Luxury Sports Car Powered by Flow Battery, Goes 373 Miles on a Tank of… Saltwater?
September 21st, 2014Via: Inhabitat:
The Quant e-Sportlimousine was originally unveiled earlier this year at the Geneva Motor Show, where it met criticism from skeptics – but now that it’s been approved to drive on public roads, there’s renewed interest in the saltwater-powered vehicle. How does it work? An electrochemical reaction is created by combining two liquids with metallic salts that act as an electrolyte. These solutions are then sent to a fuel cell, creating electricity that is stored in super capacitors and sent to the the Quant e-Sportlimousine’s four electric motors.
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Nanoflowcell has partnered with Bosch Engineering to further develop the technology, and the company hopes to release at least four more prototypes in the near future.
