Swiss company has developed a car powered by salt water that could revolutionize the automotive market. The vehicle has a range of 1.000 kilometers and can go from 0 to 100 km/h in 5 seconds.
A NanoFlowcell reached a new milestone with its technology focused on the automotive sector, completing 350 kilometers with the car Quantine 48 Volt, which is moved to salt water without any kind of problem. In this way, inventor Nunzio La Vecchia now hopes that his technology, which essentially consists of using a type of salt water to accumulate electrical energy, will begin to be noticed by the automotive industry as a more viable, cheaper and more efficient alternative than the others, such as lithium ion batteries or hydrogen fuel cells, which also do not generate any type of emission of pollutants or noise.
Water-powered car ran for over 10 hours
The car powered by salt water serves as a technological demonstration of how the technology can be adapted to a low-cost vehicle aimed at urban areas, which was chosen to carry out several series of tests.
In the last three years, the prototype of the water-powered car built in Switzerland has already covered 250 km on the open road, where around 100 of them were made for laboratory tests. Importantly, Quantino's special components worked without any problems.
In total, all components operated for more than 10 hours, which is even longer than the normal lifetime of a vehicle. In relation to the characteristics of the car powered by salt water, which can revolutionize the automotive market, the vehicle has an 80 kW electric motor, equivalent to about 109 horsepower. The model can carry up to four people on its chassis and weighs just over 1.400 kg. Even so, with these characteristics, the car powered by salt water can go from 0 to 100 km/h in just 5 seconds.
How does Quantino 48Volt work?
The operation of the car powered by water is the same as that of a fuel cell, only using salt water instead of hydrogen. Thus, the positive ions are separated from the negative ones, since both interact and mix when passing through a membrane, and it is this interaction that generates electrical energy that allows the vehicle to move.
The end result of mixing the ions generates water, just like the hydrogen fuel cell, but has the advantage of allowing the car powered by salt water to work without emitting any carbon, in addition to fast refueling.
The company that developed the vehicle has been on the market for some time and, since 2014, NanoFlowcell has been creating prototypes with the aim of using salt water as the main fuel.
Other prototypes developed by the Swiss company
Several prototypes of the saltwater-powered car were developed, such as the Desportivo e-Sportlimousine, the Quantino Compact and the Quant F Crossover. These three models were tested on the road, but the Quantino was the first to show the true capacity of the “fuel” .
Another great highlight of the vehicle zero CO2 emissions It's the fact that it covered 1.000 kilometers in eight hours and 21 minutes straight, that is, during the entire journey it didn't stop for fuel, which also proves its excellent range.
The Swiss company is aiming to start final production of this prototype model at short notice. If it succeeds, it will be a great advance in the sector, considering that, in this way, drivers can go to the beach to fill up.
