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Many British specialist
sports car makers have fallen by the wayside, but Morgan just keeps on
going – and now it’s looking to the future with a plan to be one of the
first car makers to commercialise a hydrogen fuel-cell car.
The company is famous
for its traditional production methods, but for next year’s Geneva show
managing director Charles Morgan announced a plan to launch the Morgan
‘Life Car’ - a hydrogen-fuelled, zero-emissions car – but built using
Morgan’s wooden-framed body.
The car is intended to
demonstrate that a zero emission vehicle can also be fun to drive. It will be a
very lightweight car with a fuel cell hybrid powertrain, which will give
it a 200-mile range. It’s being developed in partnership with hi-tech
specialists including Cranfield University, QinetiQ, Oxford University
and Linde AG.
Meanwhile Morgan is
performing well. Almost all of the 100 limited run AeroMaxs have now
been sold, and Morgan’s total sales last year reached 650. “We have a
full order book for 2007 for both the traditional Morgan and the AeroMax,
and we’ve just launched a new Aero 8 for the US” said Charles Morgan.
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