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It's no secret that electric cars the way we know them today represent an intermediate phase in the ongoing drive to replace petroleum-derived fuel for automotive applications. Most carmakers believe that the real future is in hydrogen fuel cells. In a nutshell, a fuel cell system converts the chemical energy of hydrogen and oxygen directly into electricity to run electric motors with the only by-product of this conversion being water vapor.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Mazda Premacy Hydrogen Rotary Engine –tokyo Show Preview
Along with the Taiki Sports Coupe Concept (see here), Mazda will also take the wraps off the Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid at the Tokyo Show (Oct. 24). The vehicle’s rotary engine is powered by energy produced when hydrogen combines with oxygen in...
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Toyota Reaffirms Commitment to Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles, Production Model Coming in 2015
It's no secret that electric cars the way we know them today represent an intermediate phase in the ongoing drive to replace petroleum-derived fuel for automotive applications. Most carmakers believe that the real future is in hydrogen fuel cells. In a nutshell, a fuel cell system converts the chemical energy of hydrogen and oxygen directly into electricity to run electric motors with the only by-product of this conversion being water vapor.
Toyota is one of the major players in the automotive industry that is actively working to implement the technology on production cars stating that it believes Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicles offer "the best solution to the challenges of energy sources and emissions, with hydrogen as an ideal, ultra-clean fuel".
Read more »- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Mazda Premacy Hydrogen Rotary Engine –tokyo Show Preview
Along with the Taiki Sports Coupe Concept (see here), Mazda will also take the wraps off the Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid at the Tokyo Show (Oct. 24). The vehicle’s rotary engine is powered by energy produced when hydrogen combines with oxygen in...