Hydrogen fuel: London's black cabs go green
A fleet of the black cabs could be ready in time for 2012
Here's a short TV piece on hydrogen-fuelled cabs.
Intelligent Energy, the company behind them, has high hopes and believes it is the future of cabs in the capital.
A small number will be used as a fleet during the Olympics, but currently infrastructure is the problem; there are only three hydrogen fuelling stations in the capital.
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Comment number 11.
Dunroamin23rd June 2011 - 14:51
Timnet666,
So is petrol.
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Comment number 10.
timnet66621st June 2011 - 15:11
nobody has said here that hydrogen is highly explosive
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Comment number 9.
Rik21st June 2011 - 13:00
Hydrogen fuel cells are just another electric car. Why introduce the inefficiency of generating hydrogen from electricity (could be renewable) or natural gas? Storing electricity in batteries provides lower losses than the Hydrogen generation cycle.
A Diesel / electric hybrid via super capacitor would be far more sensible in stop start traffic if you could avoid the tempting Hydrogen 'Green wash'
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Comment number 8.
Dunroamin21st June 2011 - 12:14
The development of super-capacitors continues apace. This little piece of technology acts like a high-speed charging device where vehicles can fully recharge in minutes instead of hours.
Once we crack this, then vehicles powered by renewable electricity will become more widespread.
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Comment number 7.
Craig21st June 2011 - 9:01
Hydrogen is being burnt off as a waste product at offshore oil rigs. Using that wasted resource is a good thing.
70% of electricity from the grid is lost before it even reaches your home, and is probably generated from burning gas or coal, or nuclear power.
Until clean localised (solar/wind/etc) power generation become more popular then hydrogen is the way forward in my eyes.
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