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When Sci-fi meets autoerotica: Introducing the Scorpion - a hydrogen-powered roadster. http://www.ronnmotors.com/cms/#

Initial report on its specs:

The Scorpion is one muscular, sleek looking vehicle. The initial production design includes an Acura V-tech, V-6 3.5 liter dual overhead cam, aluminum-magnesium block engine that puts out 289 horsepower in stock form, more than 450 with a twin turbo option. Yes, it puts out plenty of power and looks good doing it, but the Acura engine is about as efficient as you can get when it comes to internal combustion engine technology.

Moreover, in these energy, security, climate and eco-conscious times, Ronn Motor also aspires to making vehicles as clean and “green” as they can. Building from the ground up, the initial version of the Scorpion is of a type management calls a “mild hybrid”. Its body is made of lightweight, hand-built carbon fiber set over a chrome-molybdenum chassis. Xenon headlights and LED side markers, signal and brake lamps require less electrical power than conventional lighting.

Yet more intriguingly, the Scorpion is equipped with a Hydrogen On Demand system, which blends 130 octane hydrogen into the fuel mix in ratios of 30-50%. Hence, highway fuel economy will be in the 40 mile per gallon range while producing 450 hp with the twin-turbo option. The hydrogen fuel injection system increases fuel mileage between 15-35% on any internal combustion engine while reducing emissions to almost zero, the company claims.

Bloody hell, that's one fast eco-car.

Just remember that Hydrogen hasa nasty reputation for being extremely flammable