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Toymaker Corgi to Employ Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Colani Design
Written By: Seyth Miersma
Environmentalists can breath a sigh of relief; the encroaching threat of toy car CO2 emissions is about to take a big hit thanks to Corgi.
The famed toy manufacturer has actually said that it has “beaten Detroit to the punch,” by signing an agreement to build hydrogen fuel cell powered toy cars. Corgi, quite rightly, states that it is now in front of the U.S. carmakers in terms of bringing green technology to market. 1/16 scale green technology that is.
(Click through the jump to read on about Corgi’s fuel cell toys.)
Adding an eccentric swizzle stick to this already strange mixture, eminent concept car designer, Luigi Colani (pictured), will design the vehicles. Colani has a history that includes building concept vehicles for BMW, Ferrari, and Mercedes-Benz, as well as wearing only white.
The new line of Corgi’s will be radio and infrared controlled, with the fuel cells coming from Singapore-based company Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies.
Corgi chief executive Michael Cookson calls the move “a new chapter for Corgi International.”
+ MarketingWeek: Corgi beats car industry with fuel cell powered toy
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9 Comments
FisH January 24th, 2008 10:19 AM Link
Toys + hydrogen ….. I smell a law suit a comin’!!!!!
Aaron January 24th, 2008 12:35 PM Link
um… pretty sure i’ve seen a hydrogen fuel cell-powered toy car in Sky Mall or some such catalog. It even came with a little solar-powered hydrogen production station.
you haven’t beaten anyone to the punch, sir.
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MJK January 24th, 2008 1:00 PM Link
I just wish Luigi Colani would stop looking “into the future” from the perspective of 1983…. That truck is hideous in the background.
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