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What vehicle prototypes are using the Hydrogen Internal combustion engine (h2ice)?
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Some of the more well known H2ICE vehicles are the BMW Hydrogen 7, the Mazda vehicles, and several Ford models. I had the pleasure of driving the BMW Hydrogen 7 a couple of times at various events in Southern California.
The BMW Hydrogen 7 is a luxury car with an internal combustion engine that can burn either gasoline or super cooled liquid hydrogen fuel. Just a press of a button seamlessly switches the car between the two fuels.
Mazda has two vehicles, the RX8 Renesis RE Hydrogen and the Premacy RE Hydrogen that both have rotary engines and run on compressed hydrogen gas. According the Mazda the rotary engine is the perfect H2ICE because of its design which prevents knocking and pinging.
The Mazda vehicles have been used in the cool regions of Norway for their Hynor hydrogen highway project. Ford has developed both fuel cell vehicles and H2ICE vehicles. The Ford Superchief F250 is actually a tri-fuel vehicle that can run on hydrogen, gasoline or E85 ethanol.
Ford has also built and rolled out around 20 E-450 and F-450 H2ICE shuttle buses combined for various projects. Only a couple are still operational in the U. S., but 10 are still operational in Canada.
The Ford Focus FCV was developed by the automaker as a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle. But, a couple other companies such as Quantum Technologies in the U. S. and Revolve in the UK, have taken standard Ford Focus cars and retrofitted them to be H2ICE vehicles.
The BMW Hydrogen 7 is a luxury car with an internal combustion engine that can burn either gasoline or super cooled liquid hydrogen fuel. Just a press of a button seamlessly switches the car between the two fuels.
Mazda has two vehicles, the RX8 Renesis RE Hydrogen and the Premacy RE Hydrogen that both have rotary engines and run on compressed hydrogen gas. According the Mazda the rotary engine is the perfect H2ICE because of its design which prevents knocking and pinging.
The Mazda vehicles have been used in the cool regions of Norway for their Hynor hydrogen highway project. Ford has developed both fuel cell vehicles and H2ICE vehicles. The Ford Superchief F250 is actually a tri-fuel vehicle that can run on hydrogen, gasoline or E85 ethanol.
Ford has also built and rolled out around 20 E-450 and F-450 H2ICE shuttle buses combined for various projects. Only a couple are still operational in the U. S., but 10 are still operational in Canada.
The Ford Focus FCV was developed by the automaker as a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle. But, a couple other companies such as Quantum Technologies in the U. S. and Revolve in the UK, have taken standard Ford Focus cars and retrofitted them to be H2ICE vehicles.
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