Morgan LifeCar Concept Car
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The Morgan LifeCar Concept with hydrogen fuel cell will be unveiled at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show. Spending more than two years working with Oscar Automotive, Cranfield University, QinetiQ, Oxford University and Linde AG, Morgan has develop the LifeCar concept for auto world. Based on the Morgan Aero Eight, the Morgan Lifecar Concept powered by a QinetiQ fuel cell, which converts hydrogen and oxygen (taken from the air around it) into electrical energy.
The purpose of Morgan Lifecar concept is to demonstrate that a zero emission vehicle can also be fun to drive. With combination of performance, range and fuel economy will allow a sporting driver of the future to demonstrate a concern for the environment. It will demonstrate that a new step in vehicle architecture is enabled by the use of a fuel cell hybrid power train, going far beyond the incremental adaptation of traditional car designs as seen in current hybrid vehicles. The approach is one of whole system design in which the architecture is generated from the characteristics of the fuel cell, in a light-weight vehicle coupled with a high hybridization level.
With this combination the fuel cell cost will be minimized and will providing the fuel economy for a 200 mile range. An objective of the project is to lower the entry barriers for a vehicle powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. Core to the success of the project will be collaboration between partners to achieve system-level innovation in the design.
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