The Hydro Kultur Nios is a hydrogen-fueled prototype that took part in the 2010 Shell Eco Marathon in the "Urban Concept Cars" category. It was created by a group of students and their professors from three leading German Universities - the University of Art and Design in Halle, the Technical University Chemnitz, and the College of Further Education in Merseburg.
Built around an exposed wooden frame that tips the scales at just 18.5 kg or 40.8 pounds with the car's overall weight pegged at around 400kg or 882 pounds, the Nios can seat two passengers in tandem with the driver sitting up front.
The odd-looking prototype is powered by an electric motor that gets its juice from mixing hydrogen and oxygen in a stack of membranes and separators.
Via: Diseno-Art / Alexa Bart
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White people with Daytons? WTF. LOL
Kudos to all the German students for pushing the boundaries of their working knowledge to create something outward looking to the edge of current accepted conventions. This is genuine innovation exploration, unlike many other students around the world who are trapped by formulaic inward looking methods like;
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2010/06/saudi-arabia-king-greenlights-ghazal-1.html
Well done the University of Art and Design in Halle, the Technical University Chemnitz, and the College of Further Education in Merseburg. Audi, BMW, Benz, Porsche, and VW certainly will have a pool of local engineering talent to choose from in the next decade and beyond. Keep up the good work!
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