The H-racer is a futuristic toy car that contains one of the most exciting and advanced technologies of the 21st century - a fuel cell. The miniature solar-powered hydrogen refueling station converts water to hydrogen using energy captured from the sun, and the fuel cell in the car then uses the hydrogen to produce electricity.
Cars running on clean and renewable fuel are the dream of many of today's engineers and scientists, seeking to eliminate mankind's reliance on fossil fuels.
Hydrogen offers some important advantages: it is non-toxic, renewable, clean to use, and the most abundant element in our universe. And by using fuel cell technology to convert hydrogen to electricity without any combustion, the technology could play a significant part in future energy and environmental solutions.
No combustion occurs inside a fuel cell. Instead an electrochemical reaction takes place, and hydrogen is used up and at the same time electricity is generated. Many of the world's automotive companies are developing hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, with the hope of introducing this technology to the public in the near future.
OPERATION
Once the car has been assembled, the Solar Cell is used to produce an electric current which produces a supply of hydrogen in the refueling station. From there the hydrogen is used to fill the hydrogen storage tank in the H-racer. Once this is full, the car is ready to go. Switch it on and off the car will go. The car will run for about 100 feet before it needs refueling.
The car is 16 x 7 x 4.5cm
You will need a screwdriver to assemble the car, and water (preferably distilled water) for the refueling station. If the sun is not available, you can use 2AA batteries (not supplied) in the base of the refueling station, in order to generate the hydrogen.
FOR AGES 12 AND ABOVE
Price of the car is : £39.99 / $79.98 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)