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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.

By: Martin Creamer 26th April 2018 Hyundai has just launched its new Nexo fuel cell car in South Korea, pre-orders for which exceeded expectations, Honda last month launched the new 2018 Clarity fuel cell car, Doosan Fuel Cell America has cut the ribbon on three 460 kW fuel cells at the Waterbury Pollution Control Authority in... →

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.

Despite this, several major car manufacturers have announced plans to introduce a production model of a fuel cell car in 2015.

Not exact matches

The new additions include three plug - in hybrid vehicles, which come on top of eight battery - powered cars and two fuel - cell vehicles.

Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.

What else it offers: The car may not be available for purchased, but the hydrogen fuel cell technology may make an appearance in other Toyota vehicles.

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.

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.

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

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.

Despite decades of research, hydrogen fuel cells have failed to replace combustion engines in cars, thanks in large part to the cost of their platinum catalysts, says Signe Kjelstrup at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in Oslo.

Only movie stars and select consumers have been able to get their hands on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the United States over the past few years, but now these zero - emissions cars are poised to bust onto the scene in a big way around 2015 to 2017.

AN EDIBLE material that can be made from kitchen ingredients could be used to store hydrogen for use in fuel - cell cars.

«The big question is, of course, whether it would be economically viable to create organosilane fuels in the quantities necessary to power a world full of [fuel - cell] cars,» Abu - Omar says.

About a dozen test drivers fill up their fuel cell cars each week at the Shell hydrogen - refueling station in White Plains, N.Y..

Hydrogen fuel cells may be the best option for powering zero - emission vehicles: Toyota has just introduced a hydrogen - powered car in Japan and will make them available in the United States in 2015.

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.

There's also interest in using metal catalysts to convert carbon dioxide into fuels, make fertilizers from atmospheric nitrogen and drive reactions in fuel - cell cars.

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

In the end, the driving personalities of the two test vehicles, with a few exceptions, were close enough to those of ordinary gasoline - powered cars that if buyers ultimately reject fuel - cell machines, it won't be because the cars seem unfamiliar from behind the wheel.

Honda and Toyota plan to follow Hyundai's lead with fuel - cell cars in 2015.

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.

But fuel cell advocates point out that given the space available in a car frame and the laws of thermodynamics, today's batteries can only provide a limited driving range — 40 miles (65 kilometers) for GM's own Chevrolet Volt — before requiring a recharge, such as by the gasoline motor in a full hybrid like the Toyota Prius.

As part of this effort, GM has also teamed with Virgin Atlantic airlines to provide pick - up and drop - off services in fuel cell cars to first class passengers at Los Angeles International Airport starting next month.

In only two weeks of driving, the district coordinator of science for the Port Chester, N.Y., public school system has driven at least 600 miles (965 kilometers) on the car and her fuel cell Equinox has gotten as much as 191 miles (307 kilometers) on its three full tanks (each holding slightly more than four kilograms, or 8.8 pounds, of compressed hydrogen gas).

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.

«My dream scenario,» Yan said, «is that someday, I would see my hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cell get implemented in a car.»

Fuel cell cars can now start at temperatures below minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit, as experiments in Iceland and Norway and during the Vancouver Winter Olympics have shown.

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.

Toyota hopes to reduce its costs per fuel cell vehicle to around $ 50,000 by 2015, which would make such cars economically viable in the marketplace.

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

Daimler began manufacturing a small series of this model in late 2009, then quickly decided to make it the first fuel cell passenger car it would mass - produce.

If this level of efficiency is possible to achieve in a fuel cell, the amount of required platinum would be comparable to what is used in an ordinary car catalytic converter.

Other possibilities include regulated oxygen supply for fuel cells in electric cars.

Those electric cars — combined with improvements in the fuel efficiency of existing internal combustion engines, new hybrid power trains and even fuel - cell vehicles — could begin to reduce the roughly $ 1 billion a day the U.S. spends on imported oil.

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The rule itself is technology - neutral, but the aggressive target pressures car companies to make and sell all types of electrified vehicles, a category that includes hybrids, plug - in electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles.

Researchers are making progress in producing and storing hydrogen that could power a new generation of fuel - cell cars, despite seesaw domestic funding from successive presidential administrations.

It also could be valuable as a feedstock for generating green electricity and as an ingredient in environmentally friendly fuel cells to power cars and trucks.

The number of car models, where at least one variant has a combined city / highway label fuel economy of at least 30 mpg, has grown from 46 models in MY 2012 to more than 70 models in MY 2017, and the number of car models with 40 mpg or higher has more than doubled (comprised of hybrid, electric (EV), plug - in hybrid electric (PHEV), and fuel cell vehicles (FCV)-RRB-.

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.

Kramer may well underestimate the PHEV's technical challenges, but all sides agree that advances in battery technology are much closer than fuel - cell cars....

Toyota's first series production fuel cell car, the Mirai, is already on sale in some markets.

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.

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.

At the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, Mercedes - Benz has debuted a fuel cell variant of the GLC - Class compact crossover that previews an upcoming production vehicle with plug - in capability, allowing owners to charge the car in addition to filling up with hydrogen.

As the name suggests, the battery systems operate using a proprietary «flow cell» system, whereby an electrolyte fuel can be used to fill the car much as a combustible fuel is in a regular vehicle.

Krafcik acknowledges that there aren't many hydrogen filling stations in most parts of the country but counters that there also aren't many fuel - cell cars on the road.