Keith Crain editor-in-chief of Automotive News recently wrote an editorial with the heading "Electric will be a rude awakening" where he asserts that it will be a long time before electric cars assume market leadership simply because of the hundreds of millions of gasoline and diesel powered vehicles on the road today.
He also briefly mentions that the future might be fuel cell (hydrogen powered) vehicles but he wouldn''t bet on that either.
However, Bosch seems to think there is a big future in fuel cell and "is entering the market for mobile fuel cells and paving the way for the breakthrough of this technology in trucks and cars. One crucial component here is the stack. As the core of the fuel cell, is converts hydrogen into electrical energy. To further improve and manufacture these stacks, Bosch has now formed an alliance with Powercell Sweden AB, the Swedish manufacturer of fuel-cell stacks." Read more here...
Meanwhile Britain launches its first hydrogen train. Read about it at BBC.com here...
Honda has been developing fuel cell vehicles for several years now.
"Honda’s Vision of the Future of Cars
"Honda focuses on hydrogen, because it is the key element, and key technology, to realizing a carbon-free society. Hydrogen is the smallest and lightest element, appearing on the top-left of the periodic table. When hydrogen binds with oxygen, it generates electricity, with water being the only by-product. Hydrogen can be found on our planet in abundance, and it can temporarily store energy instead of electricity, making it a very convenient energy source.
"In the late 1980s, Honda believed that cars in the future would be powered by hydrogen energy, and begun basic research on fuel cells, and engaged in research and development of FCVs. In 2008, Honda announced the FCX Clarity, and in 2016, launched the further-evolved Clarity Fuel Cell..."
But who knows, maybe there is some research and development going on right now that will change the entire discussion and future of automobile technology and it will be something different than electric or hydrogen?
