Tata Motors and ISRO to Partner for Developing FU
Posted on November 13th 2008Welcome back!
India’s one of major auto manufacturer, Tata Motors will partner Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to build up India’s 1st fuel-cell car, a model of which might be introduced as early as 2009. This Fuel Cell technology is amid the purest vehicle technology in a world with water vapors as emissions.The contract for a pilot project to observe whether H2 can be utilized to fuel automobiles has been signed and the operation started, said Mr. G Madhavan Nair (Chairman of ISRO) that creates satellites as also their launch vehicles.
We are working with Tatas to see how best proto model can be put on road by next year. Hydrogen-powered and the storage and handling etc, we will take care from whatever we know and the Tatas are good at making best cars.
- Mr. G Madhavan Nair said.The planned vehicle will utilize some of ISRO’s technology of rocket fuel technology. The future car will be fully electricity driven which will be created by mixing H2 and atmospheric O2 in a fuel cell.
The vehicle would have hydrogen storage and regulatory and control systems, and would be driven with the electricity generated from fuel cells. These vehicles would emit only water vapours.
- Mr. G Madhavan Nair said.
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