Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars

Toyota mirai a hydrogen fuel cell car.
Hydrogen fuel cell cars. Jim motavalli photo the h2gurus have been commissioned by toyota to produce editorially independent articles about topics related to hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles. A fuel cell vehicle is a vehicle that uses a fuel cell to power an electric drive system. This is because in hydrogen fuel cell cars the hydrogen is stored in liquid form in thick walled tanks that are particularly safe. There are also hybrid vehicles meaning that they are fitted with a fuel cell and a battery or a fuel cell and an ultracapacitor for hicev see list of hydrogen internal combustion engine vehicles for a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of fuel cell vehicles see fuel cell vehicle.
It shares its body and interior with the hybrid variant of the. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles combine the range and refueling of conventional cars with the recreational and environmental benefits of driving on electricity. It concedes that. Good efficiency levels.
Pressurized hydrogen is sold at hydrogen refueling stations taking less than 10 minutes to fill. Refueling a fuel cell vehicle is comparable to refueling a conventional car or truck. As rücker emphasizes numerous crash tests have confirmed the safety of how hydrogen cars are designed. Honda s clarity fuel cell is the only hydrogen powered vehicle available new that isn t built on a purpose designed platform.
In most hydrogen fuel cell cars a high power fuel cell and motor combination provide propulsion in place of an internal combustion engine. We tend to think of evs only in terms of battery powered. Hydrogen internal combustion engine cars are different from hydrogen fuel cell cars. Bill fay with the world green car award at the new york international auto show march 24 2016.
These hydrogen engines burn fuel in the same manner that gasoline engines do. Fuel cell powertrains are much more efficient at getting energy out of hydrogen than traditional cars are at getting energy out of gasoline or diesel. The tanks came out of the tests undamaged and no hydrogen leaked. Hydrogen fuel cell technology is an area of the automotive industry that is becoming increasingly important as more manufacturers commit to developing this type of power train.
The first thing you should know is hydrogen cars are electric cars.