{"id":360872,"date":"2010-02-25T00:43:21","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T05:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/design-students-envision-a-zero-emission-bmw-motorcycle-powered-by-hydrogen\/"},"modified":"2010-02-25T00:43:21","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T05:43:21","slug":"design-students-envision-a-zero-emission-bmw-motorcycle-powered-by-hydrogen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/360872","title":{"rendered":"Design students envision a zero-emission BMW motorcycle powered by hydrogen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/25\/bmw-knust_1_uYbIg_69.jpg\" alt=\"bmw knust_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Concept motorcycle runs clean on hydrogen.<\/p>\n<p>Like others in the auto world, BMW has also escalated efforts to develop vehicles run clean on alternative sources of fuel that include electric batteries and hydrogen. The company is getting some help from a team of student designers at the ISD of Valenciennes, France, who have designed an exciting concept motorcycle that offers a zero-emission ride.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/25\/bmw-knust_2_6W7ZH_69.jpg\" alt=\"bmw knust_2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dubbed the BMW HP Knust, the motorcycle employs a cryogenic hydrogen tank, lithium-polymer batteries, electronic brakes and controls, and electromagnetic suspensions, which collectively promise a sustainable and comfortable ride. The aluminum frame motorcycle has tubular parts in steel and carbon with a brushless motor that churns out 100KW of power. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/25\/bmw-knust_3_RJy9R_69.jpg\" alt=\"bmw knust_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/25\/bmw-knust_4_9olP3_69.jpg\" alt=\"bmw knust_4\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/25\/bmw-knust_5_eEtm8_69.jpg\" alt=\"bmw knust_5\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/25\/bmw-knust_6_pJAzh_69.jpg\" alt=\"bmw knust_6\"\/><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"550\" height=\"450\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/diL_EylxscI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x234900&#038;color2=0x4e9e00&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/diL_EylxscI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x234900&#038;color2=0x4e9e00&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"550\" height=\"450\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2010\/02\/24\/hydromagnificence-on-two-wheels\/\">YankoDesign<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Concept motorcycle runs clean on hydrogen. Like others in the auto world, BMW has also escalated efforts to develop vehicles run clean on alternative sources of fuel that include electric batteries and hydrogen. The company is getting some help from a team of student designers at the ISD of Valenciennes, France, who have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}