Fuel-Cell Powered Cargobike - Hydrogen bike

We’ve seen motorbike concepts powered by small fuel cells, but this is the first time in my memory that a full-scale commercial test of such technology has actually gotten off the ground.

Clean Air Bike is the result of a joint-venture between Masterflex and German bike maker Hawk. It is claimed the Cargobike can handle loads up to 150 kg and one fuel cell lasts for 250 kilometres powered by only 90grams of hydrogen within a 2.2kg storage unit.

With a motor rated at 250 watts it's exempt, just like a ‘normal' bike, from European vehicle registration laws .Potential uses include postal delivery services, city cleaning divisions, large industrial site transport and tourist applications.
Masterflex say that not only does the fuel cell technology provide sufficient power for the motor but that there is enough surplus for secondary functions such as lighting or cooling for transporting temperature sensitive goods. Potential uses include postal delivery services, city cleaning divisions, large industrial site transport and tourist applications.

Hydrogen powered fuel-cells have often been talked up as one of the solutions to the problem of global warming caused by transport CO2 emissions from fossil fuels. The technology uses compressed hydrogen gas to produce emissionless power at the point of use. But debate has centred around how best to extract and store hydrogen from the natural world. One of the greenest methods, but one that is still being developed, is to extract the hydrogen directly from sunlight without using any fossil fuels in the process, potentially delivering a totally green transport fuel.

Of course, practical use of this vehicle is limited to the nearest hydrogen station — but manufacturers are confident such infrastructure will become available once companies latch onto the advantages of fuel cell technology.

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