Obviously predicting the end of the world, when Russia turns off the oil supply and the Middle East collapses into further crisis, Suzuki has just announced a joint venture with a British firm who specialises in fuel cell technology.
Intelligent Energy Ltd (IE) and Suzuki have been working together for a while now and having displayed various concept fuel-cell powered vehicles at recent Tokyo motor shows the companies are taking it a stage further. Suzuki has announced it will commercialise and mass produce a fuel cell system using the technology developed by IE.
The work will be carried out in Suzuki's Japanese headquarters in Hamamatsu and also its R&D facility in Yokohama.
Many will question the reasons behind this venture, but with pressure to make nimble 'green' vehicles for urban use the fuel cell designed by IE, which is air-cooled and lightweight, could provide a solution to future transport issues.
Let's just hope the venture between Suzuki and Intelligent Energy goes better than Suzuki's one with Volkswagen...