Sentences with phrase «hydrogen fuel for cars»

It soaks up the sunlight and spits out hydrogen, and you use that hydrogen fuel for cars, ships.

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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.

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.

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.

Artificial antibodies, 3 - D genome imaging, inexpensive prosthetics, a liner for hydrogen - car fuel tanks — winning ideas from the Lemelson - M.I.T. awards for students

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

Further steps could include pushing for more renewable energy; an aggressive cut in the use of coal and natural gas to make electricity; wider use of electric cars, biofuel, and hydrogen fuel; changes in farming practices; and putting a price on carbon pollution.

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 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 hydrogen - powered car in Japan and will make them available in the United States in 2015.

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).

This discovery of a potential safe storage method, reported in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, could pave the way for widespread adoption of hydrogen - fuelled cars.

For example, Champness works with car firms to find ways nanochemistry can make hydrogen a safe and reliable fuel for the futuFor example, Champness works with car firms to find ways nanochemistry can make hydrogen a safe and reliable fuel for the futufor the future.

The device could make hydrogen cars affordable for many more consumers because it produces hydrogen using nickel, iron and cobalt — elements that are much more abundant and less expensive than the platinum and other precious metals that are currently used to produce hydrogen fuel.

UCLA researchers have designed a device that can use solar energy to inexpensively and efficiently create and store energy, which could be used to power electronic devices, and to create hydrogen fuel for eco-friendly cars.

Actually, MacCready predicts that the big market in the coming decade or two may not be so much for all - electric cars as for hybrid cars designed to run on batteries in pollution - choked cities and on gasoline — or natural gas, or ethanol, or hydrogen, or some other range - extending fuel — on long highway trips (though the way Americans drive now, 90 percent of all car trips fall within Impact's 120 - mile range).

For most prototype hydrogen - powered cars, including General Motors» $ 5 million Hy - wire (see «Stop Driving With Your Feet,» Discover, October 2003), fossil fuels supply the hydrogen.

For instance, carbon dioxide enables energy storage by reacting with hydrogen gas — called the hydrogenation process — transforming the mixture into higher energy liquid compounds such as methanol that can be easily transported and used as fuel for caFor instance, carbon dioxide enables energy storage by reacting with hydrogen gas — called the hydrogenation process — transforming the mixture into higher energy liquid compounds such as methanol that can be easily transported and used as fuel for cafor cars.

Said to be acting as a test bed for new technology, the fuel cell car is a precursor to mass production hydrogen powered vehicles, which BMW says could arrive by 2020.

Honda's relaxing, intriguing hydrogen car isn't heading to the UK but makes a convincing case for fuel cell technology

This is the natural replacement for the diesel engine, which I figure should be on its deathbed thanks to Volkswagen Group's Dieselgate and the prospect for hydrogen fuel cell trucks, electrified cars, and this sort of engine, as well as Mazda's Skyactive - X Compression four - banger.

Perhaps it's to be expected that the B - Class has been Mercedes - Benz's vehicle of choice for developing cars powered by alternative fuels, including compressed natural gas, hydrogen fuel cell, and now battery - powered electricity.

After experiencing the simplicity of owning EVs for a couple of years the thought of owning a technically complex hybrid hydrogen / fuel cell car is unthinkable.

After more than a century of fossil fuel - powered dominance the automobile is in for a serious overhaul; electric and hydrogen - powered cars have arrived and fast developing self - driving capabilities may relegate us all to the back seat.

2018 Green Car of the Year - The Honda Clarity Series is recognized as the 2018 Green Car of the Year by Green Car Journal for its range of plug - in hybrid, electric and hydrogen fuel cell - powered vehicles, spacious design and the highest all - electric range rating * among midsize plug - in hybrids.

SoCal has just eight hydrogen fueling stations and there's a ninth for California up in the Bay Area, so these won't be high - mileage cars.

A fuel - cell car uses a chemical reaction powered by hydrogen to create electricity for its motor.

The Intrado is powered by Hydrogen fuel cells and the car is the Korean company's vision for meeting future

Based on the FCX Concept vehicle from 2006, the original Clarity was the first hydrogen fuel cell passenger car ever offered for general public consumption.

The concept car introduced at the 2017 New York International Show in April is swoopy and sporty, with two rows and a hydrogen fuel cell for propulsion.

The company is staying mum on the possibility of offering the HyMotion as a production car in the States, and by that we mostly mean California, where there is actually some infrastructure for hydrogen fuel - cell cars, primarily in the Los Angeles area.

Billed as rolling laboratory for the sort of driveline technology Mercedes expects to include on its luxury cars in the not - too - distant future, the big hydrogen - powered car gets an advanced fuel cell that, in theory, is capable of providing it with the performance to beat even the most powerful of today's S - class coupe models, the S600, while endowing it with zero - emission performance.

The federal budget introduced in March included $ 62.5 million over two years to help build the infrastructure needed to support alternative fuel vehicles, including charging stations for electric cars and refuelling stations for vehicles that run on natural gas and hydrogen.

If this is a bad assumption, then his conclusions concerning cars and airplanes, in particular, fall down — the energy won't be available to create the hydrogen fuel cells he is depending on, nor the hydrogen for a massive air network.

Although the dominant type of energy storage in today's electric cars is lithium - ion batteries, not every car company is going in that direction, as Toyota demonstrates with its continued push for a different technology — hydrogen fuel cells.

So, if you could create liquid hydrocarbons that are compatible with gasoline cars, then the adoption cycle would be a lot easier than switching over to electric or hydrogen or some other type of fuel for cars.

A new National Research Council report finds that by the year 2050, the U.S. may be able to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent for light - duty vehicles — cars and small trucks — via a combination of more efficient vehicles; the use of alternative fuels like biofuels, electricity, and hydrogen; and strong government policies to overcome high costs and influence consumer choices.

Publicly, most automakers are ducking the issue and emphasizing potential pitfalls of building hybrid cars with plugs, but pressure is mounting behind the scenes to give the idea some life... «Such development should have the highest research and development priority because it promises to revolutionize transportation economics and to have a dramatic effect on the problems caused by oil dependence,» write George Shultz, former U.S. secretary of state, and James Woolsey, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, in a June position paper on oil and U.S. national security... They argue that battery development for plug - in hybrids «should for the time being replace the current research and development emphasis on automotive hydrogen fuel cells.»

Instead, Frank said, automakers promise hydrogen - powered vehicles hailed by President Bush and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, even though hydrogen's backers acknowledge the cars won't be widely available for years and would require a vast infrastructure of new fueling stations.

One key race is to create a MOF that can store hydrogen for use in future fuel - cell cars.

CARB is still trying to ignore the fact that hydrogen fuel cells will not be operating in many cars ever, and in fact any hydrogen fuel cells should be operated instead in a stationary situation to use the heat in a cogeneration system to charge batteries for plug in hybrids whilst providing heat or cooling to a building and to use their high efficiency 24 hours a day instead of a few hours commuting.

Hydrogen is the fuel of choice for the fuel cell engines that automakers worldwide are working on and, if push comes to shove on the climate front, cars with gasoline - burning internal combustion engines can be converted to hHydrogen is the fuel of choice for the fuel cell engines that automakers worldwide are working on and, if push comes to shove on the climate front, cars with gasoline - burning internal combustion engines can be converted to hydrogenhydrogen.

The device could make hydrogen cars affordable for many more consumers because it produces hydrogen using nickel, iron and cobalt — elements that are much more abundant and less expensive than the platinum and other precious metals that are currently used to produce hydrogen fuel.

UCLA researchers have designed a device that can use solar energy to inexpensively and efficiently create and store energy, which could be used to power electronic devices, and to create hydrogen fuel for eco-friendly cars.

The hydrogen could then be reused to generate electricity when needed, injected into the heating system or used as low - emission fuel for hydrogen fuel - cell cars.

About eight - in - ten (79 %) favor requiring better fuel efficiency for cars, trucks and SUVs, and 74 % support increasing federal funding for research on wind, solar and hydrogen technology.

Gasification may also be one of the best ways to produce clean - burning hydrogen for tomorrow's cars and power - generating fuel cells.

As Koval points out, even though use of hydrogen in fuel cells is growing, the biggest need is for liquid fuel to run cars, trucks, trains and planes.

Hydrogen cars are attractive in their fuel - efficiency, although several challenges must be overcome before they can be mass produced for the consumer marketplace.

DEC's rebates for municipalities complement Governor Cuomo's Drive Clean Rebate initiative, which provides New York residents with rebates of up to $ 2,000 for the purchase of a new plug - in hybrid electric car, all - electric car, or hydrogen fuel cell car.

They exploited not just hydrogen fuel cells and batteries for storage, but also grid - integrated vehicles: electric cars and trucks which when not being driven also served as sources for the grid.

I was impressed by General Motors» willingness to directly engage green theorists such as myself — I spoke with GM engineers about the details of their plans for electric cars and hydrogen - fueled cars.