The car that drove more than 2,000 kilometers in three days was actually using “manure” fuel

A car that traveled more than 2,000 kilometers in three days shattered a previous record of 1,360 kilometers in two days set by the Toyota Mirai. Such mileage and speed are not unusual for many cars, but the difference is that the record-setting car was powered by hydrogen.

Nowadays, the popularity of new energy vehicles in people's lives has become higher and higher, but most of the new energy vehicles are electric vehicles, so some people will equate the two. But new energy vehicles actually include other driving methods, and hydrogen power is one of them.

The hydrogen-powered car that set a record of over 2,000 kilometers is a modified Renault Zoé electric car built by ARM Engineering, a French transportation research and development company. The company has developed a new fuel called "G-H3". The novelty of this fuel is that it can be made purely biologically.

For example, non-edible biomass such as manure or plant residues can be turned into fuel for driving cars after being "methanated". In addition, G-H3 can also be mixed with carbon dioxide and hydrogen, or mixed with green electricity such as wind energy or photovoltaics through the electrolysis of water.

Although a synthetic fuel, compared to super ethanol E85 (E85 is a flex fuel, usually referred to as a fuel blend containing gasoline, other hydrocarbons, and 51% to 83% ethanol by volume). It can be seen from the preparation method and raw materials that G-H3 not mixed with gasoline is significantly "cleaner".

On a Renault Zoé equipped with the G-H3 fuel cell, only 2kg of CO2 is emitted after 100km, compared to 10kg in a hydrogen-fueled car. The same CO2 reductions can also be achieved for Audi A1 petrol cars converted to use the G-H3.

Not only can it significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions during driving, but also does not emit fine particles or nitrogen dioxide, the G-H3 is also cheap to manufacture, only about 0.35 euros (about 2.5 yuan) per liter.

Compared to EVs that take longer to charge, the liquid G-H3 can be refilled as quickly as gasoline, filling the 40-liter G-H3 tank in just a minute.

More importantly, G-H3 can generate both electrical energy (PAC) and thermal/mechanical energy (ICE). This means that it can be either a fuel cell for electric vehicles (electricity generated via the G-H3 is currently 5kWh) or an e-fuel compatible with internal combustion engine vehicles (any EURO3 Euro compliant gasoline engine vehicle retrofitted) can be adapted to G-H3 later).

After converting the gasoline engine, a hybrid solution using the super ethanol E85 and G-H3 is also available.

The raw materials are environmentally friendly, the cost is low, and the driving process emits very little greenhouse gas… From the various advantages of G-H3, it seems to be a better solution in the current process of automobile transformation and upgrading. If it can be further studied and promoted, it may be Another possibility in the market of hydrogen-powered vehicles and even new energy vehicles.

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