Fiat Panda Hydrogen

The Panda Hydrogen is a prototype fuel cell-type hydrogen vehicle based on the Fiat Panda introduced in 2006.

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The fuel, gaseous Hydrogen, is stored in underfloor tanks at 350 bar. A Nuvera Fuel Cells "Andromeda II" fuel cell stack generates energy to power an electric motor directly, i.e. without a battery. Panda Hydrogen produces 40 kW (54 hp) power and it can achieve top speed of 130 km/h (81 mph). Operating range is over 200 km (125 miles) in urban driving. It will take however couple of years until these kinds of vehicles are in full production ready.

History

In 2001 was introduced first version of Fiats's fuell cell type vehicle Seicento Elettra H2 Fuel Cell, after that came Seicento Hydrogen.

References

This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of September 5, 2006.