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Title: French unveil 'world first' hydrogen-powered electric bike emitting only pure water
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UK Telegraph
URL Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor ... -emitting-only-pure-water.html
Published: Oct 1, 2015
Author: Henry Samuel
Post Date: 2015-10-02 19:21:14 by Operation 40
Keywords: Hydrogen, Renewable, Energy
Views: 3499
Comments: 10
The world’s first commercial electric bike running on hydrogen with only pure water as waste, so its makers claim, has been unveiled in France – and already snapped up by the country's post office. It takes five minutes to charge and has a battery life of 100 kilometres (62 miles) and its Gallic makers claim it is a “world first”. The Alpha bike, which hides its hydrogen batteries in its frame, leaves an almost neutral carbon footprint, its designers at Pragma Industries in Bidart, near Biarritz, southwestern France insist. “The bike’s battery provides electricity from hydrogen and emits only pure water,” Pragma CEO Pierre Forté, 38, told AFP. “This is a world first,” he said. A pit stop at special hydrogen recharge ranks only requires a five-minute charge compared to “three or four hours” for other types of electrically assisted bikes, he said. Its autonomy of 100 kilometres is also higher than others. “All this with a minimal environmental footprint as these bikes are made of up ever more recyclable products," he said. The charging stations themselves run on solar or wind power to cut carbon emissions as much as possible. (*It's not the first) Hydrogen: The Next Big Thing™. 
Pragma Industries's CEO Pierre Forte rides an Alpha electric bike that runs on hydrogen Photo: AFP/Getty
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Op40, you ignorant slut. Check out all these hydrogen bikes going back at least 7 years, longer than your man-crush, Borat Odinga, has been prez. Even with your penchant for stale corporate press releases, I'd think you would draw the line at articles that suggest a hydrogen vehicle gets "charged" in only five minutes. Because you aren't recharging a battery, you're filling it with hydrogen. Maybe these corpo types just don't want people to think of it as a Hindenbike.
#2. To: TooConservative, Bozo, PT Barnum, (#1)
Check out all these hydrogen bikes going back at least 7 years, longer than your man-crush, Borat Odinga, has been prez. You were so eager to post an insult you didn't even read the part at the bottom where I wrote: It's NOT THE FIRST. Or maybe you did read it and you were unable to comprehend the meaning. In any case, you are pathetic. Really too bad that you can't edit the evidence of your jackassedness. You have become a caricature of yourself. I have begun to truly feel sorry for you (not really but kind of). Welcome to Bozoland, because you aren't worth another single second of time. Oh one more thing, from Jeremy Clarkson's twitter account just for you Too Constipated: Liberty Post's very own Buffoon. A village idiot that thinks he knows about every single topic raised on the forum. A laugh a minute. Thanks for the entertainment,
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