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pushed Daimler-Benz into fuel reforming as seen on NECAR III. This has
an onboard reformer and the range increased to over 300 miles.
NEBUS appeared in 1997 and showed the fuel cell downsizing done
by Ballard. It has ten of the company's 25-kilowatt fuel cell stacks in its
rear compartment. It is a functional city bus, with a comparable range. It
is similar but not identical to the buses Ballard has put on the streets of
Vancouver and Chicago.
BMW has made progress with liquid hydrogen and has manufactured
several models in its 7 series that can run on this fuel. It is stored in a
tank behind the rear seats. Ford has teamed up with DaimlerChrysler, and
General Motors with Toyota, to develop cars with hydrogen fuel cells.
GM AND DOW
GM and Dow launched a joint project in 2004 for proving the
viability of hydrogen fuel cells. In the first phase, a single GM test cell was
connected to Dow's power distribution grid and also to Dow's hydrogen
clean-up and pipeline system to generate electricity for the Dow chemical
plant. Phase II expands the project from a single GM test cell to a multi-cell
pilot plant at Dow's Texas Operations in Freeport, Texas.
In the world's largest fuel cell application at a chemical manufacturing
site, Dow's by-product hydrogen created as a part of Dow's manufacturing
processes, will be converted to electricity by a GM fuel cell. The electricity
that is generated will power up the plant. Dow could eventually use up to
35 megawatts of power generated by 500 fuel cell units.
GM also announced an agreement with the BMW Group to jointly
develop refueling devices for liquid hydrogen vehicles and invited other
carmakers and suppliers to join this initiative.
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT)
granted GM the first-ever approval to drive a liquid hydrogen-fueled
vehicle on public roads in Japan. With a driving range of 400 kilometer
(250 miles), HydroGen3 has the highest driving range of any fuel cell
vehicle approved for public roads in Japan.
HY-WIRE
GM's Hy-wire was named Car of the Future by the Belgian
Association of Professional Auto Journalists. The honor is awarded to the
vehicle considered the most innovative, the most spectacular, the most
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