Amid Rising Gasoline, Diesel, and Ethanol Prices, New Brazilian Technology Allows Electric Car to Operate Without Charging

Meet The Fuel Cell System That Generates Electricity From Bioethanol To Power A Vehicle

Gasoline, diesel, and ethanol are only increasing, and even electric car models face some issues such as charging time and range. Therefore, Brazilian researchers are working on a new technology capable of making an electric car run without the need for charging.

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Promising Technology Could Elevate The Potential of The Sustainable Fuel Market in Brazil

Electric motors have gained a great ally, ethanol, which is found in the most economical and cleanest cars. In addition, a new technology is being developed in Brazil that promises to change the concept of energy generation for electric cars. This is not a hybrid that uses gasoline, diesel, or ethanol, but a completely electric car powered by hydrogen.

In practice, it will be an electric car, however, it does not have a socket as a power source but instead uses a tank of ethanol and offers double the range for the model. According to the Executive President of Sindalcool PB, Edmundo Coelho Barbosa, the studies are advanced and he also explained how the process of converting ethanol into energy works.

The ethanol cells go through a piece of equipment known as a reformer, which extracts hydrogen, which will be combined with oxygen from the air in the fuel cell itself. It is the chemical reaction inside the cell that generates electricity for the electric car that does not use diesel or gasoline.

Ethanol Is More Sustainable Than Gasoline or Diesel, Says Expert

The country is currently a reference due to this study due to the use of ethanol, as it pollutes the environment less and emits less CO2 into the atmosphere, both during production and use.

According to Edmundo, Brazil has the technology developed at the hydrogen laboratory of UNICAMP, which created the company Hytron for the development of ethanol reforming. Edmundo also claims that this is already a reality for electric cars, and it would already be possible to conceive refueling stations with hydrogen.

The advantages of SOFC models compared to common electric cars are that since the energy is generated by ethanol, the model does not need a large battery, which represents 25% of the total weight of the model. A smaller version is sufficient, which would be recharged by the fuel cell that would also contribute to reducing pollution.

30 Liters of Modified Ethanol Generate a Range of 600 km

With the new technology, as soon as the ethanol is injected, it generates energy instantaneously for the engine, offering a range greater than 600 km using only 30 liters of fuel.

With so many advantages, many people would like to know when consumers will be able to buy electric cars with such modern technology, but there is still no projected launch date, and studies should continue until 2025.