Iwatani International has signed a contract for the lease of ˜RX-8 hydrogen RE, a rotary hydrogen engine developed by Mazda Motor.
The car, which is due to be delivered in this month, is a commercial version of the hydrogen vehicle with an internal combustion engine.
The company said: The vehicle uses an internal combustion engine and not a fuel cell. Mazda is the only company in Japan to make this type of hydrogen vehicle on a commercial basis.
This vehicle employs a system which can run on either hydrogen or gasoline. The cars running distance is 100 km when using hydrogen compared to the running distance of 549 km when gasoline is used. There is an arrangement whereby running on hydrogen or gasoline can be selected by flipping a switch located by the driver’s seat.
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