H₂-powered racing car on tour

The world's first hydrogen-powered Formula Student racing car will be one of the attractions of this year's Chemistry Week national tour, which the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) will be running from 3-11 November. Sponsored by the RSC, the racing car has been designed and built by students in the University of Hertfordshire's Sustainable Energy Technology Centre at Hatfield. Fuelled by hydrogen produced from farm waste, the car can accelerate from 0-60 in 3.2 s and reach speeds of 130 mph. The car made its debut at the Formula Student race weekend held at Silverstone in July and organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.