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Hydrogen Powered CarsHydrogen Powered Cars
Drive GreenDrive Green
By Morgan Jones
What is a Hydrogen Powered Car? A vehicle that uses hydrogen as its on-
board fuel for motive power
The vehicles convert the chemical energy of hydrogen to mechanical energy in two methods Combustion Fuel-cell conversion
Combustion vs Fuel Cell Combustion
Pricey Fuel Cell
Works like a battery Only emits water Platinum Band
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/transportation/fuelcells.html
How fuel cells work
History of Fuel Cells Sir William Grove invented the first fuel cell in
1839 Used Electrolysis to lead him to his discovery
Electrolysis = When water is split into hydrogen and oxygen by sending an electric current through it
Reversing the procedure would produce electricity and water
He created a primitive fuel cell and called it a gas voltaic battery
Which car is Best for the Environment?
1. Gasoline fueled cars?2. Hybrid cars?3. Hydrogen cars?
Hydrogen Cars!!! Hydrogen cars offer the promise of zero
emission technology…the only byproduct from the car is water vapor
A few of of the pollutants fossil-fuel burning vehicles emit are: Carbon Dioxide C02 Carbon Monoxide CO Nitrous Oxide Ozone
Hydrogen Cars!!!
Gasoline Fueled Cars
Expensive gas, create huge amounts of pollution
Hybrid Cars Twice the mileage of gas cars. Less pollution than gas cars. pricey
Hydrogen Cars Uses a limitless resource, hydrogen. Only emits water
Fossil Fuel automobiles emit
1.5 billion
tons of greenhouse gases
Hydrogen based transportation couldeliminate this!!
Political Help President Bush has given $2 billion in hydrogen highway research Hydrogen Fuel Initiative (HFI)
Aims to develop hydrogen, to make fuel-cell vehicles practical and cost-effective by 2020.
Political Help Governor
Schwarzenegger is pushing to get 200 hydrogen filling stations built by 2010 From Vancouver, British
Columbia to Baja California
Each pumping station costs $600,000
Transition to the world of Hydrogen Duel-fuel automotive systems will be
developed that can run on either gasoline or hydrogen
Hydrogen infrastructures will be developed…
So the switch from fuel cell automobiles to Hydrogen automobiles will be a relatively easy transition “Disruptive Technology”
Pros Consumers will finally get a break from
the never ending rising prices at the gasoline pumps
Will lessen the dependence on: OPEC Oil selling nations
Save our ozone - Global warming
The First Company To Produce a Hybrid In 2005, Honda leased the first
commercial hydrogen car to a family in Redondo Beach, California
Want to Buy a Hydrogen Powered Car?
Or Turn your old car into a Hydrogen Car?
Companies that sell Hydrogen Cars Audi BMW Ford Honda Hyundai Mazda Mercedes And More!!
BMW Hydrogen 7
Prices Range to buy a new
Hydrogen Car:$99,995-$149,995Once mass
produced: $20-$25,000
Range to transform your fossil-fuel car into a Hydrogen Car: It depends on the
company but between $30,000- $80,000
And their fast! August 16, 2007 a Ford Fusion Hydrogen 999 fuel cell
race car set the record of 207.279 mph without using a drop of gas
The car raced in Utah and was designed and built by Ford engineers
http://youtube.com/watch?v=E27ssOPU5WU&feature=related
Sources
http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4563676/
http://www.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell.htm