Fuel cell vehicles history

Hoffmann, Peter. Tomorrow s Energy Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet. Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press, 2002. This book describes the history of hydrogen-powered projects and discusses the safety, economics, and research of today, including fuel cell vehicles. 

As there are currently no retail markets for either hydrogen transportation fuel or fuel cell vehicles (FCVs), any discussion of such markets necessarily prospects the future. Such a task is inherently uncertain—many forecasts have been wrong even in mature markets. We undertake this risky enterprise by framing the discussion of future markets for hydrogen and FCVs around two questions. First, what is the history and future of mobility Second, within this future, why would anyone buy an FCV ... 

Fig. 4.41 History of Daimler fuel cell vehicles since 1994. Source Daimler AG...

NissanHistory (2010) The history of Nissan s fuel-cell vehicle development. http //www. nissan-global.eom/EN/ENVIRONMENT/CAR/FUEL BATTERY/DEVELOPMENT/FCV/ index.html... 

Li ion batteries are heavily advertised as the future power sources for electric vehicles. This seems premature because the technology of heat management and many questions of safety are not solved. Fuel cells and several types of secondary batteries have a long history in the field of electric vehicle propulsion, with successes and failures. For information on electric vehicle batteries, see [16-22],... 

In terms of DMFC market growth. Figure 2.7 shows the last ten years development history. What is overridingly clear is that just two applications dominate. Portable, primarily personal electronics and niche transport (defined here as the use of a fuel cell, such as APU use, in any vehicle that is not a car or bus) have both experienced significant adoption of DMFCs. 

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