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Hydrogen fuel-cell cars look to overtake electric autos
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Commitments by automobile manufactures to develop hydrogen fuel-cell cars have surged in recent months. Toyota, Hyundai, Daimler and Honda announced plans to build vehicles that run on the most abundant element in the universe and emit only water vapor as a byproduct.
Hyundai has announced that it will offer a fuel-cell version of its ix35 sport utility vehicle (known as the Tucson in the U.S.) on lease by the end of this year. It plans to make up to 1,000 fuel-cell cars by 2015 and thereafter 10,000 fuel-cell cars per year.
Soon there will be an electric car on the market that, believe it or not, works like a normal car. It will have a range of 600 kilometers (375 miles). Recharging it will take minutes, not hours. In fact, it won't even require an electrical outlet, because its fuel is hydrogen and it makes its own electricity. And, just as surprising, this car isn't the product of some bold startup company trying to secure venture capital -- but of the world's largest automaker.
It's interesting to me that the hydrogen fuel cell technology and electric motor technology have both advanced to the extent that you can do a conversion of a small ICE car to EV using off-the-shelf components.
And my own vision of large scale harnessing of solar energy is to use it to turn water into hydrogen when and where the sun shines, then use the hydrogen as fuel when and where it is needed.
It's interesting to me that the hydrogen fuel cell technology and electric motor technology have both advanced to the extent that you can do a conversion of a small ICE car to EV using off-the-shelf components.
And my own vision of large scale harnessing of solar energy is to use it to turn water into hydrogen when and where the sun shines, then use the hydrogen as fuel when and where it is needed.
Hydrogen powered private vehicles will first become common in Iceland. They have the geothermal resource to generate electricity cheaply and import 100% of their fuel now.
Yeah, I think I read about it in Popular Science...
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