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You may not have heard about the ENV? It's pronounced "envy" and stands for Emission Neutral Vehicle. After lots of years of testing, Intelligent Energy of London finally developed a motorcycle like vehicle that shows lots of promise. The ENV was introduced in early 2006 and has shown great promise by being embraced by the public.

The technology used in this vehicle is a fuel cell. For the technology minded, it uses a proton exchange membrane fuel cell. The cell converts hydrogen and oxygen to generate electricity. In short, the fuel cell takes the protons and electrons from the hydrogen atom and this forms an electric current. This electricity is then run to a series of batteries which powers an electric motor. This gives the motor its power to run. The only noise heard is from a cooling fan.

For the technology minded, there is some fascinating use of greatly available resources (hydrogen is the most abundant element). For lots of us though, all we are interested is, does it work? In short, the answer is a resounding yes. The motorcycle has a top speed of about 50 miles an hour.

True, not freeway speeds, but not everyone has a need to travel at fast speeds. And it will run for up to 100 miles or about four hours between fill ups. Now this is still a long way from giving many of us all the benefits of our gas guzzlers. But, it's a terrific start. After all, if this technology is available for a motorcycle, how far behind is the ability to power the SUV?

Another nice advantage to the ENV technology is the quiet operation and zero emissions.

A nice quiet ride through the countryside can be just that, quiet. And, who's going to miss the bad emissions we get from our petrol and diesel engines? The cost for being the "envy" of your friends? Intelligent Energy says that it will sell the bike for somewhere between $6,000 and $8,000 (US). Maybe these high fuel costs are going to result in something positive after all.

The USA wants to see hydrogen fuel cell cars on US roads by 2015 and has pledged to spend more than $1.5 bn (900m) over five years to help develop the technology. You may not know that plans for HHO systems have been available on the internet for quite a number of years and I think are a good starting point for anybody who wants to have cleaner emissions and more MPG.

Basically you make and fit a unit that produces HHO(Browns gas, which is very easy to make). This is then fed into the air intake were it mixes with the vehicles gasoline. Because this additive helps to burn more of the gasoline than normal, this leads to more MPG, more power, and less emissions. Lots of people get the wrong idea when you say that you can run a car on water! Hydrogen is used as an additive to the gasoline as it is very combustible, and Hydrogen is made from water!

There are thousands upon thousands of people who have made and fit these systems to their vehicles and are very happy with them, and yes there are the odd couple of hundred people who refuse to accept that these HHO units work, whatever evidence is put in front of them seams to be invisible. Who would have believed that you would be able to store hundreds of hours worth of films on a wafer thin memory card as big as a postage stamp?

If you are interested in HHO systems and would like to build your own I would strongly suggest joining one of the HHO membership sites, not only do you get access to all the up to date plans and what materials you need, but you will be able to talk to other like minded people on their forums and make lots of new friends.

Reduce Your Vehicles Petrol Bill And Be The "Envy" Of Your Neighborhood

By: Enid Jones




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