Sentences with phrase «of hydrogen fuel cell cars»

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.

In July 2011, the chairman and CEO of General Motors, Daniel Akerson, stated that while the cost of hydrogen fuel cell cars is decreasing: «The car is still too expensive and probably won't be practical until the 2020 - plus period, I don't know.»

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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.

View slideshow The test hydrogen fuel cell — powered cars have a range of up to 200 miles (322 kilometers) per tank.

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

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.

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).

Automobiles powered by hydrogen fuel cells are often lampooned as the cars of the future — and they always will be.

Many skyscrapers — and even homes — have such fuel cells today, but the prototype cars on the road — ranging from GM's fuel cell Chevy Equinox to BMW's hydrogen - burning 7 Series sedan — have proved too expensive so far to fulfill the Bush administration's dreams of a hydrogen car economy.

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.

Although fleets of fuel - cell prototypes are hitting the streets, basic technical and market obstacles must be hurdled before the clean, hydrogen - powered cars reach dealer showrooms

I urge all of you to not purchase the Honda fuel cell car or any other company's fuel cell vehicle until they do what is right and provide a fuel cell car that pulls the hydrogen from water.

AMES, Iowa — Seventeen middle school team representatives from 11 schools around Iowa converged on the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory on Feb. 22 to learn about hydrogen fuel - cell technology and to build hydrogen fuel - cell model cars.

They use computer diagnostic equipment to fix cars, and learn the green technologies of hybrid vehicles and hydrogen fuel cells.

From the front, influences from the recent Mirai hydrogen fuel - cell car are clear, with the sharp, high - waisted lines arching even higher as you make your way to the back of the car.

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.

The Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel - cell vehicle offers the benefits of zero - emissions transportation with the cruising range of a gas - powered engine, eliminating the range anxiety of all - electric cars.

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.

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.

Morgan, ultimate maker of retro cars the retro way, showed its hydrogen - fuelled, fuel - cell - powered LifeCar at Geneva

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.

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.

From the advent of the muscle car to the birth of hybrid technologies and hydrogen fuel cells, we've helped pave the way in evaluating and explaining the niches of powertrain «firsts» - often before the industry itself realized this knowledge mattered.

Yet this hasn't deterred a growing number of automakers from pouring vast amounts of money into the development of hydrogen fuel - cell technology, which can provide a car with range commensurate with conventional gasoline - engine models while emitting nothing but water in the form of steam.

It represents a new generation of concept car with electric hybrid propulsion where electricity is generated from hydrogen and oxygen (air) in a Toyota designed fuel cell.

The Mirai is the culmination of 20 years worth of research into hydrogen fuel - cell vehicles, and underneath the dramatic bodywork (and the Lexus ct200h / Toyota Prius platform) is a powertrain that takes compressed hydrogen and pushes it through membranes that separate the electrons from the hydrogen, using them to power an electric motor that drives the front wheels like in a regular electric car.

Several hydrogen fuel cell cars were shown as well, including a version of the Mercedes - Benz GLC compact SUV; it also runs up to 30 miles on battery power in case the local service station isn't selling hydrogen quite yet.

The sounds from the air blower's turbine that spins at around 200,000 rpm, the unique frequency of fuel cell stacks, the purging sound from the hydrogen cooling system and the high - pitched in - wheel motor sound harmoniously combine to produce a distinct race car rumble, further thrilling the driver.

Edmunds recognized the Honda Clarity as the Consumer Electronics Show's Most Innovative Car because of its flexible powertrain options, which include fully electric, plug - in hybrid, and hydrogen fuel cell, suiting every kind of eco-friendly driver.

The carmaker has committed that 2 / 3rd of its global fleet will be electrified by 2030 which includes electric, hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell cars.

The Clarity Fuel Cell model also has small EV batteries under the front seat to boost acceleration when you step on the throttle, and before the car can push enough hydrogen and air into the fuel cells stack to create electricity; think of it as fuel cell turbo Fuel Cell model also has small EV batteries under the front seat to boost acceleration when you step on the throttle, and before the car can push enough hydrogen and air into the fuel cells stack to create electricity; think of it as fuel cell turbo Cell model also has small EV batteries under the front seat to boost acceleration when you step on the throttle, and before the car can push enough hydrogen and air into the fuel cells stack to create electricity; think of it as fuel cell turbo fuel cells stack to create electricity; think of it as fuel cell turbo fuel cell turbo cell turbo lag.

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.

While electric vehicles have been the darlings of the zero - emissions car market, hydrogen - powered fuel cell vehicles are about to challenge them.

It sucks in Air thru a Throttle like a Gas Powered car but this Air goes into a Fuel Cell and mixes with Hydrogen Fuel where the Mix makes lots of electricity.

The first two Clarity models on sale were the Clarity Electric, left, and the Clarity Fuel Cell, which converts gaseous hydrogen into water, giving off billions of electrons to drive the car.

Known as «the car of the future,» the hydrogen fuel - cell vehicle emits zero emissions and delivers a range of 300 miles.

That car's batteries, which were mounted low down to create the best possible centre of gravity, will be replaced with hydrogen fuel cells.

Even though Toyota is selling plenty of hybrids, the automaker is also investing in hydrogen fuel - cell technology as evidenced by its rollout of the Toyota Mirai fuel - cell car in California.

[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.»

Under the B.C. government program, buyers of new battery - powered EVs or plug - in hybrids are eligible to get $ 5,000 off of those cars» pre-tax sticker price; buyers of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles can get up to $ 6,000 off.

How enthusiasts of the future will choose to customize a hydrogen fuel cell car is not exactly clear... but we bet someone will figure it out.

So with Hyundai already in the hydrogen car business, the Hyundai Intrado fuel cell concept could well see the light of day.

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.

The design and purpose of the 2010 Honda Insight should fall somewhere between the original car and recently introduced FCX Clarity — a low - production, hydrogen - powered fuel cell vehicle.

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 2016 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell Vehicle (or FCV) represents the second - generation version of the car company's hydrogen powered sedan.

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.

A series of 37 «eco-billboards» touting the fact that the Mirai's «only emission is water» (at least at the proverbial tailpipe, as there are definitely emissions other than water associated with hydrogen fuel cells and any new car) will be installed with Clear Channel Outdoor Americas, and these billboards are said to remove nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the air.