News: Auto-Rickshaws fueled with Hydrogen
Came across this news from an Indian Magazine and felt good with technology implementation.
A hydrogen-fuel powered auto-rickshaw made its debut at the annual convention of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers here on Thursday.
The three-wheeler, the product of an alliance between American-Indian business houses forged by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is one of two such unique vehicles in the world. The conventional combustion engine of the three-wheeler has been converted to use hydrogen as an alternative fuel.
The vehicle boasts of performance levels equal to those of conventional Compressed Natural Gas-fuelled ones. The vehicle is on the roads of Michigan, U.S., and the model is placed at the Bajaj headquarters in India.
It has been touted as a step towards mitigating climate change, and as an example of U.S.-India energy cooperation.
Bajaj Auto Ltd. of Pune and Energy Conversion Devices of Troy, Michigan, worked together to create the vehicle.
News & Events Tue, 20 Sep, 2005