Morgan LIFEcar

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article contains information about a scheduled or anticipated future automobile. It may contain preliminary or speculative information, and may not reflect the final version of the vehicle.

The Morgan LIFEcar (Lightweight Fuel Efficient Car) is a fuel cell-powered electric vehicle project being undertaken by Morgan Motor Company and startup company RiverSimple. The goal of LIFEcar is a sports car that will be environmentally responsible, and also deliver impressive performance. Research and development is backed by QinetiQ, a British defense technology firm, as well as several universities and government grants. Engineer Hugo Spowers is CEO of RiverSimple and the leader of the project.^[1]

Contents 1 Specifications 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Specifications

According to news releases, the LIFEcar chassis is to be based on the powerful Morgan Aero 8, while the proton membrane exchange fuel cell itself is being developed by QinetiQ. The vehicle is planned to make use of electric motors powering each wheel (similar to the Whispering Wheel concept). In order to deliver sufficient bursts of power to the motors, the electricity generated by the fuel cell will be stored in sophisticated capacitors. Morgan may make use of its past business ties with BMW in order to obtain liquid hydrogen storage technology, although this remains to be seen. The design of the vehicle platform was led by Mark Reeves, with aid from his team at Morgan.

[edit] See also

• Fuel cell
• Hydrogen economy
• F-Cell
• Honda FCX
• Venturi Fetish

[edit] References

• http://www.qinetiq.co.uk/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2005/2nd_quarter/lifecar_project.html
  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1660080,00.html
• http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-2005-Morgan-LIFECar-Project-Announcement.htm
• http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/06/morgan_at_work_.html
• http://riversimple.com/index.php/lifecar-with-morgan

[edit] External links

• Morgan LIFEcar Offical Page
• http://riversimple.com/index.php/lifecar-with-morgan
• Talk Morgan Article on the LIFECar