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Real-world testing for green fuel

27/11/2008

Cars equipped with a groundbreaking engine technology have taken to the streets of Europe for real-world testing.

The fuel cell vehicles (FCVs), billed by manufacturer General Motors as producing zero emissions, are being trialled by nine companies in Berlin.

Like battery-electric cars, FCVs are powered by electricity. However, instead of storing it in a battery charged from an external source, they create their own using hydrogen fuel cells.

Although the process creates no pollutants, most large scale methods to produce hydrogen gas involve the release of carbon dioxide.

The Berlin trial is being run under the umbrella of the German government's Clean Energy Partnership, which is looking at the sustainability of hydrogen as a fuel for everyday road transport.

German Federal Minister of Transport Wolfgang Tiefensee said: "Our future lies in electric vehicles driven by batteries and fuel cell.

"This technology will allow us to reduce global CO2 emissions in the long term and also help decrease our dependence on oil.

"Thanks to research and innovation, marketable products are now being developed."

The US government hopes that FCVs may become available to the mass-market in the next two years.

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