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Posted by Niti Bhan | 28 Jan 2007
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Jump on your bike, start the engine, throw a rev, and hear... silence? No, you haven't gone deaf - you've traded your mighty Harley for the zero-cylinder ENV (yep, envy). Green vehicles are nothing new - the Prius and its kin have been quietly zipping along special commuter lanes for years - but engineers have largely dismissed an environmentally friendly two-wheeler as impractical. That was until Britain's Intelligent Energy created the ENV, the first road-worthy hydrogen-powered motorcycle. The vehicle runs on a removable fuel cell, emits almost nothing, and will be street legal. The only drag? Top speed, for now, is 50 mph. Production versions go on sale later this year.
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I love your site, but surely you can do better than resizing a picture using the dimensions in the tag... Looks awful!
The ENV is a great looking bike, but silent?
As a biker I know that the sound of a motorbike engine gives car drivers at least a little warning that there's a bike close to them.
While this might not be the most effective way of being noticed on a bike it does help. I wonder how many accidents might be caused because a driver didn't notice the silent bike beside them or in their blind spot.
Other than that it's great.
I still think the fuel cell container is the coolest part of this thing: http://www.core77.com/blog/archive/200503.asp
yeah, I agree, maybe we could install SUV whistles to warn our approach. Same concept as the old deer whistles.