It's one of several auto show announcements this week in Los Angeles and Tokyo
about hydrogen fuel cell vehicles being readied for production.
Go to any sanctum of GWA worship (like Grist.org) and say something like «how
about hydrogen fuel cells»?
Because George W. Bush, a man who doesn't know squat
about hydrogen fuel cells and the challenges of a hydrogen economy, makes a speech that — once again — says hydrogen - powered vehicles are an attainable goal.
Not exact matches
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.
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The program is an opportunity for consumers in California, New York State and the District of Columbia to test
about 100 of the company's Equinox sports utility vehicles powered by
hydrogen fuel cells.
About a dozen test drivers fill up their
fuel cell cars each week at the Shell
hydrogen - refueling station in White Plains, N.Y..
Nor is the Chevrolet Equinox the first
fuel cell vehicle General Motors (GM) has ever produced: The 1966 Electrovan, an unwieldy and prohibitively expensive
fuel cell van that never made it out of the lab, was the first of
about 40 or so
hydrogen -
fueled vehicles that have been built by the U.S. carmaker.
«In this article, we're talking
about hydrogen oxidation, which is for
fuel cells.
A large of proportion of energy research aims to establish and optimize renewable sources such as photovoltaics,
hydrogen fuel cells, biomass, and wind power, but energy research can also be
about improving old technologies.
The carmaker realized that if its vision of battery - powered electric vehicles gaining mass appeal in tandem with
fuel cell electrics was to come true, it needed to so something
about the lack of
hydrogen infrastructure.
Electricity produced by a
fuel cell by combining
hydrogen and oxygen powered an electric motor to turn the two - seat test glider's propeller and enabled it to fly for roughly 20 minutes at 62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) at
about 3,300 feet (1,000 meters) above sea level.
Unlike battery - powered electric vehicles,
fuel -
cell powered ones have a long cruising range — up to 650 kilometers per tank (the
fuel is usually compressed
hydrogen gas); a
hydrogen fuel refill only takes
about three minutes.
To celebrate, here are a few things you might not know
about hydrogen and
fuel cells.
AMES, Iowa — Seventeen middle school team representatives from 11 schools around Iowa converged on the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory on Feb. 22 to learn
about hydrogen fuel -
cell technology and to build
hydrogen fuel -
cell model cars.
Few days ago we were talk
about the first
about that Hyundai delivers first 15
Hydrogen ix35
Fuel Cell model and it...
Toyota has released more details
about the 2015 FCV - R
hydrogen fuel cell production car and announced that the development process is right on track.]
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.
Chicago area drivers now have reason to be especially excited
about the potential for vehicles that use
fuel cells, since Honda and GM have recently announced a partnership to co-develop next - generation
fuel cell and
hydrogen - storage technologies by 2020.
While electric vehicles have been the darlings of the zero - emissions car market,
hydrogen - powered
fuel cell vehicles are
about to challenge them.
Car manufacturers showed off new
hydrogen fuel cell - powered vehicles, more sophisticated autonomous driving features, and at least one dog - centric vehicle at this year's New York Auto Show, but what
about the screens that we at The Verge love?
Speaking
about CO2 emissions, John Mendel, Executive Vice President of American Honda Motor Co, stated that «
hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are a zero emissions technology that Honda believes in, and has worked to advance for more than 20 years.
About the Honda Clarity
Fuel Cell Honda customers leasing the new Clarity Fuel Cell will enjoy all the benefits of driving the most advanced zero - emissions vehicle on the road today, including its ultra-low carbon footprint, comfortable seating for five, and $ 15,000 worth of hydrogen f
Fuel Cell Honda customers leasing the new Clarity
Fuel Cell will enjoy all the benefits of driving the most advanced zero - emissions vehicle on the road today, including its ultra-low carbon footprint, comfortable seating for five, and $ 15,000 worth of hydrogen f
Fuel Cell will enjoy all the benefits of driving the most advanced zero - emissions vehicle on the road today, including its ultra-low carbon footprint, comfortable seating for five, and $ 15,000 worth of
hydrogen fuelfuel.
Or how
about this Mercedes - Benz GLC F -
CELL with ultra-compact hydrogen fuel - cell and battery technol
CELL with ultra-compact
hydrogen fuel -
cell and battery technol
cell and battery technology.
2014 Los Angeles Auto Show press days have just
about wrapped up, and this has been the year of the compact crossover, with a smattering of
hydrogen fuel cells just to keep up green appearances.
I read
about a miniature
fuel cell with
Hydrogen cannister for running your laptop.
hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, such as the Mercedes F - Cell, scheduled to be introduced about 2014;
cell electric vehicles, such as the Mercedes F -
Cell, scheduled to be introduced about 2014;
Cell, scheduled to be introduced
about 2014; and
«I think we need to think hard
about making the automobile dramatically simpler with
hydrogen and
fuel cells,» Burns told Reuters, noting that a
fuel -
cell propulsion system had one - tenth as many moving parts as an internal combustion engine.
The original excitement
about fuel cell cars, many decades ago, came from the idea that we could electrolyze water with electricity from low carbon sources like nuclear, solar, and wind, to make pure
hydrogen to burn in the
fuel cells.
Four current F -
Cell lessees talk
about their experiences leasing
hydrogen -
fueled electric cars.
Presently,
about 2,000
fuel cell vehicles are on the road in Japan and the government intends to increase the number to 800,000 by 2030, simultaneously increasing the 100
hydrogen fuel stations to 900.
Whether or not it ever gets built will depend on how serious GM is
about becoming a leader in green vehicle design; future climate legislation (namely, the price we put on carbon);
hydrogen infrastructure, and how that
hydrogen is made; the cost of
fuel cells; and the cost of batteries.
Technical Details Honda President Takeo Fukui said
about the upcoming hybrid: 1) The car will have a global nameplate, 2) the engine will be based on the Civic's, but will use a newly designed motor and engine control unit, making it lighter and more compact, 3) it will be priced below the current Civic Hybrid, 4) it will take its design cues from the FCX Clarity
hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (pictured above) and 5) it will use nickel metal hydride batteries.It's probably a smart move to use the Civic's engine, as it is very efficient (for a gasoline engine) and not developing a new engine will help keep costs down.
They bleat
about needing decades and # billions to perfect
fuel cell technology — and with that comes the need for big new infrastructure —
hydrogen infrastructure — that'll take decades too.
Too bad teens, if they opt to suffer the insultingly - named SmogGobs, will have find more pedantic ways to learn
about geothermal, biofuel, waste to energy, biomass,
hydrogen and
fuel cells, or — gasp!
In Plan B, the original, I talk
about a
hydrogen fuel -
cell automotive - energy economy.
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