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Nissan introduced the world with the first of its kind, the solid-oxide fuel-cell car prototype. This advanced prototype is a light-commercial vehicle which can run on the multiple fuels including ethanol and natural gas.
This latest creation, dubbed the ‘e-Bio Fuel Cell’ shows the efforts of the Japanese automaker in the direction of establishing itself as an emission free automobile manufacturer. Nissan claims an exceptionally long drive range for this vehicle while running on the multiple fuels.
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The car generates electricity by using the Solid-Oxide Fuel-Cell, with the bio-ethanol stored in the vehicle’s tank providing the fuel source. It uses hydrogen that is transformed from the fuel through a reformer as well as atmospheric oxygen, with the following electric and chemical reaction producing the electricity which is further used to power the prototype called e-Bio Fuel-Cell.
In a press release, Nissan’s President and CEO Carlos Ghosn said, “The e-Bio Fuel-Cell offers eco-friendly transportation and creates opportunities for regional energy production.”
He further added, “All the while supporting the existing infrastructure. In the future, the e-Bio Fuel-Cell will become even more user-friendly. Ethanol-blended water is easier and safer to handle than most other fuels. Without the need to create new infrastructure, it has great potential to drive market growth.”
The prototype e-Bio Fuel-Cell can travel more than 600 kilometers on a single charge while running purely on ethanol which charges a 24-kWh battery pack. Although, the car is still in development phase and continue to test on the public roads in Brazil, which suggests that further increase on the distance figure of the car can be seen.
Besides the ethanol, the e-Bio Fuel-Cell can also be run on ethanol-blended water.
The carbon emission from the e-Bio Fuel-Cell is as clean as the atmosphere. Plus it does not entirely depend on the charging stations, as it can be fuelled up from the small retail stores. At the initial stage, such kind of vehicle will surely be anticipated by the countries throughout the North and South America, as they have rich availability of corn and sugarcane which are used to produce the bio-ethanol fuels.
The prototype vehicle of e-Bio Fuel-Cell is the Nissan e-NV200, with the tank capacity of 30 liters. The solid-oxide fuel-cell has an output of 5 kW.
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