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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

Recent developments in lithium ion batteries, and the consequential range improvements of EVs has significantly dampened enthusiasm for hydrogen fuel cells. It is important to realize that a fuel cell car is actually an electric car. So, fuel cell cars have some of the advantages of pure fully electric cars.

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Feature: Are Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars The Future?

Clean Fleet Report

They still have a long way to go before catching up on fossil fuel-powered cars in convenience of fueling. Honda’s Clarify is another fuel cell option. There are some advantages that a BEV has over a hydrogen fuel cell. Another incident occurred in Sandvika, Norway. dollars).

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. losing sales to fuel-efficient cars from Toyota Motor Corp., 10/23/07 Honda Motor Co. Honda could easily develop a plug-in hybrid within two years. Reuters ).

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