According to Ronn Motors, the Scorpion supercar will not only achieve 0-100 kph in just 3.5 seconds, but also earns green credentials by getting 17 kilometres per litre. This trick is achieved by having a hydrogen-hybrid engine under the hood (also known as hydrogen injection, Water4Gas or HHO.) Small doses of hydrogen are generated and fed into the fuel mixture, making for a more efficient burn. Apparently this technology is a little controversial, but that hasn’t stopped Ronn from putting together a bloody good looking car around that special engine, as the second photo underlines.
Best of all, though there’s no hints on pricing and the car is still in prototype stage, it may be available in a limited run as soon as October this year. [Gas2.org via New Launches]
sketch
June 9, 2008 at 4:35 PM
You might add, anoneamus, that cracking water is only 50% efficient at best. You only ever want to do that if you have some spare electrical energy lying around that’s going to be wasted if you don’t store it somehow – in which case it’s a good idea to keep half by making hydrogen instead of throwing it all out. Building a car the runs, even partially, on hydrogen without storing it is exactly the same as building a car that runs without storing petrol/gas.
Hey – that’s given me an idea. Maybe every car should have a hydrogen blimp floating above it with a big tube running down to the engine. That way you don’t have to store fuel on board! I’m brilliant! Which way to the patent office?
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July 20, 2008 at 3:42 AM
comment for sketch………why not just store the electrical energy…..have a Hybrid Hybrid; hydrogen, electric, gas……..hell, throw in some solar panels, regenerative braking/coasting, wind grabbing propellers and we might be pretty damn close to perpetual; remove the gas portion of the hybrid hybrid!
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