Pac-car
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| This article may not conform to the [Neutral point of view>neutral point of view] policy. A Wikipedian has [POV checknominated this article] to be checked for its neutrality. Discussion of this nomination can be found on the [fuel efficiency, now standing at 5134 kilometres per litre of petrol. The world-record holding PAC-Car operates on a hydrogen powered fuel cell. It uses as little fuel as possible and provides the highest possible fuel efficiency. It has a fuel cell that produces electrical energy from hydrogen and drives two electric motors. The only "emission" from the car is pure water. The car is lightweight, weighing in at only about 30 kilograms. And it has achieved its goal: it finished the course at the Shell Eco-Marathon taking place on the Michelin test track at Ladoux, France, using only 1.07 grams of hydrogen. This means that PAC-Car would only use eight litres to drive around the globe. PAC-Car is a collaborative project of ETH Zurich and the Federal Office for Energy (financial support), the Paul Scherrer Institute, the University of Valenciennes, France and the industrial partners ESORO, RUAG and Tribecraft. About 20 ETH students worked on the project, most of them from the Depart¬ment of Mechanical and Process Engineering. The two drivers, both women, are also students at ETH Zurich. The ETH engineers integrated current developments in fuel cell and propulsion technology, aerodynamics, lightweight construction, and control technology as well as other areas into PAC-Car. They tested the system intensively together with their partners from science and industry, and there is a good chance that some of the ideas and applications from the project could be integrated into street vehicles in future. This should contribute to a reduction in fuel consumption and pollutant emissions from passenger vehicles.
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