Turin 2006: the Hydrogen Sidewalk
Turin 2006: the Hydrogen Sidewalk
Submitted by james on Sun, 2005-05-22 17:08. HighwaysOne of the exciting legacies of the 2010 Winter Olympics is the "Hydrogen Highway". This is a plan to have enough hydrogen fuelling stations in the Vancouver/Whistler area so that hydrogen can be a viable fuel source in the area during the Olympics. This solves one of the main issues with Hydrogen fuelling. Nobody can make any cars until their is a fuelling structure, but nobody can build a structure unless there are vehicles to use it. This Hydrogen Highway should help make the 2010 Olympics a showcase of Hydrogen technology. For more information see NRC page on the Hydrogen Highway
Turin isn't planning on a full fuelling infrastructure. However, they are planning on having as part of the fleet, hydrogen powered scooters. These are little scooters that will be able to go up to 22km/h and can go up to 2 hours before refuelling. So far I haven't seen a picture or a description of these scooters, so I'm not sure exactly what they mean by the term "scooter". With only a 2 hour range these are quite limited on how they could be used. Cool nonetheless though.

Found a little more information
There is a picture as well as a littler more information at a fuelcellsworks.com page. It's similar to those electric scooters that are common for kids to have. Kind of neat, but not very practical for any real use. An interesting showcase of the technology though.