Using hydrogen in powering electrical autos is nothing new. Among the world’s greatest automakers have already experimented with hydrogen energy, and although it appears very promising, there are nonetheless fairly a number of hurdles to beat to actually make it an alternative choice to gasoline and battery-powered EVs. Maybe, there’s extra potential within the light-weight electrical automobile market.
Certainly, a bicycle producer from China known as Yuoun believes that is the case, because it has introduced a prototype of its hydrogen-powered electrical bike. It is clearly designed as an city runabout, because it has a folding body and a rear baggage rack. From a styling perspective, it sports activities a retro-inspired motif with white rims, and a tan seat, handlebar grips, and tires. Certainly, at a look, the electrical bicycle appears like some other e-bike. It is in that enormous compartment on the rear the place the battery is often discovered the place issues take an attention-grabbing flip.
As an alternative of getting a lithium battery pack, the hydrogen-powered e-bike has a hydrogen gasoline cell and a low-pressure hydrogen storage system. The system generates energy which is then transmitted to the rear hub-mounted motor. At current, specs are far and few in between, however studies state that the bike can trip as quick as 24 kilometers per hour (15 miles per hour). Other than that, there is no point out in regards to the capability and claimed vary of the hydrogen energy supply.
What we do know, nevertheless, is that there are fairly a number of advantages related to hydrogen energy, particularly when contrasted to battery energy. For starters, hydrogen cells are mentioned to be extra sturdy than lithium batteries. In addition they tend to be extra energy-dense. Final however not least, they produce zero emissions, with water being the one results of the chemical response. That mentioned, there are additionally fairly a number of drawbacks, with the supply of hydrogen gasoline being essentially the most obvious.
As of this writing, Yuoun acknowledged that it is prepared to start out collection manufacturing of its hydrogen-powered e-bike, and will see it hit the street as early as March, 2023, with an annual manufacturing capability of fifty,000 bikes. Moreover, the model hopes to ramp up manufacturing, till it sees an annual manufacturing of 200,000 hydrogen-powered e-bikes by 2025.
