SAHIMO Hydrogen Vehicle Travels 568 KM On 1 Litre Of Fuel

(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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pennfootball - 7/8/2009 11:39:30 AM

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

Agent00R - 7/8/2009 12:04:28 PM

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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...

Joe_Limon - 7/8/2009 2:15:25 PM

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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...)

Joe_Limon - 7/8/2009 2:17:07 PM

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by gas I meant oil...

Joe_Limon - 7/8/2009 8:30:18 PM

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

veyron1001 - 7/8/2009 7:50:00 PM

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