And other carmakers like Toyota Motor and Honda are investing heavily in eco-friendly cars; however, they are betting big that the vehicles will be powered
by hydrogen fuel cells, rather than rechargeable electric batteries.
Supporting a rail system powered
by hydrogen fuel cells, for example, would require an entirely new infrastructure because hydrogen, being a small molecule, would leak through existing pipelines.
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.
Automobiles powered
by hydrogen fuel cells are often lampooned as the cars of the future — and they always will be.
Electric vehicles, powered
by hydrogen fuel cells, provide the demanded driving range and low environmental impact.
The powertrain is topped by a voltage - control unit that boosts and regulates the electricity created
by the hydrogen fuel - cell stack, which is 33 - percent smaller than before thanks to cells that are 20 - percent thinner (down to a single millimeter per cell).
The i8's carbonfibre construction remains, but the petrol - electric hybrid system in the current generation road car has been reapleced
by a hydrogen fuel cell.
BMW has released details on an i8 research vehicle powered
by a hydrogen fuel cell.
Mercedes GLC F - Cell, the first premium SUV and the first production Benz powered
by hydrogen fuel cell technology, was launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
At the 2017 New York Auto Show, Honda previewed two «electrified» variants of its Clarity alternative - fuel vehicle, previously powered only
by a hydrogen fuel - cell stack.
So the new concept receives an innovative four - wheel drive transmission, in which each wheel is fitted with an individual electric motor powered
by hydrogen fuel cells to ensure zero emissions — only water comes from the exhaust system.
The Intrado is powered
by Hydrogen fuel cells and the car is the Korean company's vision for meeting future
Green motoring saw a few newcomers, like this Volkswagen e-Golf EV... a fuel cell concept from Honda... and a very real 2015 Hyundai Tucson, also powered
by hydrogen fuel cell.
The Hyundai N 2025 is powered
by a hydrogen fuel cell and the total output of the vehicle is 884 PS!
This also includes developing alternative - fuel vehicles like the FCX Clarity, which is powered
by hydrogen fuel cells.
That concept was supposedly powered
by a hydrogen fuel cell — technology that is a decade or two away — but its exterior styling was pleasantly swoopy and purposeful for a big sport ute.
Based on the current GLC, it is powered
by a hydrogen fuel cell stack, while in urban traffic a electric motor provides the drive, which must be recharged at the outlet for a maximum of 50 kilometers.
The Clarity will be powered
by a hydrogen fuel cell stack — running along the car's center tunnel between the front seats — that generates electricity but produces zero exhaust emissions at the tailpipe.
There are now three different vehicles powered
by hydrogen fuel cells on sale in California, and we've driven them all.
To actually stop the growth of oil imports and potentially even reduce consumption, automakers have focused on developing cars powered
by hydrogen fuel cells.
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.
The reaction requires one part
hydrogen and eight parts oxygen (
by mass), so the total
fuel cost is $ 0.245 / kg.
Recently, Toyota executives were said to be working on
hydrogen fuel cells, a technology ridiculed
by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who calls them «fool cells.»
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters)- Budweiser beer maker Anheuser - Busch said on Thursday it reserved up to 800
hydrogen -
fueled semi-trucks from Nikola Motor Company as part of...
Nikola plans to process its own
hydrogen fuel at each station with on - site solar power, wind power or
by buying electricity created through renewable sources such as hydropower.
Budweiser beer maker Anheuser - Busch said on Thursday it reserved up to 800
hydrogen -
fueled semi-trucks from Nikola Motor Company as part of plans to convert its dedicated long - haul fleet to renewable powered trucks
by 2025.
The company is also working with FirstElement
Fuel Inc. on a new project that will bring the first hydrogen fuel station to the region by the end of this y
Fuel Inc. on a new project that will bring the first
hydrogen fuel station to the region by the end of this y
fuel station to the region
by the end of this year.
Measures to support the uptake of alternative
fuelled vehicles
by improving the country's network of charging and
hydrogen refuelling infrastructure have been set out in the Queen's Speech
Electric vehicle and
hydrogen fuel cell technologies are dominated
by the US, Germany and Japan - and are in any case estimated to be around 20 - 30 years away commercially.
200 million dollars in bookings, and we'll do a hundred and fifty million dollars in revenue this year, growing again
by 50 per cent, as well as building 25
hydrogen fueling stations.
A new water splitter powered
by a single AAA battery could reduce the carbon pollution created from making
hydrogen fuel cells, scientists report August 22 in Nature Communications.
Instead of heating a fossil
fuel, his technique, called solid state ammonia synthesis, works
by drawing
hydrogen out of water vapour through a charged membrane, and then reacting it with nitrogen.
After decades of testing, automakers are expected to put 50,000
hydrogen fuel cell vehicles on the roads in California
by 2017, according to Dunwoody.
And on a different technological track,
hydrogen - powered
fuel - cell cars — powered
by devices Musk has publicly called «fools cells» — are beginning to enter the market, led
by Japanese automakers.
This energy can be converted when necessary into heat and electricity
by burning the
hydrogen, in the same way hydrocarbon
fuels are used.
And if
hydrogen is fed into a
fuel - cell stack — a batterylike device that generates electricity from hydrogen and oxygen — it can propel an electric car or truck with only water and heat as by - products [see «On the Road to Fuel - Cell Cars,» by Steven Ashley; Scientific American, March 20
fuel - cell stack — a batterylike device that generates electricity from
hydrogen and oxygen — it can propel an electric car or truck with only water and heat as
by - products [see «On the Road to
Fuel - Cell Cars,» by Steven Ashley; Scientific American, March 20
Fuel - Cell Cars,»
by Steven Ashley; Scientific American, March 2005].
The water - gas shift reaction, in which carbon monoxide is removed from the
fuel gas stream
by reacting with water to produce carbon dioxide and
hydrogen, is a key step in the process.
Electrolysis has a bright future, according to Shane Stephens, chief development officer and principal at FirstElement
Fuel, a California - based startup that was awarded $ 28 million
by the CEC to build 19
hydrogen stations throughout the state.
A
fuel - cell electric vehicle works
by converting
hydrogen to electricity, producing only heat and water in the process.
Research led
by Sandia National Laboratories and the University of California, Merced aim at bringing down the cost of
hydrogen fuel cells
by using a dirt - cheap compound to create an uneven surface that resembles a plant's leaves.
The knowledge gained
by Sandia's work on the physical behavior of
hydrogen and risks associated with
hydrogen fuels provided the scientific basis to revise the separation distances in the NFPA 2 code for
hydrogen installations.
This work is aligned with
Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure Research and Station Technology (H2FIRST), a new project established
by the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Previously, researchers have produced
hydrogen gas in microbial - powered, batterylike
fuel cells, but only when they supplemented the energy produced
by the bacteria with electrical energy from external sources — such as that obtained from renewable sources or burning fossil
fuels, says Bruce Logan, an environmental engineer at Pennsylvania State University, University Park.
California, which currently has 10 publicly available
hydrogen fueling stations, recently approved more than $ 200 million in funding to build at least 100
fueling stations
by 2025.
Units 1 and 3 have experienced explosions that destroyed exterior walls, apparently from buildups of
hydrogen gas produced
by the zirconium in the
fuel rods reacting with coolant water at extremely high temperatures — but the interior containment vessels there thus far seem to be intact.
Hydrogen is another attractive by - product of wastewater, and some of Logan's research at Penn State involves looking into how to capture hydrogen to run fue
Hydrogen is another attractive
by - product of wastewater, and some of Logan's research at Penn State involves looking into how to capture
hydrogen to run fue
hydrogen to run
fuel cells.
As the most abundant element in the Universe and the raw
fuel for creating stars,
hydrogen is used
by radio astronomers to detect and understand the makeup of other galaxies.
At night the
hydrogen and oxygen could be used
by a
fuel cell to generate electricity.
A study
by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories concludes that a number of existing gas stations in California can safely store and dispense
hydrogen, suggesting a broader network of
hydrogen fueling stations may be within reach.
A recent report
by Sandia National Laboratories asks whether
hydrogen fuel can be accepted at any of the 70 California gas stations involved in the study, based on a new
hydrogen technologies code.