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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

Nonetheless, hydrogen fuel cell cars are, like pure battery powered cars, classed as Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV). an explosion of a hydrogen filling station in Sandvika, Norway, injuring two people and causing Hyundai and Toyota to cease sales of their FCEV in that country [6,7]. The reasons are numerous. .

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Feature: Are Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars The Future?

Clean Fleet Report

In fact, when BEVs were first being introduced, hydrogen powered cars were seen as not being far behind. Hydrogen Vs. Battery Powered Cars. They still have a long way to go before catching up on fossil fuel-powered cars in convenience of fueling. Another incident occurred in Sandvika, Norway.

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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. Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. Batteries powerful enough to achieve that would fill up the trunk of a car, he said.

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