PARIS — Suzuki Motor has announced it will join the ranks of automakers showing an alternative-energy vehicle at the 2008 Paris Auto Show next month. The Suzuki entry, called the SX4-FCV, is based on the SX4 hatchback and is hydrogen fuel-cell powered.
Suzuki says the vehicle gets hydrogen from a Suzuki-developed tank, as well as from a lightweight, compact capacitor that captures regenerative energy during braking and uses it to cut fuel-cell load during acceleration.
The concept makes 107 horsepower, and the vehicle's operating range is 155 miles, Suzuki says. Top speed is said to be 93 mph.
After the Paris debut, the SX4-FCV is slated for road testing in Japan on public roads and was approved for that purpose earlier this year.
This is the fourth fuel-cell vehicle to reach the road-testing stage in Suzuki's R&D tie-up with General Motors. Suzuki and GM have been working together on fuel-cell vehicle development since 2001. Suzuki's plan is to put out a viable fuel-cell production car.
What this means to you: More alt-energy excitement for Paris show goers. — Laura Sky Brown, Correspondent
Suzuki says the vehicle gets hydrogen from a Suzuki-developed tank, as well as from a lightweight, compact capacitor that captures regenerative energy during braking and uses it to cut fuel-cell load during acceleration.
The concept makes 107 horsepower, and the vehicle's operating range is 155 miles, Suzuki says. Top speed is said to be 93 mph.
After the Paris debut, the SX4-FCV is slated for road testing in Japan on public roads and was approved for that purpose earlier this year.
This is the fourth fuel-cell vehicle to reach the road-testing stage in Suzuki's R&D tie-up with General Motors. Suzuki and GM have been working together on fuel-cell vehicle development since 2001. Suzuki's plan is to put out a viable fuel-cell production car.
What this means to you: More alt-energy excitement for Paris show goers. — Laura Sky Brown, Correspondent
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