Title :
Hydrogen powered sports car series (internal combustion engine and fuel cells)
Author :
Gotthold, John P.
Abstract :
The electric hybrid vehicle can solve the problems which today make the pure electric car limited in its acceptance. The primary limitations are excess weight and short range due to a heavy battery pack of limited energy density. Here, the author describes a basic hydrogen-powered vehicular design which makes use of three power technologies in a balanced way. The chassis is the standard Volkswagen Beetle type which carried many millions of the Beetles across all the Earth´s continents. The body is a fiberfab replica of a 1970s design sports car which provides three compartments from its original mid-engine design and a classic aerodynamic shape
Keywords :
Alternators; Batteries; Electric motors; Energy conversion; Fuel cells; Hybrid electric vehicles; Hydrogen; Internal combustion engines; Petroleum; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
WESCON/'95. Conference record. 'Microelectronics Communications Technology Producing Quality Products Mobile and Portable Power Emerging Technologies'
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2636-9
DOI :
10.1109/WESCON.1995.485444
