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SAHIMO Hydrogen Vehicle Travels 568 KM On 1 Litre Of Fuel

Agent00R submitted on 7/8/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:17:22 AM

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(Originally posted by kpaxx)

Students from Turkey’s Sakarya University have unveiled a remarkable attempt at creating Europe’s most fuel efficient vehicle.

The SAHIMO is a hydrogen powered vehicle that is capable of traveling 568 kilometers on 1 liter of fuel (about 353 miles on a quarter gallon). The students’ ultimate goal is to trek SAHIMO across 3,000 kilometers of the Australian Outback on just 3 liters of fuel in the inaugural 2009 Global Green Challenge.  And you thought you were getting good mileage out of your Prius!

The SAHIMO is truly a lightweight carbon fiber vehicle, weighting less than 110 kilograms. It won third most efficient vehicle at the 26th Shell Eco Marathon held in Europe. The designers hope to improve SAHIMO's performance, equipping it to reach a full 1,000 kilometers/per 1 liter of fuel, before participating in the Global Green Challenge in October.


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SAHIMO Hydrogen Vehicle Travels 568 KM On 1 Litre Of Fuel

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pennfootball

It's a kiddie car science project that can't be used for Human consumption.

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Posted on 7/8/2009 11:39:30 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

Agent00R

The power of hydrogen fuel is unlike any other while continuing to keep a traditional driving experience.

Forget electric cars that cannot go further than 100 miles. Forget hybrids that remain uninspiring. And, forget diesel.

Now, if only we can build up a hydrogen infrastructure...

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Posted on 7/8/2009 12:04:28 PM | | Votes: 3   

Joe_Limon

pffft, weak. There are gas powered super mileage cars getting in excess of 3000mpg, and it doesn't take 6 liters of gas to make 1 liter of hydrogen (I am exaggerating, or at least I think I am...)

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Posted on 7/8/2009 2:15:25 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Joe_Limon

by gas I meant oil...

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Posted on 7/8/2009 2:17:07 PM | | Votes: 1   

Joe_Limon

http://www.wfs.org/greencarpg.htm

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Posted on 7/8/2009 8:30:18 PM | | Votes: 1   

veyron1001

If this technology was being trickled down to a small affordable cars I would care. But its not.

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Posted on 7/8/2009 7:50:00 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

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