Toyota fuel-cell car covers 350 miles on one tank - Reuters

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Toyota fuel-cell car covers 350 miles on one tank
Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:15am EDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday
its improved FCHV zero-emission fuel-cell car completed
a road test from Osaka to Tokyo, covering 560 km (350
miles), on a single tank of hydrogen.

The latest version of the FCHV features a high-pressure
tank of 70Mpa that can store double the amount of
hydrogen as its previous fuel tank, increasing its
cruising range. Two cars were tested and both
completed the trip, the automaker said.

Most big automakers are working on developing fuel-
cell vehicles, which use a chemical reaction between
hydrogen and oxygen to generate electricity and emit
only water. But high costs, infrastructure and storage
safety issues mean they are years away from practical
use.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUST11293220070928

[Javaman]

1. Interesting but from what is the hydrogen derived? nt

[hatrack]

2. Yeah, and I have a Prius that's gone as far as 585 miles on one tank of gasoline

It didn't cost $1 million plus, either . . .

[AdHocSolver]

3. Fuel-cell cars are a fraud. The last sentence in the snippet says it all.

"But high costs, infrastructure and storage
safety issues mean they are years away from practical
use."

Practical Hybrid electric and all electric vehicle technology is available to day, and only needs to be implemented. Don't hold your breath though, since the reduced consumption of oil that they will allow will cut into oil company profits.

[razzleberry]

4. efficiency of a typical fuel cell is no better than a diesel n/t