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Future Cars - Formula Zero

Future Cars - Formula Zero

Future Cars - Formula Zero - (02:38)

Formula Zero is going to be one step beyond Formula One cars.

  • Added: 20-Mar-2009
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" This is Future Car."

" It's gonna be clean. It's gonna be fast and it's gonna be all hydrogen. So, right now, the pinnacle of motorsports is Formula One and what we are going to prove is that there is 1 step beyond 1 and that is 0. So, we're the next level of motorsports. "

" Hello, I'm Godert van Hardenbroek."

" And I am Eiso Vaandrager. We are from Formula Zero here in the Netherlands. We think that full cell is really amazing and we wanna promote this technology and we think racing is the perfect platform to do it."

" Wanna show how cool hydrogen technology is? Then make a place for it in the most exciting sport, racing. And who says size matters?"

" We've built a go-kart as a stepping stone towards a full-sized race class for fuel cell vehicles."

" 84.6. This is just a manual checkup to be absolutely sure that there's no faultage, leaking."

" My name is Eelco Rietveld. I'm the racing director of Formula Zero together with Bo [unk], our test driver. We are preparing this kart for the record tomorrow."

" And it's gonna be a race with Formula One cars and all kind of different race cars in the center of Rotterdam."

" Next step will be the priming of the fuel cell."

" And we're gonna show that this is the fastest fuel cell vehicle in the planet."

" Just check the BOOSTCAP. "

" We have on the right side and on the left side of our kart these BOOSTCAPS which really gives the car acceleration power."

" BOOSTCAPS, also known as supercapacitors, are an automotive shot of adrenaline. Like a battery, they store and discharge energy, but unlike batteries, they do this very, very fast. The result, rapid bursts of power which a race car can use, much like a sling shot on demand."

" So, you can absorb all your energy and then if you---- around the corner, you can release all your energy back into your motor and then you're off again."

" 10 to 15 seconds, it is fully loaded again."

" We want young people everywhere to say, "Hey, this is a cool idea. And this is something I want to be part of. This is my future.""

" She's all ready to take off tomorrow."

" Ready?"

" Is this a she?"

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