World’s first hydrogen cargo bike

Home hydrogen company LAVO has partnered with design studio StudioMOM to develop the world’s first hydrogen-battery cargo bike. In the past, the weight of lithium-ion batteries has held back the development of e-cargo bikes. But the LAVO bike takes advantage of the higher energy-to-weight ratio offered by hydrogen fuel cells.

The bike incorporates LAVO’s hybrid hydrogen battery, which uses solar energy to power electrolysis that splits water into its constituent parts – hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen is then absorbed into a patented metal hydride, which converts it into battery power. The bike only requires around ten minutes of charging, enough to run the bike for about 150km. The bike can also accommodate a hydrogen storage tank.

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