Air-cooled fuel cell vehicle

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to increase the vehicle compartment space of a fuel cell vehicle, to reduce the air-flow resistance by extending an exhaust duct straight, and to improve the cooling performance on an air-cooled fuel cell stack by increasing the amount of air introduced into the air-cooled fuel cell stack. For this purpose, an air-cooled fuel cell vehicle includes, at a rear portion of the fuel cell vehicle: a motor configured to drive a rear wheel: an air-cooled fuel cell stack including an air intake section configured to take in air used as a reacting gas and also as a cooling medium, and an air exhaust section configured to discharge an excess reacting gas containing air and hydrogen; an intake duct mounted on the air intake section; and an exhaust duct mounted on the air exhaust section and extending to a rear end portion of the fuel cell vehicle. In the air-cooled fuel cell vehicle, the air-cooled fuel cell stack is disposed under a rear floor of the air-cooled fuel cell vehicle and rearward of a rear wheel axle in a vehicle longitudinal direction, while the air intake section is oriented upward and inclined in such a manner that the air intake section is located closer to the rear floor as extending to a rear side of the vehicle.