A new hydrogen car designed for use in cities and backed by a relative of the founder of German luxury sportscar maker Porsche was unveiled in London on Tuesday.
The two-seater Riversimple Urban Car can travel 386km without refuelling, weighs just 350kg and has a top speed of 80km/h.
In fuel efficiency terms, it can do the petrol equivalent of 106km/l and emits only water. Manufacturers hope it could go into production from 2013.
The cars will be leased to owners for a reported #200 per month rather than sold, as part of a package including maintenance, support and fuel.
The project involves Sebastian Piech, a great-grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, who founded the famous German car company in the 1930s.
Piech said the car represented a "major step... towards the fulfilment of my great-grandfather's ambitions for accessible personal transport but this time combining his other passions: light weight and high efficiency".
He is executive director of a firm which works on hydrogen fuel cells which has helped to develop the cars over the last three years.
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