The ENV (Emissions Neutral Vehicle) bike was designed to Intelligent Energy’s brief by a British team, led by multi-award-winning designers Seymourpowell (last year cited as Britain’s 6th most important cultural movers and shakers in a BBC poll). The ENV bike is fully-functioning and has been engineered and purpose-built (based around Intelligent Energy’s world-beating CORE fuel cell) from the ground up, demonstrating the real, everyday applicability of fuel cell technology. The CORE, which is completely detachable from the bike, is a radically compact and efficient fuel cell, capable of powering anything from a motorboat to a small domestic property.
| Key components of the bike power system | |
| Motor | 6kW, 48 VDC Brushed motor (model LEM-170, supplied by LMC ltd) |
| Motor controller | Brusa Direct Current (model MD 206) |
| Fuel cell | 1kW Intelligent Energy air-cooled (2 x AC32-48) |
| Hydrogen storage | High pressure composite cylinder (Luxfer L65) |
| Hydrogen energy | 2.4kWeh |
| Storage battery | 4 x 12V Lead Acid (l5Ahr) connected in series |
| Performance data | |
| Acceleration | 0 — 20 mph in 4.3s (32kph) |
| 0 — 30 mph in 7.3s (48 kph) | |
| 0 — 50 mph in 12.ls (8okph) | |
| Top speed | 50mph (8okph) |
| Range | At least 100 miles (160km) |
| Physical | |
| Bike mass | 80 kg (Total mass including Core) |
| Fuel | |
| Hydrogen | 99.9% purity |
| Oxygen | Taken from air |
| Hydrogen refuel time | Less than 5 minutes |
| Interface | |
| Electrical connection | Multi-core (Intelligent Energy specific) |
