If we talk about innovation, we know that Japan is always playing on this board. Even more so if we talk about electric vehicles, Tesla always comes to mind, but we cannot forget that there are alternative fuels that are coming from far beyond our borders, and Japan has just shown that the most Elon Musk, the American magnate and owner of the largest electric vehicle company in the world, no matter how much technology he has, does not have the first motorcycle that is neither electric nor gasoline! What?
Yes, it seems like an invention from the future, but we are going to see it very soon on Japanese roads! Do you want to know how it works? Let’s explain everything you need to know and all the details we know about this new invention!
What this motorcycle works with
That’s right, Kawasaki has put all its cards on the table and has presented its first hydrogen motorcycle, it is the H2 HySE model and is ready to change the industry completely with this great invention.
With this revolutionary idea, the Japanese brand wants to make it crystal clear, they want to fight against motorcycle emissions while positioning themselves as the first option in the sustainable motorcycle market. However, Kawasaki has not given more details about the H2 and HySE models, they have only confirmed that the hydrogen engine can offer 125 Kw and a torque of 250 Nm.
This motorcycle draws the attention of the automotive community because the prototype has two tanks located in the rear section of the bike (which is where the hydrogen would be housed), this means that it would use less space and they will be much more compact motorcycles.
What is expected from this design?
Beyond the innovations in terms of fuel tanks, the design of the H2 and HySE (which have been used as trademarks) is expected to be the beginning of a line of cars that run on hydrogen, and if so, it is clear that we would have Kawasaki for a long time (and we love it).
Do we know anything about the engine?
Basically, the engine of both vehicles will be a gas engine that has been modified to use only hydrogen. The most interesting thing is that it will use a dual-injection system (it will inject the hydrogen in two different ways inside the engine). So, this fuel mix will make it much more efficient and the combustion process (when the engine burns the fuel to generate energy) much more powerful. Boy, this system will improve the performance of the engine with only hydrogen!
Is hydrogen a good fuel?
As you may have seen, the market has been flooded with hydrogen-powered vehicles, but despite this, it still faces several challenges that must be overcome (such as the price of hydrogen fuel cells, which are still much more expensive than conventional fuels). On the other side of the coin, many scientists believe that hydrogen is the future because it does not generate waste (only water vapor), so it does not eliminate waste as such with its use (it does with its extraction, but these are things that they are still working on), in addition to making our vehicles have greater autonomy and not increasing the weight of the vehicle. It should also be noted at this point that hydrogen needs more space for storage (because it has a larger volume than gasoline), so the future of hydrogen raises many unknowns that will gradually be resolved, or at least that is what we hope.
This is where companies like Kawasaki come in, betting on a more progressive development that will culminate in a mass hydrogen market in the coming years.
The future of sustainable motorcycles is now one step closer with this Kawasaki creation, will it also be the future of the market?
