Sentences with phrase «electric fuel cell»

F cell: An electric fuel cell version of the current five - door B class is being leased to drivers in Southern California in limited numbers for three years.

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Last year, the company announced ambitious plans to add 20 new electric battery and fuel cell vehicles...

On Thursday in Salt Lake City, the Nikola Motor Company unveiled the Nikola One, the world's first hydrogen fuel - cell electric freight truck.

A fuel cell electric bus is slated to be unveiled late this year, while a sedan - type fuel cell car is also planned.

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.

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.

Not only are fuel cells an eco-friendly option because they release almost no emissions, but they are also a self - contained, efficient and reliable source of energy, independent of the electric grid.

Center said hydrogen fuel cells are the «ultimate technology for the long term» because the cars boast faster re-fill times, perform better in colder weather, and offer longer ranges than electric vehicles.

Last year, the company announced ambitious plans to add 20 new electric battery and fuel cell vehicles to its global lineup by 2023.

Both companies produce fuel cells that convert hydrogen into clean electricity and nearly half of Ballard's sales now come from China, as the country adds hydrogen - fuelled electric buses to its roads.

Lobbyists for environmental groups and the planet's biggest automobile manufacturers are pushing the governor and legislative leaders to give tax breaks or taxpayer - funded rebates to consumers who buy zero - emissions vehicles, such as battery electric or hydrogen cell fuel cars.

The eligible cars include plug - in hybrid electric cars, all - electric cars or hydrogen fuel cell cars.

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.

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 technolFuel Cells, said General Electric is about to launch operations at the pilot facility to develop hybrid fuel cell technolfuel cell technology.

«Electric and fuel cell vehicles, already implement regenerative braking in order to store the energy produced during braking for start - up, so why would trains not be able to do so?»

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.

Honda global CEO Takanobu Ito said last week that Honda considers the FCEV «the ultimate environmentally responsible vehicle» and will launch an all - new fuel cell electric model in Japan, followed by the United States and Europe starting in 2015.

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.

«They really do see the fuel cell vehicle as an all - electric, zero - emission vehicle that truly replaces the cars we drive today,» she said.

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As plug - in electric vehicle sales continue to putt along, automakers are increasingly pinning their hopes on hydrogen fuel cells as the clean vehicle technology of the future.

A fuel - cell electric vehicle works by converting hydrogen to electricity, producing only heat and water in the process.

By comparison, the Honda next - generation fuel - cell electric vehicle on display last week in Detroit has a bolder, sleeker, space - age look.

The same approach has been applied to the fuel cell, where a new converter triples system voltage from the cell to the electric motor, saving weight, space and cost.

That could then lead to even more fueling stations that can accept hydrogen and support the continued growth of the fuel - cell electric vehicle market.»

Energy - converting devices like fuel cells being developed to power some types of electric vehicles rely on platinum's catalytic properties to transform

Saab's combustion - control engine has leapfrogged the manufacturers still studying fuel cells, methanol fuels, and electrics by reinventing an ordinary internal - combustion gasoline power plant that recycles unburned components of its exhaust.

If station developers and others take a more performance - based approach, he said, more existing fueling facilities will be able to integrate hydrogen systems and support the developing fuel - cell electric vehicle market.

«Also, the PEM fuel cells exhibit high efficiency in electric energy generation.»

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 carElectric Drive Transportation Association, a trade group that advocates electric, electric - hybrid and fuel - cell car technology and infrastructure, reveal a diminished share of the carelectric, electric - hybrid and fuel - cell car technology and infrastructure, reveal a diminished share of the carelectric - 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.

Many communities would be better off investing in electric vehicles that run on batteries instead of hydrogen fuel cells, in part because the hydrogen infrastructure provides few additional energy benefits for the community besides clean transportation.

They compared cars that run on batteries versus hydrogen fuel cells in a hypothetical future where the cost of electric vehicles is more affordable.

The scenarios focused on 10 to 20 years in the future, when battery and fuel cell vehicles are expected to be in much wider use, and when solar power and electrolyzers are cost competitive with the electric grid.

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.

That is because it is a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle — one of 40 such automobiles that U.S. carmaker General Motors provided for motorists to road test.

Ultimately, hybrid vehicles and electric cars — whether powered by batteries or fuel cells — will deliver even more environmental rewards.

Compounds dubbed «redox mediators» then act like wires, transporting electric charge from these enzymes to electrodes that lead from the fuel cell to whatever device it is powering.

Professor Edwards added: «Instead of burning fossil fuels, leading to CO2, we use them to generate hydrogen, which with fuel cells produces electric power and pure water.

Geologic storage of hydrogen gas could make it possible to produce and distribute large quantities of hydrogen fuel for the growing fuel cell electric vehicle market, the researchers concluded.

Should the market demands for hydrogen fuel increase with the introduction of fuel cell electric vehicles, the U.S. will need to produce and store large amounts of cost - effective hydrogen from domestic energy sources, such as natural gas, solar and wind, said Daniel Dedrick, Sandia hydrogen program manager.

As a zero - emission fuel, the hydrogen can be recombined with oxygen to produce electric power on demand, such as onboard a fuel - cell vehicle.

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.

Infrastructure limitations may prevent manufacturers at first from rolling out fuel cell cars on the same wide scale as electric vehicles, but they will be on the streets in increasing numbers by 2015.

«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.

The fuel cell electric cars are better for longer ranges and have shorter refueling times.

Fuel cell vehicles have been overshadowed recently by battery electric vehicles.