Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen

haffej.com — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:02:52 +0000

The successor to the Mazda RX-8 can run on hydrogen
The successor to the Mazda RX-8 should improve fuel consumption and high emissions of its characteristic rotary engine, which is why Mazda is planning that his engine can alternately with hydrogen and gasoline. His theory is simple operation, the Mazda would have a warehouse for storing gasoline and other warehouse for storing hydrogen. The driver can select on the fly that type of fuel used by an integrated control on the dashboard, a system identical to that used in the first generation of the BMW Hydrogen 7.

The performance means zero emissions (hydrogen) is 20% cheaper than using only unleaded petrol so that Mazda recommends use in urban driving and gasoline to leave when required more powerful propeller. The disadvantages of this system are in my opinion the loss of space in the passenger compartment or trunk that would create a new fuel tank and lack of infrastructure for refuelling.
They also ignore the costs of manufacturing, but I suppose the years that Mazda takes experimenting with hydrogen will have served to enhance the economic efficiency of manufacturing processes. Probably runs called RX-9 to differentiate its new bi-propellant fuel twice traditional rotor RX-8. Continue with rear propulsion, a design inspired by the Concept Taiki and also have a fuel consumption by 20% lower than the current generation. His date of global marketing will be around 2012 and will be accompanied by a selection of manual gearboxes and automatic.
It is a pride that a generalist manufacturer will include hydrogen propulsion in a series of reasonably priced model of its bid. The concept Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE marked the beginning of the bet by the Japanese manufacturer of hydrogen and RX-9 could be the culmination of its ambitious goals. Mazda continues to time optimizing the rotary engine technology and hopes to arrive at a future levels of emissions of a hybrid.

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Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen