Posted on 09/12/2002 4:53:54 PM PDT by blam
Future of firefighting unveiled
Peugeot has designed a futuristic electric fire engine called the H2O.
The concept car will go on display at the Paris Motor Show later this month.
It has an auxiliary power unit which can supply firefighting equipment such as pumps, smoke extractors and emergency communication systems.
Citroen first showed the fuel cell technology in a taxi demonstrator vehicle last year.
The cell needs hydrogen, which is made on board, and oxygen which is drawn from the air or a back-up tank in smoky conditions.
Story filed: 10:51 Thursday 12th September 2002
Keeping O2 and H2 in tanks and then taking them near a source of open flame and maybe with shooting nearby - Oh the Humanity.
That isn't even a truck, let alone a firetruck.
Trust the frogs to come up with this poofy excuse for a firefighting machine.
THIS is a fire engine.
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