Not exact matches
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.
But so is the cost of any method of reducing greenhouse gas emissions enough to make a similar difference — whether it's doubling the
fuel efficiency of every single
car and truck on the road (which would cost a few trillion dollars and take at least 15 years) or building scores of new wind turbines for each turbine
already turning today or erecting hundreds of new solar
cell arrays for every array in use today.
Valence has
already modified a Prius... Marc Kohler, business development manager for Valence's vehicle systems program, says the major automakers appear to be acting disinterested, but it's not the full picture... «Publicly they have to say one thing, but R&D guys are actively researching it,» says Kohler, pointing out that high oil prices, national security issues, the fact that the technology is available, and the slow progress of
fuel -
cell cars has created an ideal environment for pursuing plug - in hybrids.
Toyota's first series production
fuel cell car, the Mirai, is
already on sale in some markets.
When the green flag dropped, the 33
car was
already in the pits, getting the
fuel cell topped off (a strategy the team implemented to take advantage of
fuel capacity allowances within NASA's endurance racing rules) while the 38
car took a conservative approach to finishing the long race — driving safe and staying on the track.
Mercedes is no stranger to hydrogen driven
cars, with the small series B - Class
already available in certain markets and the
fuel cell Mercedes - Benz F 015 Luxury in Motion Concept shining last year at the Detroit motor show.
So with Hyundai
already in the hydrogen
car business, the Hyundai Intrado
fuel cell concept could well see the light of day.
After
already setting a precedent by introducing the FCX Clarity
fuel -
cell vehicle in 2007 in Los Angeles, Honda has now taken the next step with those great
car technologies at the 2015 LA Auto Show.
There are
already hydrogen
fuel cell cars on the road — the technology can work.
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).