March 2001
Fuel Cells: A Lot of Hot Air?
Automotive
By Jules Crittenden
Under growing pressure to improve energy efficiency, automakers around the world have already spent approximately $2 billion to develop electric cars powered by fuel cells. The technology involved, which uses hydrogen to generate electricity, has been heralded as the key to tomorrow's cleaner-running car. But is it really environmentally friendlier?
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