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SAE technical experts: fuel cell technology has advanced significantly, FC vehicle production has begun, further cost reductions & infrastructure development required

Green Car Congress

Jesse Schneider said that in addition to the 8 automakers teaming up for fuel cell vehicle commercialization (GM/Honda; BMW/Toyota; Daimler/Ford/Nissan; and Hyundai), work on infrastructures is underway in three continents: Asia/ Japan; North America/US and Europe.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Virtually all the world’s bigmotor manufacturers are building prototypes using lithium-ion batteries butso far they have reached production only in a few low-volume models. The electric Mini is unlikely to go into production in its present form. So the car uses an electrical store to power the drive motor.