The University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom has just debuted its new fleet of vehicles that run solely on hydrogen power. Hydrogen cars qualify as ZEVs (zero emissions vehicles); this marks a first for a UK-based university. Each vehicle has a range of 100 miles (per tank of hydrogen) and a top speed of 50 miles per hour.

“Birmingham engineers will be comparing the hydrogen powered vehicles with the University’s own fleet of petrol, diesel and pure ‘electric’ vehicles so that they can learn more about their efficiency and performance. The researchers will determine how these vehicles need to be adapted in order to make hydrogen an attractive and cost effective option as a future fuel.

Professor Kevin Kendall, lead investigator for the project and head of the University’s Fuel Cells Group, said, ‘The cars will now start to carry out tasks on the campus, including postal deliveries, recycling of materials and duties around the estate. This will enable us to test the car components for reliability, get the cars road-legal and confirm their efficiency and cost effectiveness.’ (Source: PR Newswire)”

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