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Hydrogen Powered Cars

Hydrogen Powered Cars. Drive 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.

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Hydrogen Powered Cars

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  1. Hydrogen Powered Cars Drive Green By Morgan Jones

  2. 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

  3. Combustion vs Fuel Cell • Combustion • Pricey • Fuel Cell • Works like a battery • Only emits water • Platinum Band How fuel cells work http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/transportation/fuelcells.html

  4. 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

  5. Which car is Best for the Environment? • Gasoline fueled cars? • Hybrid cars? • Hydrogen cars?

  6. 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

  7. Hydrogen Cars!!!

  8. Fossil Fuel automobiles emit 1.5 billion tons of greenhouse gases Hydrogen based transportation could eliminate this!!

  9. 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.

  10. 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

  11. 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”

  12. 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

  13. The First Company To Produce a Hybrid • In 2005, Honda leased the first commercial hydrogen car to a family in Redondo Beach, California

  14. Want to Buy a Hydrogen Powered Car? Or Turn your old car into a Hydrogen Car?

  15. Companies that sell Hydrogen Cars • Audi • BMW • Ford • Honda • Hyundai • Mazda • Mercedes • And More!! BMW Hydrogen 7

  16. Prices • Range to buy a new Hydrogen Car: • $99,995-$149,995 • Once 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

  17. 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

  18. Sources http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4563676/ http://www.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell.htm

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