A community portal about Hydrogen vehicles with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: A hydrogen vehicle is a vehicle, such as an automobile or aircraft, which uses hydrogen as its primary source of power for locomotion...
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A community portal about Hydrogen vehicles with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: A hydrogen vehicle is a vehicle, such as an automobile or aircraft, which uses hydrogen as its primary source of power for locomotion. Prototypes of these vehicles generally use the hydrogen in one of two methods: combustion or fuel-cell conversion. In combustion, the hydrogen is "burned" in engines in fundamentally the same method as traditional gasoline cars. In fuel-cell conversion, the hydrogen is turned into electricity through fuel cells which then power electric motors.
A hydrogen vehicle is a vehicle that uses hydrogen as its onboard fuel for motive power. The term may refer to a personal transportation vehicle, such as an automobile, or any other vehicle that uses hydrogen in a similar fashion, such as an aircraft. The power plants of such vehicles convert the chemical energy of hydrogen to mechanical energy (torque) in one of two methods: combustion, or electrochemical conversion in a fuel-cell:
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GHG analysis for hydrogen from renewable sources (HR) and fossil sources (HF), compared to advanced gasoline ICE vehicles (Scenario G). The portion of GHG emissions associated with gasoline ICE vehicles is distinguished from those associated with HFCV. Credit: ACS, Stephens-Romero...
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New GM CEO Fritz Henderson has some good words for his competitors. Surprised? It's all in an effort to make sure that plug-in vehicles get the help they need to become cost competitive. Henderson spoke with the Washington Post and said that costs are the big problem holding back electric cars. To bring costs down, he said:
The more companies that actually develop technologies around electric, the...
Now days most models of hydrogen fuel cell cars come with some sort of hybrid or plug-in hybrid batteries to increase mileage and range of the vehicle. The.
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Long Island, New York now boasts hydrogen vehicle fueling capability. Air Products' (NYSE: APD) hydrogen fueling technology was formally dedicated at a ceremony today as part of an alternative fuel, green energy initiative led by the Town of Hempstead. Air Products is a member of the project team establishing Long Island's first hydrogen fueling station, along with the Town of Hempstead...
Let’s take for example a FCV like Honda FCX Clarity, the One James May reviewed in Top Gear. The Clarity has two main parts in its drive train a normal electric motor and something known as “Fuel Cell” which provides electricity to the motor. A Fuel Cell is an electro-chemical unit which produces electricity by a chemical reaction between fuel and air. The Fuel Cell used in the Honda and other FCVs is a Hydrogen Fuel Cell. When you fuel the Honda with Hydrogen, the Fuel Cell on-board the car strikes a chemical reaction between Hydrogen and oxygen from air and creates electricity. This ...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger has led a charmed life: he's been a world-class bodybuilder, a Hollywood star, and apparently, an amateur cryptologist. He's also an auto enthusiast, so it's only natural that he's given a big thumbs-up to Vision Industries' new hydrogen fuel-cell big rig called the Tyrano. The name's a little strange -- with echoes of ..
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At the heart of the FCX Clarity is a fuel cell stack – a device that uses an electrochemical reaction between hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2) to convert chemical energy into electrical energy to power a motor that drives the car’s wheels. Honda’s FC stack simultaneously generates electricity and water, emitting no CO2 or other harmful emissions. A new dedicated fuel cell vehicle assembly line has been established for the production of FCX Clarity, which includes processes unique to a fuel cell car, such as the installation of the fuel cell stack and hydrogen tank. The f uel cell stack itself is produced at ...
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Filed under: Hydrogen , Legislation and Policy , Green Daily , USA Honda FCX Clarity - Click above for a gallery The message has been hinted at before , but the federal government is now serious about shifting the focus away from hydrogen and onto plug-in vehicles. In an important statement yesterday, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that hydrogen vehicles are still 10 to 20 years away from practicality and that millions in federal government funding for hydrogen programs will be cut from the 2010 federal budget. Chu said , “We asked ourselves, ‘Is it likely in the next 10 or 15, ...
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The much-touted “green” President, Obama, has OK’d a slash in the Department of Energy’s research funding budget for 2010. In the typical short-sightedness of government types, DoE Secretary Chu said that because “these vehicles are 10 to 20 years away,” they aren’t as imperative as battery electric technology. This despite evidence to the contrary such as Mazda ’s recent deployment of three hydrogen-fueled models, Honda ’s successful field testing of the FCX Clarity , and Toyota ’s announced commitment towards a fuel-cell model within ten years. Not to mention the proven superior pound-for-pound energy density of compressed hydrogen over battery storage. Regardless, both Honda ...
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