On July 20, Kawasaki Motors, a member of the Kawasaki Heavy Industries Group, carried out the world’s first public demonstration run of a hydrogen ICE (inside combustion engine) bike by a mass-production bike producer at Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka Metropolis, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
The hydrogen ICE bike was designed and constructed as a part of analysis that started in March 2023, with check runs beginning this 12 months, culminating within the public demonstration run. Mounted within the machine is a hydrogen engine primarily based on the 998 cm3 In-Line 4 Supercharged Engine present in Kawasaki’s Ninja H2 bike, with modifications made to permit direct injection of hydrogen gasoline into the cylinders. The bike’s chassis was designed to accommodate hydrogen gasoline canisters and a hydrogen gasoline provide system on-board.
Hydrogen ICE bikes run on hydrogen combustion, producing the rumble and pulsating sensation that riders take pleasure in when twisting the throttle, whereas emitting primarily water*1.
As a part of their carbon impartial initiative, Kawasaki Motors is at the moment conducting analysis and improvement with the goal of realizing a functioning hydrogen ICE bike*2 as one carbon-neutral choice for riders within the early 2030s.
Kawasaki Motors is a full member of HySE (Hydrogen Small mobility & Engine know-how)*3, a analysis affiliation targeted on hydrogen know-how that’s actively conducting fundamental analysis on hydrogen engines, hydrogen filling techniques, and gasoline provide techniques to be able to produce hydrogen-powered small mobility autos, together with bikes.
In an effort to additional strengthen the Kawasaki model, Kawasaki Motors will present services and products that meet the wants of our clients and society, together with efforts towards attaining carbon neutrality, as we problem ourselves to look at all potentialities in pursuit of the happiness and pleasure of all these whose lives Kawasaki touches.
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Video of hydrogen ICE bike driving at Autopolis Circuit*4 (Kawasaki Motors Japan)
*1: When driving, a really small quantity of engine oil is burned, ensuing within the era of a really small quantity of CO2.
*2: The time of business availability might differ relying on the hydrogen gasoline provide infrastructure and the standing of authorized laws in every nation.
*3: A analysis affiliation based by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Kawasaki Motors, Ltd., Suzuki Motor Company, Toyota Motor Company, Honda Motor Co., Ltd., and Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. in Could 2023 for the aim of fundamental analysis on hydrogen engines for small mobility autos.
*4: Autopolis Co, Ltd. (Hita Metropolis, Oita Prefecture).
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