Friday, June 19, 2009

The first Open Source design car

The first Open Source design car !! No I'm not joking!

Its makers claim that by starting from scratch to build a small, efficient car they can make it commercially viable more quickly than the major auto manufacturers experimenting with adapting more conventional cars to hydrogen. Honda predicts its FCX Clarity hydrogen car will enter mass production in 2018, but Riversimple is aiming to lease its first fleet in 201

Source: www.newscientist.com
The small, light vehicle is powered by a fuel cell that combines hydrogen with oxygen from the air to release energy and nothing more toxic than water.



The car's overall design – although not that of components such as the motors and fuel cell – will be open source. That means it will be freely available for any person or company to use, as long as they make public any modifications to the technology.

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