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08-14-2007, 11:03 AM
Ford Fusion hydrogen-powered race car hits 161 m.p.h. (http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070814/BUSINESS01/708140344/1014/BUSINESS01)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Ford_Fusion_H2FCV_999.jpgShawn Windsor - Detroit Free Press - Aug. 14, 2007
Ford Fusion H2FCV # 999 marks a milestone: A Ford FCV at Bonneville marked a milestone in automotive history by becoming the world's first automaker to reach more than 161 mph in a hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicle.
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Utah -- Two years ago, a group of Ohio State University students asked Ford Motor Co. if it was interested in building a hydrogen-fueled race car. On Sunday, the result of that proposal made history.
The Ford Fusion 999, a hydrogen- and electric-powered car designed to whip across the salty white desert during Bonneville Speed Week, zoomed across the infinite horizon at 161 m.p.h. It was the first time a hydrogen-powered car had ever competed at the salt flats, where all manner of modified, souped-up vehicles come every August to break land-speed records.
The engineers and designers of Ford's project want to prove that a nontraditional motor can propel a car at least 200 m.p.h.
"That's the goal," said Matt Zuehlk, the project leader for Ford's 999.
By doing so, he said, the car will help change the perception that alternative-fuel cars lack muscle and grit. If it happens, company brass can thank the budding designers and engineers at OSU. They turned to Ford because the students' electric-only cars had hit a ceiling at Bonneville.
The students figured adding hydrogen fuel cells might allow for more speed. Ford decided not only to help add hydrogen power to the Buckeye Bullet -- a streamlined dragster -- but also to model a potentially realistic version based on the Fusion … http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070814/BUSINESS01/708140344/1014/BUSINESS01
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Ford_Fusion_H2FCV_999.jpgShawn Windsor - Detroit Free Press - Aug. 14, 2007
Ford Fusion H2FCV # 999 marks a milestone: A Ford FCV at Bonneville marked a milestone in automotive history by becoming the world's first automaker to reach more than 161 mph in a hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicle.
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Utah -- Two years ago, a group of Ohio State University students asked Ford Motor Co. if it was interested in building a hydrogen-fueled race car. On Sunday, the result of that proposal made history.
The Ford Fusion 999, a hydrogen- and electric-powered car designed to whip across the salty white desert during Bonneville Speed Week, zoomed across the infinite horizon at 161 m.p.h. It was the first time a hydrogen-powered car had ever competed at the salt flats, where all manner of modified, souped-up vehicles come every August to break land-speed records.
The engineers and designers of Ford's project want to prove that a nontraditional motor can propel a car at least 200 m.p.h.
"That's the goal," said Matt Zuehlk, the project leader for Ford's 999.
By doing so, he said, the car will help change the perception that alternative-fuel cars lack muscle and grit. If it happens, company brass can thank the budding designers and engineers at OSU. They turned to Ford because the students' electric-only cars had hit a ceiling at Bonneville.
The students figured adding hydrogen fuel cells might allow for more speed. Ford decided not only to help add hydrogen power to the Buckeye Bullet -- a streamlined dragster -- but also to model a potentially realistic version based on the Fusion … http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070814/BUSINESS01/708140344/1014/BUSINESS01