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Another
environmentally focused solution
from Mazda – a
Norwegian-specification RX-8
Hydrogen RE – was unveiled today
at an historic event in Oslo.
The vehicle was unveiled as part
of a ceremony celebrating the
opening of the latest HyNor
hydrogen filling stations. With
this opening, Norway’s national
hydrogen project has taken a
major step towards creating an
extended hydrogen infrastructure
along the 580 km Oslo to
Stavanger route.
On hand at the
ceremony was the Norwegian
Minister of Transportation, Ms.
Liv Signe Navarsete, who drove
the Mazda rotary-engine sports
coupe from Oslo to the Drammen
station on zero-emission
hydrogen. After delivery of this
first facelifted version of the
RX-8 Hydrogen RE, Mazda will
provide more Norwegian-spec
vehicles to the HyNor project
under commercial lease contracts
beginning this summer.
Mazda also leases
this environmental, four-seat
sports coupe
in Japan, but for the HyNor
project it has been developed to
meet Norwegian and European
specifications with left hand
drive and a manual transmission.
The product of 18 years of Mazda
hydrogen fuel research and
development, it uses a dual-fuel
rotary engine that allows you to
switch between using hydrogen or
petrol in areas with no hydrogen
infrastructure.
This latest
unveiling is just one of Mazda’s
environmentally-friendly
technologies to be introduced as
part of its ‘Sustainable
Zoom-Zoom’ strategy; and
includes such innovative
products as next-generation
clean diesel engines, and a
fuel-saving idle-stop system
called i-STOP. |
