• DocumentCode
    3201102
  • Title

    Fuel cells for future electric vehicles

  • Author

    Kalhammer, Fritz R. ; Prokopius, Paul R. ; Roan, Vernon P. ; Voecks, Gerald E.

  • Author_Institution
    2176 Sharon Rd., Menlo Park, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    5
  • Lastpage
    10
  • Abstract
    This paper summarizes the main findings and conclusions of a study undertaken by the authors for the State of California Air Resources Board (USA). The purpose of the study was to assess the current state of automotive fuel cell technology development and the prospects for fuel cells to become practical power sources for automobiles. The study surveyed the automotive fuel cell programs of major automobile manufacturers and of fuel cell component and system developers in Europe, Japan and North America
  • Keywords
    electric vehicles; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; research initiatives; USA; automotive fuel cells; electric vehicles; fuel cell components; fuel cell development; power sources; technology development; Automobile manufacture; Automotive engineering; Battery powered vehicles; Chemical technology; Costs; Electric vehicles; Fuel cell vehicles; Fuel cells; Internal combustion engines; Petroleum;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1999. The Fourteenth Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • ISSN
    1089-8182
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4967-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BCAA.1999.795955
  • Filename
    795955