Solar Fuel Cell Cars

Bloom energy says it can now leverage existing cheap wind and solar electricity and a new solid oxide electrolyzer to produce hydrogen fuel that will be on par with gasoline fuel as far as costs.

Solar fuel cell cars.

Obviously if fuel cell vehicle technology does not develop and costs do not decline then fuel cell vehicles will not be economical. There are a range of reasons why hydrogen fuel cell cars are still expensive. That s almost twice as much as comparable fully electric or hybrid vehicles. The few models of fuel cell vehicles already available on the market cost around usd 80 000 for a mid or upper mid range vehicle.

The battery pack in a typical solar car is sufficient to allow the car to go 250 miles 400 km without sun and allow the car to continuously travel at speeds of 60 mph 97 km h. Solar hydrogen fuel cell vehicles at the low end of an estimated cost range deluchi 1992. Heavy duty fuel cell vehicles are electric vehicles with range fueling time equal to diesels today. Other solar cars use silicon solar cells with efficiencies around twenty percent.