Sahimo Hydrogen Vehicle Gets Over 1,300 mpg

Mike writes "Students from Turkey's Sakarya University have unveiled a remarkable attempt at creating Europe's most fuel-efficient vehicle. Dubbed the Sahimo, their pint-sized hydrogen car is cable of eking out an incredible 568 km on 1 liter of fuel (about 1,336 miles per gallon). An aerodynamic carbon-fiber construction keeps the vehicle's weight down to less than 110 kg (243 lbs), and the designers hope to push the Sahimo's performance even further to a full 1,000 km per 1 liter of fuel before participating in the Global Green Challenge in October."

Comments

Hydrogen != Petrol

[strawberryutopia]

One problem I see with that number is that, yes 1300 mpg is impressive, but it's 1300 mpg of hydrogen fuel. The only useful comparison that can be made to current cars is that it'll be ages between each fill-up.

Without doing any research, I have no idea whether 1300 mpg is impressive for hydrogen fuel or not.

Re:1336 MPG

[witch-doktor]

Best comment I've seen so far.

Re:Electricity Hydrogen

[Sandbags]

How about an interum solution:

www.dotyenergy.com.

It uses wind, H2, sequestered CO2, and runs in our current cars. Burning their "WindFuels" (which is actually just gasoline made using wind for the energy and RFTS processing) releases no NEW Co2 into the atmosphere and is 100% renewable. It;s also safe, clean, and proven by 50 years of science. (we were making diesel using this process WAY back in WWII).