To have a useful range of 480km (300 miles) or so, an electric car using a fuel cell instead of a battery pack would require around 9kg (20 pounds) of hydrogen.

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This begins with a stimulus, such as an electric shock, that promotes the fusion of an egg cell that has had its nucleus removed with a donor cell whose nucleus it will assume.

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The German Aerospace Centre has tested this idea in an aircraft using a fuel cell to power two electric motors built into the hub of an aircraft nose wheel.

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But, of course, a fuel-cell car is an electric car, albeit with a complicated hydrogen battery.

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Boeing has also flown a Dimona motor glider with an electric motor powered by a fuel cell.

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The Equinox, GM's fourth-generation fuel-cell car, has an electric motor which has no fuel injection, no pistons, no transmission, no motor oil.

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And just think of the possibilities if you are trying to raise money for an unfinanceable solar cell, windmill, electric car, biofuel, or battery company!

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In 1987, Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess was found dead in his cell in Spandau Prison, after hanging himself with an electric cord.

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Morgan Stanley has raised money for Tesla Motors, a producer of electric cars, and it has invested in Bloom Energy, an innovator in fuel-cell technology.

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