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Suzuki and IE to commercialize FC cars and bikes

7 Фев 2015 | Author: dima | Комментарии отключены

Suzuki and IE to commercialize FC cars and

Cutaway of Suzuki Burgman Cell Scooter

Intelligent and Suzuki are to establish a joint company, SMILE FC System (SMILE FC), for developing and fuel cell systems. has already been working Intelligent Energy for six years in the and testing of the Crosscage and Burgman Cell Maxiscooter, the latter approved for European roads. An display of the technology in cutaway was one of the highlights of December’s 2011 Motor Show.

It appears that the joint will produce at least one car and one

The press release reads In order to officially develop and one of the next generation environmental a motorcycle and an automobile equipped fuel cell systems, will establish a joint company, SMILE FC, in February for developing and manufacturing fuel system with IEH, and speed-up to commercialize a product by the fuel cell development of IE, and control and mass-production technologies of

The release also indicates both companies think the Economy is far from … and to become one of the key facilitators of the commercialization: with the air-cooled fuel system, which can be characterized its lightness, compactness, and potential for reduction, Suzuki and IE, with FC at the core, will work on mass-production technology and manufacturing of cells, as well as exploiting the supply chain of fuel parts, and familiarizing the fuel vehicles.

Given the rash of publicity has been mounting around the ready-to-go (Suzuki was granted Vehicle Type Approval in 2011 for the Burgman) Burgman FC it will almost certainly be the new first commercial product.

Energy hit the news in 2005 it showed a small fuel motorcycle it called the ENV.

a year, it was working alongside and the first visible sign of the was the Crosscage fuel cell first shown at the 2007 Motor Show.

For a while there in 2008, it we’d get the Crosscage in showrooms

The 41st Tokyo Motor in October 2009 brought the cell version of the company’s and the Burgman Fuel Cell was born.

The Burgman Fuel Scooter uses an air-cooled, polymer-electrolyte type fuel made by Intelligent Energy hydrogen fuel stored in a (70MPa) tank within the

Combining the scooter’s lithium-ion and the power gleaned from a tank of hydrogen via the fuel the Burgman has a range of 350km per

This same advantage a limitless range — was the drawcard of Suzuki’s Mio Electric FCV which debuted at Tokyo Show in 2009, along a fuel cell car using a GM cell. Obviously, the automotive cell relationship with IE now see more of a focus on auto FC given that the agreement such a vehicle.