A hydrogen vehicle is a vehicle that uses hydrogen as its onboard fuel for motive power. Hydrogen vehicles include hydrogen fueled space rockets, as well as automobiles and other transportation vehicles.
Electric cars are one of the best options for reducing pollution because they produce zero emissions. Hybrid cars and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are also alternatives that help lower pollution levels compared to traditional gasoline-powered vehicles. Carpooling, using public transportation, or cycling are other sustainable transportation options to reduce pollution.
Hydrogen is very flammable and can easily explode. Look back the Hindenburg blimp that used hydrogen. Hydrogen burns very cleanly leaving just water vapor of a byproduct. Using Hydrogen as a fuel for cars sounds great except that you need to make it by splitting water into Hydrogen and Oxygen. That uses up as much energy as the burning of Hydrogen releases. In use as a fuel for cars, you can imagine the explosion when a hydrogen tank bursts and ignites.
Hydrogen gas reacts with oxygen gas to form water and gives off energy in the process. This energy, mostly in the form of heat, can be used as an energy source. Hydrogen fuel cells are specialized to react the hydrogen and oxygen in an optimal way so that maximum energy can be harnessed. The source of the energy is the hydrogen gas that is synthesized in a lab, usually by the electrolysis of water (which means running electrical energy through water causing it to separate into oxygen and hydrogen gas). The energy used to create the hydrogen gas can come from many sources including fossil fuels, solar, hydroelectric, etc.
Yes, cars can run on hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen fuel cells generate electricity to power an electric motor, producing only water and heat as byproducts. However, hydrogen infrastructure and technology are still developing, limiting the widespread adoption of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
The sun is powered by nuclear fusion, in which hydrogen atoms combine to form helium, releasing a tremendous amount of energy in the process. This energy is what provides the light and heat that we receive from the sun.
yes, for sure. hydrogen cars are created today.
There are no hydrogen powered cars being sold to the general public. Storage and fueling locations, and the potential hazard of the fuel, are the biggest hurdles.
Many alternative fuels, and there can also be air-powered cars, hydrogen powered cars, electric cars, and many more. The best part about using air, hydrogen, and electricity to power cars is that it produces 0 carbon emissions.
New fueling stations that can handle hydrogen would have to be built.
Hydrogen,Energy,Air and solar powered
They produce no harmful emissions.
Concept cars have been made, but none are in mass production to date.
Gasoline and diesel are the most common. Some companies have cars powered solely by electricity, or some have cars that run on hydrogen although the hydrogen powered cars are extremely expensive and not really available to the public. Some people convert their diesel powered vehicles to run of vegetable oil, and their gas engines to run on propane gas. Ethanol is also common.
The waste product from hydrogen-fueled cars is water vapor, which is emitted as a byproduct of the chemical reaction that occurs in the fuel cell. This makes hydrogen-powered cars a potential environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional gasoline-powered vehicles, as they produce zero harmful emissions.
Solar, electrical, or hydrogen powered cars are most likely to be cars of the future.
Yes, the FCX Clarity FCEV is officially out on the road. This is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell.
Challenges to hydrogen as fuel include no distribution network, ie gas stations, and fear that the car co u l d explode like the Hindenburg.