Riversimple’s Hybran open-source fuel-cell car project moves closer to reality.

Link (http://www.egmcartech.com/2010/01/06/riversimples-hybran-open-source-fuel-cell-car-project-moves-closer-to-reality/)

They mention that the first engineering drawings are online, but I didn't see them on their website. Look for countless Chinese and Indian companies to grab this design and run with it. I expect them to offer multiple different power plants, either a fuel cell with different fuels - natural gas, methanol, etc., or change it to a BEV. The variations on this design will be endless.

After contacting Riversimple, they instructed me to go to:

www.40fires.org

who is coordinating this OPEN SOURCE design. The suspension info is here:

http://www.40fires.org/Wiki.jsp?page=Hyrban%20rear%20suspension

which has a link to the IGS models.

This could be a fascinating approach, as many enthusiasts might actually be able to hone this design very thoroughly and rapidly, especially the software, for which the online community is enormous.

Here is a more comprehensive article:

Link (http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/401026/the_opensource_hydrogen_car_set_to_change_the_indu stry.html)