Monday, June 12, 2006

Fuel Cell Car

"The technology is solid, but we figure it will take another eight to 10 years before the technology is financially viable for consumers to purchase," said John Painter, Ford's Florida site manager for the project. Read more - Hydrogen-cell cars turn heads

Hydrogen fuel-cell cars may be hitting the streets sooner than everybody thought if Honda lives up to recent promises. Honda: fuel-cell vehicles on the road by 2010

One of the coolest possibilities of using hydrogen fuel cells in cars, other than the fact that they don't need gasoline, is that the entire engine can be made into a flat rectangle, eliminating the bulky engine block that sits under the hoods of current gasoline-powered cars.
GM's fuel-cell car burns no gas, has tons of room