Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars

Honda s clarity fuel cell is the only hydrogen powered vehicle available new that isn t built on a purpose designed platform.

Hydrogen fuel cell cars.

These hydrogen engines burn fuel in the same manner that gasoline engines do. But according to stephen ellis fuel cell vehicle manager at american honda fuel cell cars can hold their own. Bill fay with the world green car award at the new york international auto show march 24 2016. The fuel cell process of converting hydrogen back to electricity is only 60 efficient after which you have the same 5 loss from driving the vehicle motor as for a bev.

The grand total is a 62. Fuel cells are devices that convert chemical energy in this case hydrogen directly into electrical energy water and heat. As rücker emphasizes numerous crash tests have confirmed the safety of how hydrogen cars are designed. The hydrogen internal combustion car is a slightly modified version of the traditional gasoline internal combustion engine car.

In most hydrogen fuel cell cars a high power fuel cell and motor combination provide propulsion in place of an internal combustion engine. Put enough motor in a honda clarity and it could hit those 0 60 times also. Although it s an electric vehicle there is never a need to charge the car with a plug. Hydrogen fuel cell technology is an.

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. This is because in hydrogen fuel cell cars the hydrogen is stored in liquid form in thick walled tanks that are particularly safe. Hydrogen internal combustion engine cars are different from hydrogen fuel cell cars. The tanks came out of the tests undamaged and no hydrogen leaked.

It shares its body and interior with the hybrid variant of the. The main difference is the exhaust product. A fuel cell vehicle fcv such as the clarity fuel cell is a long range all electric vehicle that uses a fuel cell stack to create electricity on demand. Instead it can be simply refueled in 3 to 5 minutes at a hydrogen station.

Fuel cell cars themselves are more expensive to purchase new and the hydrogen fuel costs work out to roughly 5 60 a gallon today according to the california fuel cell partnership.