Motive power
Today there are over 800 million vehicles in the world, with the number expected to reach two billion by 2050. The transportation sector accounts for 19% of global CO2 emissions and is the fastest growing contributor to man-made atmospheric CO2 . In addition it also responsible for much of the poor air quality now seen in many of the world’s population centres.
There is a clear need for a cleaner, practical alternative to the internal combustion engine to power our vehicles, and the alternative, according the vast majority of the worlds major automakers will be the PEM fuel cell. PEM fuel cells in a hybrid electric configuration are viewed as a highly efficient powertrain offering practical driving ranges, with much reduced overall emissions and producing no harmful emissions whatsoever at the tail-pipe.
Fuel cell technology in the motive power market
Intelligent Energy fuel cell power systems designed for a wide range of motive power applications, providing propulsion, battery charging or on-board auxiliary power. Our partners in the motive field include PSA Peugeot Citroën,Prodrive, Bosch, Lotus, TRW, LTI and The Suzuki Motor Corporation.
Our fuel cells are power dense, robust and capable of operation in a wide range of environmental temperatures. They have been designed with mass manufacturability as a priority, use practical and economical fabrication materials and utilise proprietary designs that reduce system size and component count to a minimum.
Our systems have been designed with automotive cold start and operation particularly in mind and our EC systems are presently capable of reaching full power at -20oC in less than two minutes.
ENV
Intelligent Energy developed the multi award winning ENV, the world’s first purpose built hydrogen fuel cell motorbike. The ENV is fueled by pure hydrogen and the only emission it produces is pure water. It can be refilled with hydrogen in less than 5 minutes, makes virtually no noise, has a top speed of 50 mph and a range of 100 miles.
Suzuki Burgman fuel cell scooter
Following on from the success of the ENV, the Suzuki Burgman fuel cell was first presented at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, the city friendly Burgman Fuel Cell Scooter builds upon the success of the Crosscage fuel cell motorbike unveiled in 2007. The Fuel Cell Burgman takes the next step towards offering cleaner, more efficient motorcycles in a practical and accessible form with the potential to significantly reduce emissions around the world.
The scooter is equipped with the latest version of Intelligent Energy’s unique and proprietary air-cooled, clean fuel cell power systems and is fuelled from a cylinder of hydrogen, which can be re-fuelled in a few minutes and gives a riding range of 350km comparable to a conventional Burgman scooter.
For more information on the Burgman please view the attached case study:
Burgman Case Study
Zero emissions London taxi
Intelligent Energy, Lotus Engineering, LTI Vehicles and TRW Conekt, with funding from the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board, have unveiled a full performance, zero-emissions Fuel Cell Hybrid London taxi.
While the taxi looks and drives like an iconic London black cab, the Fuel Cell Black Cab is powered by an Intelligent Energy hydrogen fuel cell system hybridised with lithium polymer batteries; allowing the vehicle to operate for a full day without the need for refuelling. Capable of achieving a top speed of over 80 mph, it has a range of more than 250 miles on a full tank of hydrogen, refuels in about 5 minutes and produces no emissions other than water vapour.
