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Hydrogen-Powered Audi A7 Could Begin Trials and Testing in August
Hydrogen fuel cells have always presented an interesting alternative to conventional battery-powered EVs. They offer the advantage of having an on-board power station that mixes stored hydrogen with oxygen from the air, creating water and a small electric charge that is captured and used directly to propel the vehicle. Nothing harmful is emitted, aside from water vapor. Now, according to British magazine Autocar, Audi will begin trials this August for a fuel-cell-powered A7, though, it is not the first manufacturer to have done so.
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Toyota Says Water Produced By The Mirai Is Safer Than Milk
Toyota is quite stoked about the quality of the water emitted by its Mirai fuel cell vehicle. Fuel cell vehicles’ only byproducts are heat and exhaust water vapor, both obviously harmless for the planet. But what kind of water is it? Read more...
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Hyundai Ix35 Is The First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle To Enter Series Production
At the Paris Auto Show, Hyundai announced that it will begin production of the ix35 Fuel Cell crossover (also know as the Tucson) at its Ulsan plant in South Korea. The initial projection is 1,000 units by 2015 and a limited mass production of 10,000...
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Mercedes Announces Production Of Hydrogen-powered B-class F-cell
This is Mercedes-Benz's B-Class F-Cell, the company's first ever series production fuel-cell car. According to the German automaker, production will begin in late 2009 with the first of around 200 examples of the hydrogen-electric hybrid to be...
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Farmers Joy: New Holland Presents World's First Fuel Cell Tractor
The past few years, we've seen hydrogen fuel-cell passenger cars, light-commercial vehicles, trucks even motorcycles but for some reason, no tractors. Until now, that is, as New Holland presented a prototype model of a hydrogen-powered tractor called...
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Vw Testing Chinese Passat Lingyu Fuel-cell Vehicles In The States
Volkswagen of America announced today that it has 'imported' 16 Passat Lingyu fuel-cell vehicles from China to use in fleet demonstrations at the California Fuel Cell Partnership in Sacramento, California. These prototype fuel-cell vehicles that...
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