Aerostrovilos Energy, the Chennai start-up in which Tube Investments of India recently picked up 25 per cent stake for ₹3.46 crore, is set to break the marriage between hydrogen and fuel cells in vehicles. While hydrogen can be mixed with natural gas for fueling internal combustion vehicles, ‘fuel cells’ is the route that the transport industry is taking. But Aerostrovilos has other ideas. The company is testing its prototype small gas turbine, which is meant to produce electricity on-board a truck—just like fuel cells do. However, while the fuel cell costs around $1,000 a kW, Aerostrovilos’s CEO, Rohit Grover, aims to sell a gas turbine for a tenth of that price. Besides, the fuel cells demand very highly pure hydrogen, like 99.999 per cent, whereas the gas turbine is okay with 70 per cent. Gas turbine to power e-vehicleAerostrovilos is readying a gas turbine which can…
Chennai start-up Aerostovilos looks to break the alliance between hydrogen and fuel cells
