Sentences with phrase «conventional fuel cell cars»
Advantage over conventional fuel cell cars: Thanks to the electric motor, the GLC can also gain energy generated during braking.
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Skip to the front of the car and you'll see what looks like a conventional engine, but is actually a combined electric motor and transmission, voltage control unit, fuel cell stack, electric air compressor, and power control unit.
Yet this hasn't deterred a growing number of automakers from pouring vast amounts of money into the development of hydrogen fuel - cell technology, which can provide a car with range commensurate with conventional gasoline - engine models while emitting nothing but water in the form of steam.
Battery powered cars have environmentally unfriendly mining processes for the battery precious metals, and taking into account the shipping of the various components and the huge battery weight it makes it laughable really they'll never handle as well as a conventional petrol or diesel car until battery tech either comes a huge way or the fuel cell tech moves forward.
In the grand scenarios of transportation analysts, plug - in hybrids occupy a box of indefinite length straddling those of conventional hybrids in the very near future and, farther out, fuel - cell cars, which experts predict will begin to dominate in 20, 30, or 40 years... — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International 2004 Technology Forecast, chose the DaimlerChrysler Sprinter PHEV (now in development) as Category Winner in Electric Power.
Unlike conventional vehicles that use a gasoline or diesel - powered engine, electric cars and trucks use an electric motor powered by electricity from batteries or a fuel cell.
Already, Germany has created about 250,000 jobs in areas ranging from fuel cells and electric cars to wind power and energy - efficient houses (the German Passivhaus dispenses with conventional furnaces for heating).