Fuel Cell Powered and Electric Vechicles

On the time of gasoline’s price crisis in Malaysia, let take a look of future of automobile without depeding on gasoline. These name ‘fuel cell powered vehicle’ and ‘electric vechicle’ which are currently on researching.

As the gasoline is not everlasting source and it is not environment friendly, which emit a lot of CO2 on it processes, has made big car maker players to think and research how to overcome the problems. Only 2 types of cars stated above are going to be the keywords for future’s automotive. They emit zero CO2, don’t contiminate our Earth.

Yet the proces of making the car in factory still emit CO2, but in the next time by using solar and wind force, it has been said to be cleaner. Anyway, lets see one by one the specifications of two future’s vechicles.

In fuel cell powered vechicle, by chemical reaction fuel cell are used to generate electical energy. Example of chemical reaction is, bringing O2 in contact with H2, within a controlled environment produce electrical energy. The only by-product of this particular process would be only H2O. But the cost for running 1km is appreantly high. It take about ￥30 for that milage.

In the other hand, electric car, is need to be charged before it can be used. The mechanism is the same, i think, with the traditional battery charging. More is here. Moreover, it just only take ￥1 for running 1km. But the problem is it needs a lot of time for full-charge (approximately 12~14 hours). However, Tokyo Denki has developed the High Speed Recharging machine that reduce it into less than an hour (20~30 mins). The price for the machine is appoximate ￥3,000,000 for one and will be located at supermarket, convenience store and so on.

In the nutshell, as we know everthing is not longlasting and needed to be replaced. Human being, animal, everything will die, but they succeed with new generation. As well as in automotive world, new thing should be in research and be implemented in the incomming time.

+Reference

┠　http://www.herelectricvehicle.com/fuelcell.html

┠　Japan Ministry Report on the vechicles, here.