Recently I had the pleasure of having an email conversation with Mathilde
Perreux from MaHyTec about their invention of the world’s first hydrogen-powered
riding lawnmower. Pictured is the riding lawnmower and right above the seat in
the white enclosure is where the hydrogen tanks are contained.
Here is our conversation:
HydroKevin (HK): Why did your company decide to build a hydrogen-powered
lawnmower?
Mathilde Perreux (MP): A usual lawnmower is a tool which pollutes a lot. There
is actually a very famous report from California Air Resources Board about the
pollution which is 93 times higher than a car per liter of gas.
Electrical lawnmower with battery is not so useful from a practical
point of view than lawn mower using internal combustion engine, so for MAHYTEC
this tool is a wonderful way to show how hydrogen can change the perspectives.
We therefore decided to use internal combustion which is very efficient with
hydrogen and produces no pollution.
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