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Opel/GM: passenger car HydroGen 1 (2000)

Presentation

March 2000 at the Geneva Motor Show, june 2000 Brussels

Manufacturer

Technology provider

Partner

GM Opel

Vehicle

Zafira, HydroGen 1

Status

Prototype / Demonstrator

Passenger capacity

Size, weight

Propulsion concept

75 kW FC by GM, 55 kW threephase current motor

Fuel

Liquid hydrogen

Storage

Tank with 1m length and 40 cm in diameter, isolation by glassfiber, 75 l LH2

Range, consumption

400 km

Top speed, acceleration

140 km/h, acceleration 0 - 100 km/h in 16 seconds

Approval

Operation

In Brussels (06/2000), at the Summer Olympiade Sydney (09/2000), in Beijing (10/2000), in Sacramento (01/11/2001)

Goals

Market ready by 2004

Costs, prices

Funding

Source, link

www.opel.de

Comments

Predecessors were a mock-up based on "Sintra" with methanol (presented 1998 in Genf) and Zafira with methanol (presented 1998 in Paris)

Opel/GM: passenger car HydroGen 1

Opel/GM: passenger car HydroGen 1 (2000)