Kawasaki Hydrogen Engine Motorcycle (Research Vehicle)
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- On July 20, Kawasaki Motors Ltd., a member of the Kawasaki Heavy Industries Group, conducted the world's first*1 public demonstration run of a hydrogen ICE (internal combustion engine) motorcycle (by a mass-production motorcycle manufacturer) at Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
The hydrogen ICE motorcycle was designed and built as part of research that began in March 2023, with test runs starting this year, culminating in this public demonstration run. Mounted in the machine is a hydrogen engine based on the 998 cm3 In-Line Four Supercharged Engine found in Kawasaki’s Ninja H2 motorcycle, with modifications made to allow direct injection of hydrogen fuel into the cylinders. The motorcycle’s chassis was designed to accommodate hydrogen fuel canisters and a hydrogen fuel supply system on-board.
1: According to Kawasaki Motors (as of July 20, 2024)
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Love that H2 is fueling an H2.
So wouldn't the model be called H2 squared?
I'll see myself out.
BTW, I have an H2 tourer. Love it.
Isn't H fueling an H2?
@@Ringer1982 the gaseous molecular form of hydrogen has two atoms, so H2.
"We are at the research stage"
Also has a fully functioning bike right there
With massive saddle bag fuel tanks that are necessary just to give it some semblance of usable range.
@@BriggsianYou see massive auxiliary fuel storage, I see a massive storage platform/rack for big ol' dry bags.
@MotoDash1100 They're fuel tanks. The laws of physics would necessitate that much volume for fuel, unless they don't mind a range of like 20 miles.
I love you Kawasaki for keeping combustion engines alive! They’re what makes bikes fun in the first place.
Enjoy the valve checks, oil changes, and failing moving parts buddy.
@@Waldo1122 depends on what motorcycle but yeah maintenance isnt fun
@@Waldo1122 some people get it, some dont. Electric bikes / cars arent as fun to me
@@peergroth4563 I'd rather be able to actually have fun than my bike be stuck in the shop or dreading to put miles on it because that only means you're closer to the valve check/oil change/chain maintenance.
@@Waldo1122 want to see a electric bike doing 300000km like a africa twin without any issues. You will go with 3 accumulators
Again.,we are watching to the excellent engineers of Kawasaki...
kawasaki hasnt had a good engineer in the bike division since 1980 or thereabouts. whenever the KR250 stopped being developed or produced...
think they even CARE about bikes?
yknow they make cranes and heavy industrial machinery? thats where the profit is.
the bikes are a side effect, an after thought...
that they have enough money to blow on frivolous nonsense such as this...
Amazing to see! If a production version gets made I hope Kawasaki has the humour to call it the H2²
or the H2O
Hydrogen is the true sustainable future. Glad to see R&D from a major manufacturer getting ahead of the trend.
you people are delusional...
@@paradiselost9946 so destroying the earth with lithium mines isn’t? Hydrogen is literally the most abundant element in the universe
Except H is appallingly inefficient to produce, a nightmare to store and transport and causes hydrogen embrittlement of metals.
@@matthatter93 highly abundant... sure.
its also the most REACTIVE element. its virtually never found in isolation, its always attached to some other element... often carbon.
and to release the two elements takes ENERGY. far more energy than you will recover form subsequently recombining those elements.
theres nothing to worry about anyway. this civilisation is coming to an end, all civilisations eventually topple, and one day, our house of cards built on the use of petroleums will also collapse.
couple of millenia for the wounds to heal and once again, therell be little evidence of human existence other than pyramids, temples, strange megalithic constructions, and for this current age, of junk, the "garb-age"?
a layer of filth.
@@mickleblade production is being optimized and using animal waste (what environmental activist keep saying is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas) and those other things can be improved upon with research. What can’t ever been improved upon is battery capacity to a point to where it makes sense to go fully EV like they are trying to push unless you live in a city and only drive a car or scooter. They are extremely impractical for people who have to log big miles and burns just as much Dino juice to create that electricity to charge the machine as it does to just put it in my ICE motor. And talking about storage have you not seen how it’s a nightmare to store all these old Tesla’s that are littering special junk yards once the batteries become useless in about 4 years of regular commuter miles. Researchers are still trying to create a better way to extinguish EV car fires because the battery’s won’t stop burning with any current technology and even if they submerge them completely in water they still burn for up to 2 weeks. So before you come back at me being an asshole because I see finally there is some R&D in something else besides EV why don’t you just let me have my freakin opinion and go about your life. Clearly I’ve done my own research just like you have.
Cool to see, Kawasaki. Keep up the great work on motorcycles! I have bought 3 Ninjas over the years and they're great bikes, thanks!
Yes, if a motorbike needs to be a motorbike, it always needs that enginesound.
That looks way better than the EV.
And far less practical...
@@Waldo1122 Explain why, " And far less practical."
@@hyperspaceexplorer5594 No saddlebags, terrible aerodynamics, unbelievably heavy, literally NOWHERE to refuel, and you can forget lane splitting.
@@Waldo1122 Do you know the meaning of "research vehicle"?
Infrastructure needs to be built much like when gasoline and diesel powered vehicles were started.
Lane splitting? LOL
@@hyperspaceexplorer5594 And who is going to build hydrogen infrastructure for a market that doesn't exist? People ONLY bought electric vehicles because they're fast and reliable, hydrogen powered vehicles are not fast nor reliable.
There is no point in this "research vehicle" hydrogen is dead on arrival.
H2 is real future rather than EV
I never expect less from Kawasaki than awesomeness
Love seeing more research into hydrogen!
I'm so excited!
It is more possible now than ever to build Akira's bike en-masse powered by H2.
That’s right! Hydrogen. None of that battery stuff!
Amen, brother!
Very exciting work, my best wishes to Kawasaki on research of this new frontier
I live in an apartment in the UK so cannot have an electric vehicle or wall charger. In my city we are getting a Hydrogen refilling station in 2027! I very much look forward to this motorbike
Looks like a very sci-fi sports-tourer, except thats not storage XD, only seen it in low-res pictures a while ago but glad there a footage :b
Really interesting to see the early results of their R&D.
So much better an idea than electric.
Can’t wait to see if the tech actually allows for a motorcycle that looks like a normal ICE model with the Hydrogen engine instead.
Hopefully this is the future.
Amen, brother! EVs were a failure a century ago, and will again be a failure, no matter how aggressive corrupt politicians promote them.
This, on the other hand, does look like a real option to replace fossil fueled cars.
Very cool. Cant wait to see where this goes!
Honestly, what the Kawasaki company has done for motorsports is absolutely incredible.
Remember fellas, Kawasaki company isnt suicidal
Kawasaki is the best manufacturer, hands down!
This is proof the internal combustion engine Will life on
Instead of refueling it with a pump and nozzle, what if you copy how Gogoro replenishes their batteries? So instead of filling it up with hydrogen, you get a small pressurized tank and swap it out with the tank that's already empty. Though I'm not sure how the plumbing with that kind of system will work.
There are many other methods to store hydrogen, this one uses large pressurized tanks and will probably be replaced in the future. Some of those methods store hydrogen in powders, others store it in liquids, ... for example.
looks like Power Ranger back in form
Can't wait to see a commercial version of this
Finally. A Kawasaki that *doesnt* look like an insect.
This looks more like an insect than any bike I’ve seen wym 😂😂😂😂😂
Always way ahead of time..❤
Future proof Japanese Tech & Quality ❤🔥
is it still need catalisor or something or equipment to reduce emmision? Has it emmision or just water?
Good Job
Baby got back.
The last hope against electric!!!!!
I am proud to be a Kawasaki dealer...
This is the future
Any chances to see this on the road?
Кавасакі-молодці...
Nice innovation.
Built for Judge Dredd?
The entire EV Industry would hate the Japanese because of this advocacy
It would be interesting to see if kawasaki were partnering up with any fuel companies to work on a replacement fuel for ⛽️.
Ive heard hydrogen combustion works well with rotary engines. Please make a rotary hydrogen sportbike.
Kenalpot di pindah ke atas itu bagus kayak pesawat tempur👍
GNV OR GNC IS THE FUTURE
How to get a job at HySE?
Please do everyone a favor and use an undertail exhaust so the SSSA can be seen. Too many times have manufacturers botched that one aesthetic. Otherwise, i'm intrigued to see where this goes.
First supercharged engine, now this ❤️ kawasaki is setting new benchmark every time. 🤌🏻🔥
I think its awesome Kawasaki is making this but still sales the KLR 650.
Where is the hard data? If the bike is moving hard data is available.
It looks like a Kamen Rider motocycle.
I love it.
with a very low flash point of 27degree centigrade it is the most dangerous among liquid fuels❤❤
Are those panniers H2 tanks? I assume they are and are not actual panniers. Will be interesting to see power delivery and “mpg” numbers.
Pretty damn cool
I honest to God, will buy one if it costs reasonably and not 20k or more
Can't wait to have this engine revving in India. Gadkari's EV plan's going to waters.
super cool
Kawasaki 🎉💪🏻
I mean, it's neat and all, but there just isn't anyway to beat fundamental flaws associated with cost and density of fuel storage.
The only thing to do now is waving your arms left and right, and yell "Henshin!!"
Yes yes YES YES YES!
😮👍✌️🙏
It's great tht people r thinking to save nature as I'm getting worried more abt it
I hate every ad having to iterate h2 combustion process. How about addressing the big lump on the rear of a vehicle that would otherwise neverrrr fall on its side 😂. Not to mention placed at higher center of gravity .
But you can’t put Cruise Control on a Concours 14?!
Just wondering if those fuel tanks were explode in a crash?💥
but why can't you understand that motorbike enthusiasts like to hear the sound of the engine??? not the whole video but when you show it runs let me hear the sound if it changes what is the difference between petrol and hydrogen!!
Very interesting! So Kawasaki does this for less air pollution? What is the end air emission compared to petrol air emission? How much difference in air quality? Kawasaki does invent for the future!
The end product of burning hydrogen is water (H2 + O = H2O).
@@jonm7272 NICE. Pure water (H2O) as final emission is great for the environment! Kawasaki is amazing to be the first bike manufacturer to do this!
I wonder if Kawasaki intentionally named the prior H2 to be for this as well!?
@@MintChoggy for bikes, this is just a pointless gimmick IMHO anyway. The energy density of hydrogen is way too low so the compression pressure need to be way too high to be practical. Makes a lot more sense for large plant machinery (take a look at what JCB are doing for real commercial application). Happy to be proved wrong, but I will eat my hat if we ever see a H2 bike on sale to the public, and will eat anyone else's hat if anyone actually buys one. This is just a technical exercise and an advert for Kawasaki tech. I would very much expect them to commercialised it in the heavy plant end of the business though.
@@jonm7272 im not a scientist myself, not sure whats the cons of using H2 in a bike, but maybe like you said, this innovation will help their other bigger appliances like trains! I see that they do make trains (Not sure if whole train or part of the train). I was taking a train and I was VERY surprised I saw Kawasaki Heavy Industries in a train!
@@jonm7272 This is nonsense.
It looks like over the top anime bike was made in real life 😅😅
Хороший будет разгон, когда водород рванет сзади))
Please tell me those two thing on the back is a freaking rocket booster
Lol
Good. As much as electric is a thing, combustion should be around, especially in motorosports. A smaller procen of the larger group will turn up to watch any event in stadiums to hear zero engine sound.
H2²
You could have added afterburner effect for memes.
Awesome. I will never buy an EV-motorcycle.
I would buy a fuel cell version of one of these which is essentially an electric motor powered by the fuel cell which fuelled by hydrogen.
Essentially I'll never buy a battery powered bike but I will buy hydrogen even if it's a fuel cell one
Looking forward to someone achieving parity with electrolysis, so vehicles need only a minute amount of water to permanently power vehicles in a closed system that continuously recycles H2O between combustion and electrolysis.
thats a big tank with hydrogen
Loot at the gyatt on that thing.
Do another edit WITHOUT the "music".
Are those fuel cells monstrosity on back of bike?
Hunto!!!
The motor oil should stay clean!
Yes, because the product of hydrogen burning is water, better hope those cylinders are very well isolated from the sump.
I prefer hydrogen over EV
Definitely, a billion times more!!
Good ol gasoline is best.
Hydrogen is the future, not ion-lithium
Just stick with petrol, even better 😁
Yeah, but we must acquiesce to the whims of our overlords.
Now if they can make the tanks on the back act as jet packs to fly my ass to safety when grandma stops dead in front of me that be the future I’m lookin for
A trailer queen. Yeah, it will spend most of its life on a trailer or parked with an empty tank like all hydrogen powered vehicles. Mark my words. 2024
It's better than BEV
This bike somehow resembles Nicki Minaj 😂
inb4 the Kawasaki engineers gets Boeing'd for undercutting big oil's profits
how so? it requires MORE of the oil and the convenient energy density to get the hydrogen...
funny, when you look into it, the majority of earnings in the oil industry go into exploration, extraction, refining, distribution, and maintenance. wages. yknow someone has to be convinced o go and work on an oil rig and risk their life every day? that takes money. yknow people have to spend several months on a oil rig out in teh sea, risking tehir life, isolated from the rest of the world? takes money.
yknow how long it takes to sink a hole 2km deep? when each drill rod is only 12M at best? yknow you gotta pull them out to add another one, right?
then you gotta case them seal them, put them in operation..
can you point to any oil company and single out the person that is making all this so called "profit"? even the CEO's gets paid less than certain banks, insurance funds, solicitors, and the like. far less.
noone ever mentions the 50% or higher FUEL EXCISE that the GOVERNMENT TACKS ON.
whos REALLY making the PROFIT?
the GOVERNMENT. sit back and get paid for the joy of doing nothing but being in office...
@@paradiselost9946The shareholders are making the profits. And just because other CEOs salaries are more obscene doesn't mean oil executives' salaries are not also obscene. Oil companies are spending all the money that you have mentioned because there is more money than that to make as a return. They are not heroes bringing at cost or slightly marked up oil to the people.
Get in touch with your old friends in India! They will probably find a way to squeeze those cylinders inside the body. 😂 Just kidding. CNG and H2 are two different things alltogether.
Looks like a kamen rider bike😂
nice and how much "carbon free" energy was used to produce, transport and store that H2....?
А в кофрах у него что? Баллоны с водородом?
Goodbye EV
The panniers look like rocket launchers from a really bad action film. The bike itself looks ok but as a working concept concept test bed. But the panniers will be so heavy with the tanks in them.The bike will be top heavy and weight bias to the rear. So front could wash out. Like the hydrogen power compared to battery powered for long rides, city riding electric is king,
ha ha ha ha... hydrogen for "long rides"? you know it has terrible energy density?
kept at several thousand atmospheres of pressure, constantly leaking away through everything, and cryogenically cooled if you want any reasonable type of "MPG"....
yet people cant even refill a petrol tank without spilling it everywhere.
furthest and fastest youll get is when you drop and the tanks explode...
日本🤍
Ok now that's an alternative I like. Biden/Harris and EU can take Chyna EV and shove it
Bye bye Tesla …
This ridiculous monstrosity will not happen.