decent hydrogen infrastructure. And don't forget how much efficiency you lose on that conversion from electricity to hydrogen.
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