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World's First Fuel Cell Motorcycle Unveiled
British company Intelligent Energy today unveiled ENV, the world's first purpose-built, fuel-cell motorbike - ahead of any of the world's leading automotive companies. The ENV bike is the creation of Intelligent Energy, a British energy solutions company, whose board includes Chairman Sir John Jennings, the former Chairman of Shell Transport and Trading. The ENV (Emissions Neutral Vehicle) bike was designed to Intelligent Energy's brief by a British team, led by multi-award-winning designers Seymourpowell. The ENV bike is fully-functioning and has been engineered and purpose-built (based around Intelligent Energy's CORE fuel cell) from the ground up, demonstrating the real, everyday applicability of fuel cell technology. The CORE, which is completely detachable from the bike, is a radically compact and efficient fuel cell, capable of powering anything from a motorboat to a small domestic property... Key Components of the Bike Power System Motor - 6kW, 48 VDC Brush motor (model LEM-170, supplied by LMC) Motor Controller - Brusa Direct Current (model MD 206) Fuel Cell - 1kW Intelligent Energy air-cooled (2 x AC32-48) Hydrogen Storage - High pressure carbon composite cylinder (Luxfer L65) Hydrogen Energy - 2.4kWeh Storage Battery - 4 x 12V Lead Acid (15Ahr) connected in series Performance Data Acceleration - 0 20 mph in 4.3s (32kph), 0 30 mph in 7.3s (48 kph), 0 50 mph in 12.1s (80kph) Top speed - 50 mph (80kph) (note: ENV has been tested to 50mph however, with further refinements and redevelopments, this top speed is expected to be exceeded) Range - At least 100 miles (160km) Physical Bike mass - 80 kg (Total mass including CORE) Fuel Hydrogen - 99.9% purity Oxygen - Taken from air Hydrogen refuel time less than 5 minutes Interface Electrical connection - Multi-core (Intelligent Energy specific) Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-03-20 |
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