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Horizon Fuel Cell Develops The World's First Affordable Hydrogen Car

This is another landmark that we can achieve. The cost that we are spending on our cars keeps increasing everyday. The more we need, the more expensive it is. Luckily Horizon Fuel Cell has developed this two-seater hydrogen-electric city car which can perform 250 miles per gallon (US).

A fuel cell converts the chemical energy of hydrogen to usable electric energy without combustion, with water as its only by-product. Unlike batteries, fuel cells separate energy storage and energy conversion functions. If used as a primary source of power such as it was the case in many fuel cell vehicle developments to date, fuel cells can become extremely expensive as power needs impacts their size. But when changing the configuration and coupling the high energy density quality of fuel cells with higher power density ultra-capacitors, it is possible to greatly increase the performance of electric vehicles and reduce their cost. Ultra-capacitors are charged by the car's regenerative braking system, providing power for acceleration. By de-coupling acceleration from cruising, a much smaller, lower power, and lower cost fuel cell can be used.