Volkswagen Unveils Fuel Cell Car.(Brief Article)
Electric Vehicle Online Today, November, 2000
Volkswagen recently introduced its first fuel cell-powered car at the opening of the California Fuel Cell Partnership headquarters in Sacramento, CA. The car is called Bora HyMotion and is a zero emission vehicle (ZEV). The Bora model is known as the Jetta in the United States.
The automaker said the HyMotion engine uses an advanced fuel cell that transforms hydrogen and oxygen into electrical energy. The car produces water as its only by-product. The car's fuel tank has a capacity of 50 liters of liquid hydrogen at minus 253 degrees Celsius.
The electric motor has a power output of 75 kilowatts (kW) and accelerates from zero to 100 kilometers per hour in 12.6 seconds with a top speed of 140 kilometers per hour. The prototype was unveiled in...
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