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The First Fuel-Cell Motorcycle

Posted January 19, 2007 3:40 PM

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One gear, insane amounts of torque and water for exhaust. Jump on your bike, start the engine, throw a rev, and hear... silence? No, you haven't gone deaf - you've traded your mighty Harley for the zero-cylinder ENV (yep, envy). Green vehicles are nothing new - the Prius and its kin have been quietly zipping along special commuter lanes for years - but engineers have largely dismissed an environmentally friendly two-wheeler as impractical. That was until Britain's Intelligent Energy created the ENV, the first road-worthy hydrogen-powered motorcycle. The vehicle runs on a removable fuel cell, emits almost nothing, and will be street legal. The only drag? Top speed, for now, is 50 mph. Production versions go on sale later this year. Head out on the highway on this eco-machine.

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01/20/2007 12:56 PM

I suppose it will have a sound generator to produce a suitable deep-throated rumble. Or, maybe just cards that will hit the spokes as it moves.

Why is the fuel cell removable?

Someday maybe ... but I wouldn't park one at a cycle bar anytime soon.

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01/20/2007 5:22 PM

Looks like more of a motorized mountain bike than anything like a cruiser. I bet it's a blast to ride, if it's only 178 pounds and as torquey as they say.

I wish we could have ultralight cars along the lines of this bike, but such a machine would of course never pass crash tests. And we have bizarrely different rules for cars than we do for motorcycles for some reason.

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