A Scottish team is gearing up to beat a record of more than 15,000 miles per gallon with its gho2ost fuel cell powered ecomarathon vehicle.
The team, from siGEN, fuel cell power solutions, has been working with students from Mackie Academy in Stonehaven to make improvements to the chassis design of their gh2ost 2 vehicle to reduce the rolling resistance.
The siGEN engineering team is now putting the fuel cell stack and hydrogen delivery system through bench trials in its laboratory. The fuel cell will put out just under 100W of power, which with the aerodynamics of the vehicle – the body shape was inspired by that of a dolphin – and low weight, will be sufficient to deliver speeds of up to 15 miles an hour.
siGEN’s gh2ost 2 design has incorporated much of the experience learned during its gh2ost 1 project. This first vehicle was designed and built in conjunction with both the Robert Gordon University and the Mackie Academy.
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