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New hydrogen car gets backing from Porsche scion
London (AFP) June 16, 2009 A new hydrogen car designed for use in cities and backed by a relative of the founder of German luxury sportscar maker Porsche was unveiled in London Tuesday. The two-seater Riversimple Urban Car can travel 240 miles (386 kilometres) without refuelling, weighs just 350 kilogrammes (770 pounds) and has a top speed of 50 miles per hour. In fuel efficiency terms, it can do the petrol equivalent of 300 miles per gallon (106 kilometres per litre) and emits only water. Manufacturers hope it could go into production from 2013. The cars will be leased to owners for a reported 200 pounds (235 euros, 330 dollars) per month rather than sold, as part of a package including maintenance, support and fuel. The project involves Sebastian Piech, a great-grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, who founded the famous German car company in the 1930s. Piech said the car represented a "major step... towards the fulfilment of my great-grandfather's ambitions for accessible personal transport but this time combining his other passions: light weight and high efficiency". He is executive director of a firm which works on hydrogen fuel cells which has helped to develop the cars over the last three years. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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