Fuel Cell Carmakers Optimistic, Despite Toyota Recall
Sunday, July 25th, 2010
88-thousand visitors attended the International Fuel Cell Expo that took place in Tokyo on Wednesday. Fuel cell carmakers showed off the newest improvements on designs and cars of the future. Fuel cells are seen as one major way to a greener alternative without any oil, and no CO2 emissions. Fuel cell cars are more expensive and few in number compared to their gasoline counterparts. [Satoshi Kawasaki, Japan Automobile Research Institute]: We announced yesterday that by 2025 we hope to have 1000 Hydrogen fuelling stations and 2 million fuel cell vehicles on the road. Casting a shadow over the increasingly complex and computer-based cars was the recent recall of Toyota’s Prius hybrid, a symbol of Toyota’s clean energy drive. Despite Toyotas recall, Japanese carmakers are confident they will produce cars in a safe manner. [Satoshi Kawasaki, Japan Automobile Research Institute]: “Compared to gasoline vehicles, the number of electronic parts has increased, and has become an incredibly complex system. However, Japanese carmakers are confident that they will be able to add electronic components and still produce cars in a safe manner.” People who had a chance to ride in the fuel cell cars said they weren’t worried about the electronic parts glitches so much. [Hideaki Ayabe, Participant]: I don’t really think that’s there’s an (electronic parts)problem. More than that, I would say that the dangers of using hydrogen is more of a problem. [Yutaka Nakamura, Oil Importer]: As it’s a …
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pudgeya1 says:
July 25th, 2010
3:16 pm
i dont know why people think you need an electric throttle a steel cable is more reliable thats why theyve been using it since the first automobile came about. toyota sucks buy a chevy or ford i dont like newer vehicles but if i had to buy one it would be a chevy but fords are also good
anthonyledo says:
July 25th, 2010
4:14 pm
electric is stupid. with hydrogen you get drinkable water out of the tailpipe. lol. also a gasoline engine can easily be altered to run on hydrogen, this is kind of neat. but it is not the way of the future because…. it takes tons of energy to make hydrogen gas. toyota sucks, and this is not new technology. wow, are they ever far behind.