Suzuki Unveils Fuel-Cell Scooter

Suzuki has increased the amount of hydrogen fuel that can be stored in the scooter by using a hydrogen tank with a maximum working pressure of 70MPa.

Suzuki Motor Corp. exhibited its "Burgman Fuel Cell Scooter" for reference at Tokyo Motor Show 2009, which opens to the public from Oct. 24 through Nov. 4, 2009.

Suzuki increased the amount of hydrogen fuel that can be stored in the scooter by using a hydrogen tank with a maximum working pressure of 70MPa. The "crosscage," the fuel-cell bike it showed off at Tokyo Motor Show 2007, has a tank with a maximum working pressure of 35MPa.

The volume of the new tank is about 10L. And the Burgman can run about 350km when it runs on a flat, paved road at 30km/h.

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