Are Hydrogen Fuel-Celled Vehicles the Future of Automobiles?
development of hydrogen fuel-celled vehicles. Hydrogen fuel-celled vehicles for general consultation are still years away from showing up at your local car dealerships. There are more than 125 of these vehicles being tested on the streets and highways around the globe. This includes buses and delivery vans, however a real world hydrogen fuel-celled car for everyday driving is still a long way off. Automakers have been actively exploring hydrogen as an alternative fuel for over 20 years, and began serious research into fuel cells starting in the early 1990’s. The first, at the 2002 Paris Motor Show was General Motors when it unveiled the Hy-Wire, a fuel-cell concept car that featured a “skateboard” chassis and electric drive-by-wire controls. Three months later, Honda and Toyota made headlines when they announced that the first hydrogen fuel-cell passenger vehicles in the United States were hitting the roads in California. Honda turned over five of its four-passenger FCX vehicles to the
