Sentences with phrase «fuel cell cars»

For about the last decade I have been reading about hydrogen fuel cell cars as if they were just around the corner.

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.

There are already hydrogen fuel cell cars on the road — the technology can work.

Fuel cell cars also need a hybrid sized battery to handle regenerative braking and acceleration power demands.

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

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.

Companies operating in the state already have to hit yearly emissions targets and get credits for sales, but this would require that they embrace electric or hydrogen fuel cell cars in a big way — not just one or two novelty models.

Griffith says the spinout will allow the new company to access outside investors as it looks to take stakes in emerging hydrogen start - ups that could push the adoption of fuel cell cars over battery - powered electric cars.

Toyota will use the hydrogen generated to not only fuel the Project Portal big truck, but also incoming Mirai fuel cell cars arriving at the port for delivery (Credit: Toyota)

Earlier this year, model - turned - actress Diane Kruger was spotted in the Mercedes - Benz F - Cell, the company's compact fuel cell car with a combined U.S. EPA rating of 52 mpg and a range of 190 miles per tank of hydrogen.

Mercedes will also launch its first large series production fuel cell car next year, a hydrogen propelled model based on the current GLC SUV.

Though the story begins with hydrogen fuel cell cars from Honda, it quickly moves on to the plug - in cars that will arrive years or decades sooner.

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In November 2013, the new Honda FCEV Concept debuted at the Los Angeles International Auto Show, pointing the way to an all - new Honda fuel cell car launching in the US and Japan in 2015 and later in Europe.

A new type of nanocatalyst can result in the long - awaited commercial breakthrough for fuel cell cars.

Future Tinkerers: Hiram Johnson High School students Tran Vo (from left), Sylvia Caus, and Shalveena Dayal build a model solar - powered fuel cell car.

The 56th garage is reserved for innovative entries utilising alternative energy sources, and was home to the striking Nissan Deltawing in 2012 and will house the zero emissions GreenGT hybrid fuel cell car at Le Mans 2013.

Toyota fuel cell car set for 2015 global release.

Toyota will use the hydrogen generated to not only fuel the Project Portal big truck, but also incoming Mirai fuel cell cars arriving at the port for delivery

In 2012, however, Chu stated that he saw fuel cell cars as more economically feasible as natural gas prices have fallen and hydrogen reforming technologies have improved.

I just heard on NPR that Honda anf GM are going to join forces in developing fuel cell cars.

The Honda FCV Clarity has been revealed at the Tokyo Motor Show, with the production - ready fuel cell car set to go on sale in its home market of Japan next March.

See also::: Honda to Introduce an «Entry Level» Hybrid in 2009,:: Honda Bringing 62.8 MPG Diesel to the US by 2010,:: Honda Shows Off FCX Fuel Cell Concept Car,:: More Details on Honda's 2006 FCX Fuel Cell Car

The Hyco Fuel Cell Car Demo is only eight inches long and consists of little more than a chassis, wheels, an electric motor, and a detachable fuel cell.

As hydrogen fuel cell cars become commercially available and hydrogen refueling stations slowly begin to proliferate throughout California, government agencies are turning to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to help detect leaks that could lead to fire.

No production model has yet been confirmed, but as more manufacturers produce road - going fuel cell cars — Honda, Hyundai and Toyota have all joined the party in recent years — it's unlikely to be long before Audi's H - Tron badge graces production vehicles.

The Tucson Fuel Cell, one of the first mass - produced fuel cell cars available for lease, will also make its Chicago debut.

The car is currently being tested in a group of three on - road models, with two autonomous Tucson Fuel Cell cars also being tested in South Korea.

[37] The Alfa Romeo MiTo Fuel Cell car uses a Nuvera Fuel Cell stack combined with a compact Li - ion traction battery pack to supply power to the electric motor; vehicle has top speed of 150 km / h (93 mph) and can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers in 10 seconds, with hydrogen consumption of 3.2 liters diesel equivalent / 100 km (74 mpg US) and a range of 450 kilometers (280 miles) in NEDC, thanks to 700 bar H2 tanks.»

Advantage over conventional fuel cell cars: Thanks to the electric motor, the GLC can also gain energy generated during braking.

But fuel cell cars still face enormous hurdles.

Honda will be presenting the world debut of an exciting new concept car at the forthcoming 2007 Geneva motor show, as well as showing the fully driveable FCX Concept fuel cell car in Europe for the first time.

But don't expect the oodles of diplomats flying in for the climate meeting to be seen driving or even being driven around in the electric fuel cell cars.

I base this view on a trip I took to Iceland a few years ago as a guest of General Motors to see how the island of glaciers and geysers use the earth's geothermal heat to convert water into hydrogen, hydrogen that runs a few demonstration fuel cell cars and buses.

A lead engineer from the Department of Energy whose team is testing fuel cell cars said in 2011 that the potential appeal is that «these are full - function vehicles with no limitations on range or refueling rate so they are a direct replacement for any vehicle.

In California Governor Schwarzenegger decided to build a hydrogen infrastructure in anticipation of the coming fuel cell car.

General Motors fatefully decided to pursue hydrogen fuel cell cars rather than developing hybrid or battery technology.

And PHEVs are an economical and sustainable bridging strategy to help bring fuel cell cars to market even more quickly.

So while there was that motivation to get into fuel cell cars in the first place, all four nonetheless see the fuel cell as a step much farther into the future than a pure electric powered by batteries.

FUEL CELL CARS RECEDE FURTHER: NPR reports frustration among remaining hydrogen advocates as the market (and the US government) respond to the reality that «battery cars are getting cheaper faster.»

When the number of hydrogen fuel cell cars hits around 10,000 in a California neighborhood, oil companies and fuel providers will be required to install hydrogen fuel pumps.

So fuel cell cars and buses can help mop up the pollution not only from diesels and ICE, but from inappropriately fast accelerating electric cars too.

The most aggressive is Hyundai, which plans to build 1,000 fuel cell cars already next year and 10,000 per year by 2015.

if fuel cell cars are to be used on a large scale.