CASE FOR FUEL-CELL-POWERED VEHICLES

The development of the fuel cell is briefly reviewed. Experimental applications of fuel cells in city buses, highway buses and trucks, delivery vans, consumer vehicles, and golf carts are described. For the most part these are hybrid powered vehicles in which storage batteries supply energy during warm-up and acceleration while the fuel cells supply energy at cruising speed and for battery recharge during vehicle stopping times. The economic viability of these configurations is emphasized.

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  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • McCormick, J B
  • Huff, J R
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 54-65
• Serial:
  • Technology Review
  • Volume: 82
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • ISSN: 1099-274X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Automobiles; Battery chargers; Buses; Electric power; Electrical equipment; Fuel cells; Needs assessment; Propulsion; Storage batteries; Trucks; Vans; Vehicle power plants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Battery charging; Propulsion systems; User needs
• Old TRIS Terms: Recharge
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Motor Carriers; Public Transportation; Research; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00331800
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1982 12:00AM