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26 Sep 2008

University of Birmingham unveils fleet of five hydrogen powered cars

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Five hydrogen fuel cell powered cars have been unveiled at the University of Birmingham.  Each Car can travel up to 100 miles on a full tank of hydrogen at speeds up to 50 miles per hour.

The vehicles, designed and built by Microcab Ltd, are being used in a study by the University’s School of Chemical Engineering to find out more about the viability of hydrogen in transport applications. The cars will now start to carry out tasks on the campus, including postal deliveries, recycling of materials and duties around the estate.  This will enable us to test the car components for reliability, get the cars road-legal and confirm their efficiency and cost effectiveness. They will be compared with the campus fleet of petrol, diesel and pure electric vehicles

The research is part of the hydrogen energy project which has received funding from Regional Development Agency Advantage West Midlands to develop the use of hydrogen energy as a green fuel in collaboration with the University of Warwick.  The project is part of the Science City Initiative.

Source: Fuel Cell Today

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