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BMW fuel cell motorcycle design concept - Click above for image gallery

Like many other automakers, BMW has expended plenty of research and development on hydrogen fuels. But unlike every other automaker, BMW has focused on liquid hydrogen with internal combustion engines. A group of design students at ISD of Valenciennes, France felt no such constraints in their latest project.

They've created a BMW badged motorcycle powered by a hydrogen fuel cell with a lithium polymer battery for electrical energy storage. Hydrogen is stored in a 20-liter cryogenic tank mounted where the engine would normally sit, with a suspension consisting of single-sided swing arms front and rear. Propulsion comes via a shaft drive system from the 100 kilowatt motor.

At this point, the bike doesn't physically exist, but it looks really cool in the video after the jump. A tip of the hat to Radhika!


Gallery: BMW fuel cell motorcycle design concept


[Source: Yanko Design]

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The end is nigh for the internal combustion engine at General Motors...eventually. Today, GM is taking a huge step in that direction by reassigning most of its fuel cell engineers and scientists from the research and development group to various production engineering groups.

Of the close to 700 staff that have been developing fuel cell technology at GM's Honeoye Falls, N.Y. research facility, more than 400 will now report to Powertrain to work on bringing GM's latest generation fuel cell stack to production readiness. Another 100 engineers will now work in the global product development team to work on vehicle integration, while the rest will stay in the research group.

[Source: General Motors via AutoblogGreen]

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Click the image above to view ABG's all-access tour of SMT lab at Ford

AutoBlogGreen was invited to Dearborn last Friday to visit the Sustainable Mobility Test Lab at Ford. The SMT lab is where Ford engineers create the advanced alternative fuel test vehicles and powertrains that will eventually help define the future of transportation. ABG got to drive not only the hydrogen fuel cell Explorer that was unveiled at the LA Auto Show, but also the hot-looking and clean-driving HySeries Drive Edge that turned up at the DC Auto Show. Click on the Read link for driving impressions of each vehicle, a gallery of high-resolution images and video from Ford's SMT lab.

[Source: AutoblogGreen]

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