How many miles can a hydrogen-powered car have 1.5 kilograms of hydrogen?

Tube automakers are working on the next generation of electric cars, but a British company, Riversimple, has its own unique idea. Riversimple has developed a hydrogen-powered car that promises to be a viable alternative to electric vehicles. The car, called Rasa, can travel 300 miles with 1.5 kilograms of hydrogen.

The engineering design of the car is very different from other models on the market. For example, there is a motor on each wheel. It is powered by reverse electrolysis. Hydrogen and oxygen combine to produce electricity, which is a by-product of exhaust gas.

Riversimple currently produces only a few of these cars, with the goal of mass production by 2020. This year, the company will conduct beta testing of 20 vehicles in Monmouth County (pre-market trials). If all goes well, Spowers hopes to bring the product to market in 2019.

“All major automakers are making hydrogen cars, but they are trying to embed this technology in the cars they make, and they are built in the same way as traditional cars,” said Rivergople founder HugoSpowers. “According to ours We know that we are the only independent hydrogen fuel cell car startup in the world."

Riversimple's cars are also referenced to other hydrogen models, such as Toyota Mirai, as well as electric vehicles from Tesla and other major automakers.

It wants its business model to differentiate itself. Riversimple suggested that no one would buy and own a Rasa completely. Their idea is to let people pay for the car on a monthly basis, and this fee also includes hydrogen replenishment and insurance.

“It's more like a mobile phone, implementing a single direct debit, covering all operating costs, including insurance, even fuel... but it has completely changed the type of car we produce because it is our balance sheet. The assets above, and the longer we can keep the benefits, the better the efficiency, the better... and the lower the maintenance cost, the better,” Spowers said.

Rasa can travel 300 miles with fuel, as a comparison - TeslaModelS can travel 335 miles when fully charged. But Spowers claims that hydrogen cars perform better than others.

In general, a hydrogen-powered car has a cruising range of more than 300 miles (about 482 kilometers) when it is full of fuel, and it takes only a few minutes to inflate, which is equivalent to the fueling time of a gasoline car, and now the electric car takes hours to complete charging.

“Energy efficiency is probably the only indicator we really need to pursue in the future. The current battery is usually very heavy, and the efficiency of the car depends on the weight of the car, so the battery is very useful for short-range applications, but at about 100 or 120 miles, we I believe we can make a hydrogen car that is more efficient than a battery car. If it is 300-400 miles, it will be completely different, and the efficiency will be higher," Spowers said.

Hydrogen is flammable and difficult to store. Tesla CEO Musk has called this technology "fool battery technology." But the hydrogen fuel cell car built by Riversimple is simpler and lighter.

Interestingly, Spowers said the company will open its technology design, which means other automakers may be able to copy them. The founder of Riversimple said this is not a problem because the market is big enough.

"What we want is that those standards have become ubiquitous, we use different fuel cells... I hope people can copy us effectively. We are building different cars for this industry, and we hope to reduce the cost in the (supply) chain. ""

The 57-year-old Spowers has been full of gray hair. For the past 16 years, he founded Riversimple and served as chief engineer.

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