Chang’an motors makes Chinas first hydrogen engine


These wheels are turning, but they arent powered by electricity or gasoline – they’re powered by hydrogen, and as expected it is China that is starting to take the lead in creating automobiles and vehicles that use renewable energies. We doff our collective caps in your honor.

China’s first independently developed high efficiency and low discharge hydrogen engine was successful ignited in Chongqing, by ChangAn Auto Co. Ltd on June 18th. The high efficiency and low discharge hydrogen engine is the only main hydrogen fuel project that was established by the national “863″ plan. The successful ignition marks a breakthrough in the progress of China’s technology research, and lays a foundation for national hydrogen engine industrialization development.

China’s independently developed high efficiency and low discharge hydrogen engine is a new type of internal combustion engine. Compared with the traditional gasoline engine and diesel engine, it has the specific advantages including high efficiency, low discharge, low cost and adaptable. It is greatly significant in reducing environmental pollution and responding to the energy crisis.

As early as 2005, ChangAn began to research the hydrogen engine and formally attained the establishment of the national “863″ plan. In two years of efforts, this project has finally produced the successful operation of the hydrogen engine.

We hope they put this engine into something that is worthy of something so great, we hope it doesn’t find its way into a Suzuki Alto.

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Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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3 Comments so far, please add your thoughts!

  1. It’s great to see countries across the globe producing hydrogen power cars that could be the future. Hydrogen is such a clean source of energy, but the major problem is that it is often produced from fossil fuels. Hopefully hydrogen can soon be generated using sustainable methods and truly make it a environmentally friendly option.

  2. avatar Grace Rodriguez says:

    hydrogen fuel is not yet very practical and cost effective today,;”

  3. avatar False Nails ` says:

    i think that the best fuel that we can use is Hydrogen, this does not product polluting gases at all.~’

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