Fuel cell Pandas arrive in Mantova, Italy as part of Zero Regio
The Fiat Panda should be called the Chameleon. Take a quick look at the links at the end of this post: we've written about diesel Pandas, all-electric Pandas, Pandas with something called the MultiAir engine and Pandas that run on natural gas. Today, we can add another fuel type to the little chameleon's list: hydrogen.As part of the zero-emission demonstration program Zero Regio, Centro Ricerche Fiat (CRF) delivered three Nuvera Fuel Cell-powered Panda cars, along with an ENI multi-fuel refilling station that dispenses hydrogen at 350 bar, to the city of Mantova last week. Mantova representatives will drive the Pandas and will report back to the European Commission on how they drive.
Zero Regio is five-year project that runs until 2008. It is funded by the EC and the data collected by Zero Regio will be used to figure out just how Europe will swap five percent of the motor fuel it uses with hydrogen by 2020.
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[Source: Nuvera via EV World]
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Chris M 10:02PM (9/23/2007)
At only 350 bar and limited space for the H2 tank, the driving range per fillup will be short. Hmm, maybe the government agents will get the message that H2 isn't a good vehicle fuel.
Will the H2 costs be subsidized to hide the cost of operation?
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William Mitchell 4:50PM (7/02/2008)
Chris, the vehicle will actually travel 250 miles on the 2kg of hydrogen on board the vehicle. In terms of camparison with a gasoline vehicle, the car gets 125 miles per gallon - not bad at all.