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Hydrogen fuel cell projects are usually only the realm of global automakers such as General Motors, Ford Motor, and Honda, with enormous R&D budgets and a few thousand spare engineers. Boutique British carmaker Morgan is bucking the trend, however, with the unveiling of its LifeCar fuel cell vehicle at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show.
The car is powered by four electric motor/generators, which in turn are driven by electricity from a four-stack hydrogen PEM fuel cell provided by QinetiQ, a British defence technology company.
Morgan claims that the LifeCar differentiates itself from other fuel cell cars through improved efficiencies -- the fuel cell is designed to meet cruising-speed engine demand, while the car's regenerative braking system is apparently up to five times more efficient at converting energy into electricity, thanks to the use of ultra-capacitors.
According to Morgan, the LifeCar gets an equivalent of 150 mpg, a maximum range of 250 miles, and has a top speed of 80 mph to 85 mph. Now we'll just have to see if it makes it to production.
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