The fuel cell, which has been around for 50 years, generates electricity from hydrogen and oxygen.
One is the electric car, the other is the fuel cell, or the hydrogen car.
The cost of the fuel cell is dependent on whether it can be mass-produced.
For GM the fuel cell is the one great hope of becoming competitive again.
In addition, Bloom has not publicly discussed in detail how the fuel cell works, says Balaraman.
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So the fuel cell can be used to act almost as a back up generator.
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So Ford modified the system for the Wayne plant, substituting a Stirling engine for the fuel cell.
However, it is thought that any device wanting to use the fuel cell will have to be modified.
This eliminates the step of converting that raw material into hydrogen before sending the latter into the fuel cell.
His approach is to rethink the whole automobile around the fuel cell.
Given such concerns, the fuel cell biz counts on government support, and on this front, there's been good news lately.
The docking station holding the fuel cell and battery combination will make a Thinkpad one-third to one-half thicker and deeper.
The only emissions from the fuel cell itself are water and waste heat, which can be captured and put to use.
Of course, this is likely to be less than they would have paid in the absence of the fuel cell tariff.
Recharging the fuel cell will simply require inserting another canister of methanol.
Thanks to its research, Ballard has a strong hold over the fuel cell's intellectual property, owning around 300 patents at the last count.
Dung, or any other type of biomass, goes into the fuel cell chamber and the whole contraption is thrown into a cooking stove.
The fuel cell stack, in theory, can weigh less than batteries.
The purpose of the program is to facilitate the development of commercially viable fuel cell bus technologies and increase public acceptance of the fuel cell vehicles.
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The fuel cell development work will use existing facilities, including the site of a joint venture between Daimler and Ford to develop fuel cells in Vancouver, Canada.
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Bacteria oxidize the organic matter and, in the process, produce electrons that run from the anode to the cathode within the fuel cell, creating an electrical current.
The fuel cell and battery powered hybrid taxi provides a 250 mile driving range with rapid refuelling, all within the confines of the body of a conventional London taxi.
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The three companies in the fuel cell collaborative said they have 60 years of cumulative experience in fuel cell cars and their prototypes have driven over 10 million miles.
During its first tour of London's roads, one of the Fuel Cell Black Cabs excelled in rush-hour traffic, with smooth and responsive acceleration provided by the fuel cell and electric motors.
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He cites FuelCell Energy's work for the Department of Energy on a technology known as the fuel cell hybrids, or power plants that cut emissions by combining fuel cells with conventional gas turbines.
The proton makes its way to the cathode through the electrolyte, while the electron goes there the long way round via a wire that leads into whatever the fuel cell is powering, and back again.
The fuel cell vehicle industry, which has been gestating for decades (see the rosy projections from 2003), would love to someday accomplish what this round of EVs has attained in only a few years.
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