The story about the UK company the has a prototype Hydrogen Fuel Cell motorcycle hit the news this week. See the article here in the Total Motorcycle New Model News forum.
This is the ENV or Emissions Neutral Vehicle the creation of Intelligent Energy, a British energy solutions company. The ENV bike is fully-functioning. The compact CORE fuel cell can be removed from the bike and is capable of powering anything from a motorboat to a small home.
The fuel cell is creates a electro-chemical reaction, producing water and electricity from hydrogen and oxygen. The water by-product can be evaporated, drained or even drunk, as it was, for example, by the astronauts of the Apollo missions. NASA were the first real users of fuel cell technology in the 1950s and 60s.
The ENV is not a speed demon with a top speed of 50 mph and a 0-50 time of 12.1 seconds but this is the first bike of it's kind.
ENV is lightweight, streamlined and aerodynamic. It is also virtually silent
(with noise emissions equivalent to an everyday home computer) and its emissions are almost completely clean.
So what do you think, give us your feedback. Can you see yourself riding something like this or are you going to stick with your gas powered bike as long as possible?
Want to learn more? Take a look at the Intelligent Energy Website
.