The first Boron Vehicle in Turkey is produced by Tubitak Energy Enstitute.Minister of State for Industries used the vehicle for test drive in October,2011. In the project, the fuel storage, reactor of hydrogen produce, gas cleaner, synthesis of catalyst for production were searched and developed. From the begining of working at 3 minutes, vehicle can produce the gas fully and this produced gas enables 3 kilowatt fuel cell to work continuously. 3 kilowatt fuel cell was also produced for this vehicle project.The vehicle has 20 HP electric motor. In addition,the maximum speed of the vehicle 80 km/hour and the maximum distance that the vehicle can go is 100 kilometers.Vehicle can go 35 kilometers with 1 kilograms Boron Hydride.
Source: Scientific News in Turkey