That will be the metro cab then
Those of little faith
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| Author: | Sussex [ Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:04 am ] |
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Hydrogen taxi cabs to serve London by 2012 Olympics A taxi cab that runs on the latest hydrogen fuel cell technology is being developed with the aim of being ready for full road trials in time for the 2012 Olympics. The car looks and drives just like a standard London black cab – but underneath the bonnet is some cutting-edge technology by sports carmaker Lotus. The fuel cell taxi can hit a top speed of 81mph, go from 0-60mph in 14 seconds and has a range of more than 250 miles on a full tank of hydrogen. Like electric vehicles, the new taxi does not produce any emissions from its tailpipe but, unlike battery-electric cars, it will only take a few minutes to fill up from empty. The widespread introduction of hydrogen cars has long been a goal of some green campaigners, because eventually they allow transport fuel to be generated from renewable energy. Wind and solar plants could be used to drive the process of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen – and the hydrogen piped to filling stations. Iceland has already begun constructing a hydrogen grid using plentiful geothermal energy. But in the short term, hydrogen vehicles in the UK are likely to be powered by fuel derived from oil. Henri Winand, of Intelligent Energy, which makes the fuel cells used in the taxis, said they were an ideal way to begin building the infrastructure required for a hydrogen-based transport system – seen as one of the big stumbling blocks for the wider introduction of hydrogen vehicles. "With fleets you can deploy a little infrastructure, which you can build up with the more fleets you have, rather than going straight to consumers who might be wondering where the next filling station is." London's deputy mayor, Kit Malthouse, announced last year that by 2012 there would be six hydrogen filling stations in the capital. He said he wanted around 20-50 taxis in operation by then as part of the Black Cabs Go Green programme, as well as 150 hydrogen-powered buses. "The intent is to take the taxis and retrofit a powertrain that has zero tailpipe emissions," said Winand. "But also it has to deliver some very important things: a reasonable range, very quick refuelling time and no modifying the passenger or driver space." After modification, he said no one would be able to tell the difference between a hydrogen cab and a regular one apart from the lack of diesel fumes. The first few hydrogen taxis, which were funded in part by the government's Technology Strategy Board, have already been built at the Lotus headquarters in Norfolk. Intelligent Energy, leading the consortium for the new hydrogen taxi, has designed and built the fuel cell, which uses hydrogen to make electricity. Lotus is responsible for integrating the fuel cell into the body of the taxi – in their design, pressurised hydrogen is stored in a tank where the internal combustion engine of a standard cab would be. The fuel cell produces electricity and feeds it to a battery pack under the floor of the taxi's passenger area. The batteries then drive motors in the wheels. "To do that with a purely battery-electric vehicle, you would have to take up most of the space at the back with batteries, where the passengers are, or certainly you would constrict that space substantially," said Winand. "And you'd probably have to stop halfway through the day to plug in somewhere." Mainstream manufacturers are also getting interested in hydrogen. Daimler, Hyundai, Honda and Toyota have all announced plans in recent months to have fuel-cell vehicles available for the consumer market by 2015. "There is a global drive to reduce CO2 emission levels and this is something we are dedicated to, for both Lotus cars and our engineering clients," said Simon Wood of Lotus Engineering. "The fuel cell hybrid taxi is a fantastic achievement for all the companies involved. The level of quality and professionalism that has been demonstrated is extremely high and the taxi is already running through a series of tests." |
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:16 pm ] |
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That will be the metro cab then
Those of little faith
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| Author: | jimbo [ Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:35 pm ] |
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skippy41 wrote: That will be the metro cab then
Those of little faith That's no good, it's left hand drive... |
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| Author: | grandad [ Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:41 pm ] |
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It would be ok in my town. 
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:10 pm ] |
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strange skip.....thats not a picture of the taxi in the article..... this one is though; 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2 ... 2-olympics |
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| Author: | Stationtone [ Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:39 pm ] |
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The red one looks like it has a toilet on the back, very handy 
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:20 am ] |
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captain cab wrote: strange skip.....thats not a picture of the taxi in the article.....
this one is though; http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2 ... 2-olympics Someone posted that all LTI machinery was up for sale and the employees did not know about it until one of them found out I cannot see the chinks getting on board with this unless its coal powered |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:38 pm ] |
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So you don't know then skip CC |
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| Author: | GBC [ Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:37 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: So you don't know then skip
CC
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| Author: | GBC [ Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: TX4s to run on water? |
Sussex wrote: Hydrogen taxi cabs to serve London by 2012 Olympics
A taxi cab that runs on the latest hydrogen fuel cell technology is being developed with the aim of being ready for full road trials in time for the 2012 Olympics. I'd have a Hydrogen one if the price were right. Bet you wouldn't get many Japanese visitors using it though. 
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| Author: | grandad [ Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: TX4s to run on water? |
GBC wrote: Sussex wrote: Hydrogen taxi cabs to serve London by 2012 Olympics A taxi cab that runs on the latest hydrogen fuel cell technology is being developed with the aim of being ready for full road trials in time for the 2012 Olympics. I'd have a Hydrogen one if the price were right. Bet you wouldn't get many Japanese visitors using it though. Especially if you named your cab "little boy" |
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| Author: | Nigel [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:54 am ] |
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grandad wrote: GBC wrote: Sussex wrote: Hydrogen taxi cabs to serve London by 2012 Olympics A taxi cab that runs on the latest hydrogen fuel cell technology is being developed with the aim of being ready for full road trials in time for the 2012 Olympics. I'd have a Hydrogen one if the price were right. Bet you wouldn't get many Japanese visitors using it though. Especially if you named your cab "little boy" Or Enola Gay. |
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| Author: | grandad [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:55 am ] |
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Nigel wrote: grandad wrote: GBC wrote: Sussex wrote: Hydrogen taxi cabs to serve London by 2012 Olympics A taxi cab that runs on the latest hydrogen fuel cell technology is being developed with the aim of being ready for full road trials in time for the 2012 Olympics. I'd have a Hydrogen one if the price were right. Bet you wouldn't get many Japanese visitors using it though. Especially if you named your cab "little boy" Or Enola Gay. Would you need to paint it pink to call it that in this day and age? |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:37 pm ] |
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grandad wrote: Would you need to paint it pink to call it that in this day and age? I think the lesbian community may prefer a crew cut and Dr Martins? CC |
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