Hybrid hydrogen technology could be the next big thing in the world of green cars, if entrepreneur, Malcolm Bricklin has anything to do with it; the Boston Herald reports.
According to the newspaper, the founder of Visionary Vehicles, Mr Bricklin is working on something that ‘everyone said was a scam’. He hopes to buy and upgrade up to 300,000 GM and Chrysler cars a year to install add-on hydrogen technology and improve their interiors.
“I know I have a product that I can put on cars that will make them get 100 percent better mileage,” he said in a recent interview.
In a three page proposal, he states that he intends to market the cars as Visionary Vehicles/Chrysler or Visionary Vehicles/GM and expects that his plans could provide a much-needed cash injection into the manufacturers’ struggling dealership network by buying up existing stock.
A well-known figure in the automotive industry, Bricklin, 70, made a name for himself by being the first to introduce Fiat, Yugo and Subura to the US market and by developing his own car, the Bricklin SV. Through Visionary Vehicles, he has already developed a performance plug-in hybrid prototype expected to retail for around $35,000.
His latest vision is to install high-performance, on-board hydrogen “electrolyser” to that he says would split distilled water into hydrogen and oxygen, then injects those gases directly into the air intake of the engine. This system would be a supplement the traditional combustion engine, to enhance the driving range.
Although the funding for the project has yet to be established, along with a number of details yet to be ironed out, Bricklin expects to have a working prototype of a hydrogen hybrid car within the four months.
“I really believe this is why I was put on this Earth,” he told the Boston Herald. “All those mistakes, and all those lessons, and all those experiences have led me to know exactly how to take advantage of this technology.”
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