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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
I don't think fuel cells will be able to power a road vehicle with satisfactory performance with out batteries or capacitors.
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That would seem to agree with the Honda FCX Clarity wikipedia article:
"Main components of the vehicle include fuel cell, two hydrogen tanks behind the rear and ultracapacitors."
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Believe me, before becoming a dieselhead I used to be favorable to fuel-cells and 10 years ago I even used to think they would be economically-viable in 2015.
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Unfortunately, fuel cells suffer from being one of those techs constantly labelled as 'just around the corner' by politicians and journos!
I think the main reasons they are still so economically uncertainty has less to do with improvements in 'cell' technology (including cost reduction) but is more a matter of storage and infrastructure. ... That's why I like
this methanol route so much!