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Gold/Mining/Energy : Global Thermoelectric - SOFC Fuel cells (GLE:TSE) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Vitalsigns who wrote (5321)	7/16/2001 11:37:11 AM
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Toyota's shown their pure hydrogen fuel cell already , next is the exhibition of " Toyota's concept of using de-sulfured gasoline, which would be more easily integrated with the existing fuel distribution infrastructure." Toyota set to test zero-emission car Automaker upbeat about vehicle powered by fuel cell, battery April 26, 2001 BY EDMUND KLAMANN REUTERS TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's biggest automaker, plans to roll out for a test drive this summer a prototype of a new zero-emission vehicle powered by a fuel cell and a battery. The public debut would follow a joint road test in February of a fuel-cell car built by the Japanese unit of DaimlerChrysler AG and Mazda Motor Corp., an affiliate of Ford Motor Co. The latest version of Toyota's fuel-cell hybrid car will be based on the Kluger V, Japan's version of the five-passenger Lexus RX300 luxury sport-utility vehicle and run primarily on a fuel cell producing 90 kilowatts of power. Despite a slew of unresolved technical problems, Toyota was upbeat on the outlook for fuel-cell cars, which use hydrogen to produce electricity and are considered the most promising low- or no-pollution replacement for the internal combustion engine. "We might be able to get fuel-cell cars sooner than many are expecting," Toyota Managing Director Hiroyuki Watanabe said. Watanabe noted that a number of issues, including cost, safety and reliability, need to be addressed before fuel-cell vehicles become a common sight on the world's roads, which is considered unlikely until 2010 or later. Watanabe's projections are based in part on the success of Toyota's Prius hybrid electric vehicle, which combines a gasoline engine with an electric motor to achieve nearly double the fuel efficiency of a conventional gasoline-engine vehicle. Toyota has sold more than 50,000 of the cars since their November 1997 launch, exceeding initial expectations, he said. The fuel cell hybrid would essentially replace Prius' gasoline engine with fuel-cell power. John Handon, national product news manager, says Toyota is committed to the gas-electric hybrid as well as developing fuel-cell vehicles. "We think there will be multiple propulsion systems around for a long time, and we think fuel cells will be one of them, gas-electric hybrids will be one and probably internal-combustion engines will be one." Watanabe also played down differences between DaimlerChrysler's fuel-cell prototypes using methanol fuel, from which hydrogen is extracted, and Toyota's concept of using de-sulfured gasoline, which would be more easily integrated with the existing fuel distribution infrastructure. "There will be various processes," Watanabe said, adding that the pursuit of several different options would help speed up adoption of hydrogen fuel. auto.com ... original report