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Suzuki has launched a fuel-cell version of its supersized Burgman scooter and is claiming it to be the world’s first fuel-cell vehicle to earn “whole vehicle type approval” in the European Union.
The scooter was first shown at the Tokyo auto show in October 2009 and since February 2010 Suzuki and British company Intelligent Energy, which developed the scooter’s fuel-cell system, have been testing it on public roads under the aegis of the British government’s Technology Strategy Board.
AIR-COOLED FUEL CELL
The trials are being conducted in the area around Loughborough University in central England using a single Burgman. More units will be added.
The whole vehicle type approval (a pan-European endorsement reflecting recognition of a vehicle’s high levels of environmental performance and safety) means single vehicle approval falls away.
The fuel-call scooter uses a light, compact, air-cooled fuel cell and a hydrogen tank inside the frame. Electricity produced by the fuel-cell powers a motor for propulsion; the only emission is water.
Suzuki is working towards commercialising the Burgman as a motorcycle with superior environmental performance and intends to make eco-friendly fuel-cell scooters common across Europe in line with the establishment of hydrogen filling-stations and other necessary infrastructure.
The scooter was first shown at the Tokyo auto show in October 2009 and since February 2010 Suzuki and British company Intelligent Energy, which developed the scooter’s fuel-cell system, have been testing it on public roads under the aegis of the British government’s Technology Strategy Board.
AIR-COOLED FUEL CELL
The trials are being conducted in the area around Loughborough University in central England using a single Burgman. More units will be added.
The whole vehicle type approval (a pan-European endorsement reflecting recognition of a vehicle’s high levels of environmental performance and safety) means single vehicle approval falls away.
The fuel-call scooter uses a light, compact, air-cooled fuel cell and a hydrogen tank inside the frame. Electricity produced by the fuel-cell powers a motor for propulsion; the only emission is water.
Suzuki is working towards commercialising the Burgman as a motorcycle with superior environmental performance and intends to make eco-friendly fuel-cell scooters common across Europe in line with the establishment of hydrogen filling-stations and other necessary infrastructure.
