Hydrogen scooter beats pollution
An Industrial design engineering graduate from Delft University of Technology in
Crijn Bouman designed the Fhybrid scooter to help combat pollution in cities. It has an electric in-wheel motor that derives its power from a lithium ion battery. This is charged - mainly when the scooter is stationary - by a compact fuel-cell system, which draws energy from hydrogen in a tank and oxygen from the air.
The battery stores energy when the scooter brakes. Depending on the amount of traffic, this regenerating braking system reduces the hydrogen consumption by 10-20 per cent. To use the energy generated during breaking optimally, the scooter is front-wheel drive.
The Fhybrid is said to have performed better than petrol-powered scooters during test drives. It has a top speed of 40mph (65kph), fast acceleration and can travel about 125 miles (200km) on a full tank.
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