Toyota will bring their Fine - T
fuel cell hybrid concept to the New York Auto Show next week.
The supercapacitor hydrogen
fuel cell hybrid could be used to store energy for powering devices like computers and smartphones as well as give a boost to hydrogen powered cars in the future.
By expanding the existing
fuel cell hybrid battery to a high - energy battery, a substantial portion of the daily driving could be done directly without the overhead of hydrogen production.
A total of 20 first generation
fuel cell hybrid vehicles (FCHV) were placed in service in California with universities, corporations and government agencies.
Development of New
Fuel Cell Hybrid System with Good Cold Start Capabilities and Excellent Cruising Range
Fuel cell INnovative Emotion - Next generation (Fine - N),
a fuel cell hybrid vehicle, displayed at the Tokyo Motor Show as a concept car
Fuel cell INnovative Emotion - Next eXperiment (Fine - X), a new
fuel cell hybrid vehicle, displayed at the Tokyo Motor Show as a concept car
The FCHV - 1 (
Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle 1) was the first prototype vehicle built by Toyota in its Fuel Cell Vehicle program.
The FCHV - 2 (
Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle 2) was the second prototype vehicle built by Toyota in its Fuel Cell Vehicle program.
The Toyota Fine - T
fuel cell hybrid concept wad presented at 2006 geneva Motor Show.
The FCHV - adv (
Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle advanced) was the fifth vehicle built by Toyota in its Fuel Cell Vehicle program.
The FCHV - 3 (
Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle 3) was the third vehicle built by Toyota in its Fuel Cell Vehicle program.
The Fine - X uses
a fuel cell hybrid system which drives four independent motors - one in each wheel.
Kawai says range is no problem for Toyota's latest FCHV (
Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle) prototype, which already has a range of 375 miles (600 km).
Not exact matches
The new additions include three plug - in
hybrid vehicles, which come on top of eight battery - powered cars and two
fuel -
cell vehicles.
Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the
fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in
hybrids and
fuel -
cell cars) on the road by 2020.
They include ECD's low - cost
cell for solar power; «rewritable» compact discs and DVDs; an instant - start, regenerative
fuel cell currently in development; and a rechargeable nickel - hydride battery for powering
hybrid - electric vehicles, which ECD is producing in a joint venture with Texaco.
Honda established a division late last year to develop electric vehicles (EVs) as part of its long - held goal for lower - emission gasoline
hybrids, plug - in
hybrids, EVs and hydrogen
fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) to account for two - thirds of its line - up by 2030, from about 5 percent now.
The eligible cars include plug - in
hybrid electric cars, all - electric cars or hydrogen
fuel cell cars.
Johanna Wellington, general manager and chief technical officer for GE
Fuel Cells, said General Electric is about to launch operations at the pilot facility to develop hybrid fuel cell technol
Fuel Cells, said General Electric is about to launch operations at the pilot facility to develop
hybrid fuel cell technol
fuel cell technology.
Tongji University has been instrumental in advancing the R&D field for new energy vehicles (NEVS), which include electric cars as well as
hybrid electric and
fuel -
cell vehicles.
The move is designed to increase the use of zero - emissions vehicles, or ZEVs: plug - in electrics,
hybrid plug - ins and hydrogen
fuel cell cars.
The Chinese government hopes to avoid an auto - driven environmental apocalypse both by mandating increasing
fuel efficiency but also by pushing these domestic vehicle manufacturers for homegrown
hybrid, electric and
fuel -
cell vehicles under its «863» program — deriving its name from its launch back in March 1986.
We're moving ahead with CNG,
fuel cells, plug - in
hybrids and battery electrics because there is no single technology that holds the key to the world's energy future,» said Robert Bienenfeld, senior manager of environment and energy strategy for American Honda.
A near - future
fuel -
cell car would not be much cleaner than a well - designed battery - gasoline
hybrid.
«Because platinum is a rare metal, a lot of the expense that goes into manufacturing
hybrid vehicles is coming from the platinum needed to catalyze
fuel cells,» said Paul Thibado, a professor of physics at the University of Arkansas.
The latest figures from the Electric Drive Transportation Association, a trade group that advocates electric, electric -
hybrid and
fuel -
cell car technology and infrastructure, reveal a diminished share of the car market.
Capacitors have the handy ability to store and release electrical energy very quickly — much more quickly than the batteries and
fuel cells already being used in electric and
hybrid - electric cars.
Hydrogen
fuel cell vehicles are vying with next - generation
hybrid car technology (which can be plugged in to recharge its battery rather than relying on the gasoline engine) to be the electric car of the future.
But
fuel cell advocates point out that given the space available in a car frame and the laws of thermodynamics, today's batteries can only provide a limited driving range — 40 miles (65 kilometers) for GM's own Chevrolet Volt — before requiring a recharge, such as by the gasoline motor in a full
hybrid like the Toyota Prius.
Ultimately,
hybrid vehicles and electric cars — whether powered by batteries or
fuel cells — will deliver even more environmental rewards.
They concluded that we'd lower greenhouse gas emissions more by driving gasoline / electric
hybrid cars than by driving
fuel cell cars run on hydrogen from coal.
«That's why we are concentrating on building high - technology combustion engine cars,
hybrid cars, as well as electric cars powered either by batteries or
fuel cells.
Those electric cars — combined with improvements in the
fuel efficiency of existing internal combustion engines, new
hybrid power trains and even
fuel -
cell vehicles — could begin to reduce the roughly $ 1 billion a day the U.S. spends on imported oil.
Fuel -
cell vehicles are therefore
hybrids and will likely also deploy regenerative braking, which recovers energy from waste heat, a key capability for maximizing efficiency and range.
The Tour lab's material outperformed commercial platinum / carbon
hybrids commonly found in
fuel cells.
Still, to meet the ZEV mandate, a third of Hyundai's sales will have to be
fuel cells, battery electrics and plug - in
hybrids by 2025, he said.
The rule itself is technology - neutral, but the aggressive target pressures car companies to make and sell all types of electrified vehicles, a category that includes
hybrids, plug - in electric vehicles and
fuel cell vehicles.
Vehicles meeting the MY 2025 CO2 targets are comprised solely of
hybrids (HEV), plug - in
hybrids (PHEV), electric vehicles (EV) and hydrogen
fuel cell vehicles (FCV).
The number of car models, where at least one variant has a combined city / highway label
fuel economy of at least 30 mpg, has grown from 46 models in MY 2012 to more than 70 models in MY 2017, and the number of car models with 40 mpg or higher has more than doubled (comprised of
hybrid, electric (EV), plug - in
hybrid electric (PHEV), and
fuel cell vehicles (FCV)-RRB-.
Electrifying the light - duty vehicle fleet through expanded deployment of plug - in
hybrids, battery electric vehicles, and hydrogen
fuel -
cell vehicles.
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