Ammonia avenue to hydrogen highway

摘要

Two us engineering firms claim to have made the most significant step yet towards the mass production of fuel cell-powered cars following the modification of an alkaline propulsion technology widely used in the space industry. Voltage Vehicles, a subsidiary of Californian transportation specialists ZAP, has announced it is to buy $100m (£55m) worth of fuel cell engines from Apollo Energy Systems, which has refined the alkaline fuel cell (AFC) for automotive applications. According to Apollo, the system has a higher voltage, higher efficiency and greater reliability than other types of fuel cell. The AFC is ready for production, years before similar propulsion fuel cell systems are expected to be available, said chief executive Robert Aronsson.