Futuristic toy car runs on tap water - The Orange Mane

alkemical · 02-15-2008, 03:39 PM

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/...cle3321653.ece

Futuristic toy car runs on tap water

A remote-control car produced by the toymaker Corgi is the first household item to be powered by hydrogen fuel cell technology.

The car, called H2GO, uses hydrogen derived from tap water as its fuel and was developed by the Leicester-based company in partnership with Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, an international firm based in Shanghai that hopes to extend the technology to home appliances.

The hydrogen is separated from oxygen in the tap water via a miniaturised unit powered by a rechargeable battery. A tiny solar panel to charge the battery is an optional extra. The H2GO, which is billed as the first “zero emissions” remote-control toy, went on show at the Nuremberg International Toy Fair. It is expected to sell for £130 from September.

Houshyamama · 02-15-2008, 04:00 PM

awesome, I want one.

Bronco Bob · 02-15-2008, 11:37 PM

I don't get it. Why not just use the rechargable battery to run the car?

alkemical · 02-16-2008, 12:55 PM

becuase, then it wouldn't be cool! Besides, it's a way to get kids of today conditioned into using fuel cells.

02-15-2008, 03:39 PM	#1
alkemical Guerrilla Ontologist rorrim\|mirror Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Future Posts: 42,691 Adopt-a-Bronco: Prima Materia	Futuristic toy car runs on tap water http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/...cle3321653.ece Futuristic toy car runs on tap water A remote-control car produced by the toymaker Corgi is the first household item to be powered by hydrogen fuel cell technology. The car, called H2GO, uses hydrogen derived from tap water as its fuel and was developed by the Leicester-based company in partnership with Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, an international firm based in Shanghai that hopes to extend the technology to home appliances. The hydrogen is separated from oxygen in the tap water via a miniaturised unit powered by a rechargeable battery. A tiny solar panel to charge the battery is an optional extra. The H2GO, which is billed as the first “zero emissions” remote-control toy, went on show at the Nuremberg International Toy Fair. It is expected to sell for £130 from September.

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02-15-2008, 04:00 PM	#2
Houshyamama I Make The Weather Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 3,853 Adopt-a-Bronco: Brock Osweiler	awesome, I want one.

02-15-2008, 11:37 PM	#3
Bronco Bob Tastee Freeze Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,464 Adopt-a-Bronco: Champ Bailey	I don't get it. Why not just use the rechargable battery to run the car?

02-16-2008, 12:55 PM	#4
alkemical Guerrilla Ontologist rorrim\|mirror Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Future Posts: 42,691 Adopt-a-Bronco: Prima Materia	becuase, then it wouldn't be cool! Besides, it's a way to get kids of today conditioned into using fuel cells.