This week, Toyota, brought their new, 2015FCV, to AT&T Park in San Francisco. The FCV designation stands for Fuel Cell Vehicle. The fuel cell contains hydrogen gas and oxygen that yields electricity, heat and water. This is the first production vehicle from Toyota that is hydrogen powered and will be available by mid-2015.
This is a concept that Toyota has been researching for seven years. Other car companies including General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Hyundai, and Honda have been experimenting with this type of propulsion system for many years as well. Hydrogen powered cars are zero emission vehicles and can refuel in about the same amount of time as their conventional gasoline powered counterparts and they are zero emission cars.
The problem is a network of stations to fuel the vehicles. In 2008, amidst much fanfare, a Shell station 5 blocks from where I live announced that they were the first gas station to offer Hydrogen in Los Angeles. It is still open but has few customers for the alternative fuel. The station is one of only 9 open in the entire state of California. That creates a great deal of uncertainty among people considering the expensive ownership of these cars. A report by the California Fuel Cell Partnership was released this past July. It indicates that there will be about 50 stations opening by 2016.
It seems like the success of this technology depends on the system of stations selling hydrogen in California and the rest of the nation. It may be quite a gamble by Toyota, however, if the station network becomes a reality they may have quite a success on their hands.
And, according to Toyota, the FCV could be set up to double as a source of electricity to power your home in the even you lose power for some time. Currently the reverse is true. There are several electric car models on the market that use 220v electricity to charge the automobile in your garage.
But what happens if the power goes out?
Perhaps those available with a range-extender, gasoline powered generator, like Chevrolet’s Volt, will help you get to the nearest conventional gas station if they have electricity to power the gas pumps!
What do you think? Would you lease or buy a Hydrogen powered vehicle or wait and see?
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But what happens if the power goes out?
Perhaps those available with a range-extender, gasoline powered generator, like Chevrolet’s Volt, will help you get to the nearest conventional gas station if they have electricity to power the gas pumps!
What do you think? Would you lease or buy a Hydrogen powered vehicle or wait and see?
At Mobile Generated News®, we want news consumers to contribute their opinions or news stories and be able to interact with local media for free. We believe that contributing to the news cycle is essential to our democracy.
Most often, viewers do not get to control what they see on the news. Now, the MoGN App enables news enthusiasts to have a say in the content they see on their televisions, web sites and newspapers.
We are trying to enhance the human experience when it comes to news.
Download the Mobile Generated News App by clicking this link: Mobile Generated News which will take your computer or Apple device directly to the iTunes Store.
Become a Citizen Journalist!
If you are out and about and see news, weather or sports happening ̶ send in your Breaking News.
If you have a story or opinion that’s worth sharing, record it and send it in as well!
If you search for Mobile Generated News in the Apple App Store, you will see all of our related affiliate Apps. The Univision-Mobile Generated News Apps were just released. In addition, you will find the Mobile Generated News App for Nationwide coverage; Entravision-Mobile Generated News App and Serestar-Mobile Generated News App.
All of the MoGN Apps are currently available in English and Spanish.
And, stay tuned for new affiliates joining the Mobile Generated News® Network team.
Start contributing today!
Remember, if it is newsworthy, we will post it nationwide and you will see it on the MoGN "Newsfeed" distributed to Broadcast Stations, Newspapers, Web Sites and news organizations across the United States and soon around the World.
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─Jeff Wald, Mobile Generated News®, Los Angeles
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