With the threat of gas prices shooting up at any given moment, even supercar buyers have become concerned with fuel economy. But the Ronn Motor Company is seeking to eliminate buyers’ concerns by producing one of the greenest supercars on the planet.
Dubbed the Scorpion, the new-age exotic is powered by a twin-turbo 3.5L V6 sourced from Honda, with a total output of 450 horsepower.
However, the turbocharged six isn’t the Scorpion’s most interesting point. Ronn Motor has also equipped the car with an onboard hydrogen system that actually turns water in hydrogen. The resulting hydrogen is then fed into the car’s intake – at a 30-40 percent hydrogen, 70-60 percent gasoline mixture — which allows the Scorpion to achieve 40 mpg.
The end result is a 2,100 pound car that is capable of accelerating from 0-60 in 3.5 seconds, all with a price tag of $150,000.



11/05, 4:23 PM
posted by:
Borat
Looks nice, but Hindenburg comes to mind every time I read about hydrogen.
11/05, 4:38 PM
posted by:
rzegatl
Borat – I’m guessing the hydrogen isn’t stored as a gas in a fabric container before being sent to the intake.
11/05, 4:39 PM
posted by:
Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3
@Borat, well then, we might just have the next album cover for the Led Zeppelin Band Redux!
11/05, 4:42 PM
posted by:
Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3
At least RMC painted it the proper color for its styling: Metallic Suppository Brown.
11/05, 4:53 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
I think the woman in the black spike heeled boots was looking for a place to put her quarter in.
11/05, 4:54 PM
posted by:
Borat
I think hydrogen is stored at least for little period time. At idle engine turns 700 rpm. Do you think that on-board hydrogen generator goes from 700 doses of hydrogen per minute to 7,000 on demand? Especially if mixture is 30-40% hydrogen.
11/05, 4:57 PM
posted by:
Borat
johnny, I reviewed the images and think you are wrong. The woman looks she is receiving not giving kind.
11/05, 4:58 PM
posted by:
Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3
@johnnycanuck, LMAOROFL, heck I’d let her ride for free!
11/05, 5:06 PM
posted by:
Borat
LLL#3, this ride may cost you.Those are not old times when you could cure most of un-pleasantries with shot of penicillin.
11/05, 5:48 PM
posted by:
441Zuke
i’d **** bricks if this car ever is parked in a driveway and runs
11/05, 5:54 PM
posted by:
Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3
@441Zuke, big savings for you on pavers using that method.
11/05, 6:34 PM
posted by:
eliteski2
That car is hot, and quite impressive. You guys are afraid of the fact that hydrogen is flammable? WTF do you think gasoline is?
11/05, 6:39 PM
posted by:
ckron247
Good looking, high mileage, and very fast. Sounds like a winner to me!
11/05, 6:41 PM
posted by:
mdtandr
I do not care how good the milage or the technology in it, this car is very poorly styled.
11/05, 7:02 PM
posted by:
jayjc08
Just a few months ago all of you said this would never happen.
They actually have small hydrogen systems like this, for YOUR car, on sale for less than a grand.
I don’t like that center console though… looks as if you’d have to lean over to see the screen…
11/05, 7:05 PM
posted by:
jayjc08
As a plus, this thing looks awesome. But why can’t anybody seem to get their heads around just putting some normal, sharp looking rims on a car?
11/05, 7:08 PM
posted by:
92GTA
Are they using “Brown’s Gas” method or hydrogen/oxygen seperation? I’d presume so since that what all other so called “water” cars that are around do.
11/05, 7:19 PM
posted by:
Fastcarguy
The styling is unusual, but not really ugly. It would certainly turn heads. Cars like this would be great, except for the fact that it is so expensive. Non-wealthy sports car enthusiasts like myself would like to own a fuel-efficient fast car, but that kind of money isn’t easy to come by.
The Trident Iceni might not look cool, but it gets better fuel economy
(http://seriouswheels.com/cars/2009/top-2009-Trident-Iceni.htm).
By the way, here’s an important question: does this car have a roof?
A car without a top might be impractical in weather conditions such as too hot, too cold, raining, etc.
And anybody can see you if your car has no top, which is something that some people want to avoid.
11/05, 7:20 PM
posted by:
Fastcarguy
Er, here’s the link to the article about the Trident Iceni (maybe this will work):
http://seriouswheels.com/cars/2009/top-2009-Trident-Iceni.htm
11/05, 7:27 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
The Iceni was posted here before. I liked it, but the interior was a bit weird with the funky switches that look like pen holders.
11/05, 8:26 PM
posted by:
Spingood Tanoya
Uh, not to get all “physicsy” with people, but using the car’s to create hydrogen that’s then used to power the car is fundamentally inefficient. Due to systemic losses, it will take more energy to create the hydrogen than can be extracted from the hydrogen made by the car. Some guy named Isaac Newton figured this out a long time ago.
But hey, if you like this car, I’m looking for investors for this really kewl perpetual motion machine I’ve got running in my garage….
11/05, 8:27 PM
posted by:
Spingood Tanoya
…should have said “using the car to create hydrogen…”
11/05, 9:10 PM
posted by:
92GTA
Spingood Tanoya, the hydrogen is made using the energy from the alternator, it’s like plugging in a Brown’s Gas generator in instead of your car stereo. It’s not like the stereo is tkaing the power it’s using to breakdown water to inject into the engine to improove fuel economy. I fail to see how it’s “fundamentally inefficient”.
11/06, 1:49 PM
posted by:
yarddog82abn
Hay I have the same A/C vents on my Ford, and the center pods are the same one’s on my little bro’s Nissan… WOW cool….
11/06, 5:53 PM
posted by:
Spingood Tanoya
92GTA – First law of thermodynamics: you can’t get more energy out of a system than you put in. The energy required to split water into hydrogen exceeds the energy recouped by burning the hydrogen. Therefore, fuel efficiency will be lower, not higher. The car might have higher performance due to hydrogen injection, but not higher fuel economy.
11/10, 7:43 AM
posted by:
oldraven
The other thing to consider is the drain on the alternator to run the electrolysis would increase the load, dragging on the serpentine belt and thus causing the engine to work harder……… using more fuel to compensate.