Electronic enthusiasts eight o'clock: Although Toyota and Honda are still investing heavily in hydrogen-powered cars, Ford has turned its attention to electric vehicles.
In 2013, Ford announced that it will form an alliance with Mercedes-Benz and Nissan to develop hydrogen fuel cell technology with the goal of releasing a hydrogen-powered vehicle for the mass market in 2017. But Ford's chief technology officer, Raj Nair, said that hydrogen-powered cars will not be launched this year and plans are changing.
Nair said: "Since 2013, many things have changed. I think hydrogen fuel cell technology is a very advanced technology. We have felt more than once that we have developed very fast, but then its development speed It slowed down."
Hydrogen-powered vehicles are equipped with a fuel cell system that can be used by a car engine by mixing pressurized hydrogen stored in a water tank with oxygen in the air. This hydrogen fuel cell vehicle has an advantage over a battery-powered car: the hydrogen fuel cell has a shorter charging time and the vehicle travels longer after a single charge.
Ford acknowledged these advantages in a blog post outlining the hydrogen-powered car program, noting that the car could be an important long-term solution to improve energy security and diversify energy. Ford has been developing this technology since 2005.
However, Ford also acknowledged in the blog post that there are still many obstacles to overcome, including the price of fuel cells and the lack of infrastructure to support hydrogen-powered cars.
Nair said that these two issues are also the reason for Ford to turn its attention from hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to electric cars.
He said: "In hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, this is obviously a bit like the relationship between chicken and eggs. In order to convince you to invest in infrastructure, they need to see a little technology, but the question is: Is the infrastructure really there?"
According to the US Department of Energy, there are currently 15,960 charging stations in the United States, but only 35 hydrogen-powered charging stations, the vast majority of which are hydrogen-powered charging stations (specifically 33) located in California.
Toyota and Honda are working with regulators to increase the number of hydrogen-powered charging stations in the Northeast, so they can release hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in New York and Connecticut. However, they still have a long way to go.
Both Toyota and Honda are currently operating hydrogen-powered car rental services in California.
Nair said that hydrogen fuel cells are more meaningful for heavy-duty vehicles because heavy-duty vehicles cannot withstand the weight of large batteries. Toyota is currently testing an 18-wheel hydrogen-powered car at the Port of Los Angeles.
But Nair added that he still has confidence in battery technology.
He said: "In terms of passenger transportation, I may be more optimistic about battery electric vehicles than fuel battery vehicles, but we will still invest and research and development, and we are still very interested in it."
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