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Hydrogen-powered bicycles
can go as fast as 15 miles
(24 kilometers) per hour.
the city of Sao Paolo,
Brazil, introduced
the irst hydrogen
fuel-powered public
transportation bus in
South America. Similar buses are also in use in parts of Europe,
such as the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Bicycles powered by hydrogen fuel cells have been sold in
parts of Asia since 2007. In China, only about 2 percent of the
population of more than 1.3
billion people owns a car. Even
though car ownership in China is
growing, bicycles will still be an
important mode of transportation
there. Electric bicycles powered
with hydrogen fuel cells can go as
fast as 15 miles (24 kilometers)
per hour. That may not sound
very fast, but it is quick in a
crowded city. In addition, the
hydrogen fuel cell provides
power for the bicycle for a great
distance of about 185 miles
(300 kilometers) before needing
to “refuel” on hydrogen.
This Godzilla robot runs on an
experimental battery that uses a
hydrogen fuel cell.
