Swatch mulling oxy-hydrogen car
2012-03-25 15:58
-
Switzerland
A guide to one of the world's finest ski resorts, with personal introductions to the best runs,...
Now R148.00
buy now
Geneva - The world's biggest watch company Swatch is looking at building a car that runs on hydrogen and oxygen, its chief executive and chair Nick Hayek said in an interview published on Sunday.
"We already have a test-car with a fuel cell," Hayek told newspaper NZZ am Sonntag.
"Liquid hydrogen and oxygen are used as fuel, producing very efficient combustion," he said, adding that the management board of Belenos - the Swatch subsidiary building the vehicle - has already driven around on the prototype.
"What we don't know is whether it would be cost-efficient to build," said Hayek, the son of Swatch's founder.
The fuel-cell vehicle is not Swatch's first attempt at building a green car. In 1997, it teamed up with Daimler-Benz to build the two-seater Smart but the watch firm later sold its shares to Daimler-Benz.
- SAPA
