These E-Bikes Are Hydrogen-Powered, and You Can Fuel Them Up at Home

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These E-Bikes Are Hydrogen-Powered, and You Can Fuel Them Up at Home

RideApart | Enrico Punsalang | 7/2024

Crackin' eggs while crackin' hydrogen.

Electric bicycles continue to shape the way people move around in the urban setting. And while there have been a few hurdles surrounding their adoption—i.e., fire risks and safety hazards—so it’s clear that manufacturers stand to gain if they push the bounds of what an e-bike is capable of.

Case in point: these new hydrogen-powered electric bicycles from Swiss startup HydroRide.

Sure, hydrogen-powered e-bikes aren’t exactly a brand-new concept, but HydroRide takes things a step further. It allows you to produce your own hydrogen fuel.

How, you may ask? Well, HydroRide has a compact hydrogen generator that you can use at home or in the office. It can produce 20 grams of hydrogen from 200 milliliters of purified water. This takes some time, though—around six hours, to be specific. But hey, the thing can even be powered by solar panels instead of relying on the grid to produce hydrogen.

Once the machine has produced the hydrogen, it stores it in a 9.8-inch tall bottle-like container which is then slotted into the bicycle's frame. Equipped with a 550-watt fuel cell, HydroRide’s bikes are said to offer around 60 kilometers—that’s 37 miles—of range per bottle...more
https://www.msn.com/en-ae/lifestyle/shopping/these-e-bikes-are-hydrogen-powered-and-you-can-fuel-them-up-at-home/ar-BB1qOOiY

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