The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Electric Vehicle Team (MIT EVT for short) is a student-run team at MIT that’s been exploring electric vehicle innovation for over a decade. Now, as of March 29, 2023, the team has announced a new partnership with Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI) to build a new hydrogen-powered motorcycle.
Hydrogen and electric power aren’t the same thing, so what’s going on here? According to the Doosan team, MIT EVT has come to the conclusion that battery-electric vehicles, at their current stage of development, have both range hurdles and lithium mining concerns to overcome. As a result, the team wants to explore the possibilities of small hydrogen fuel cells in the hopes that hydrogen vehicles can overcome both of those obstacles.
