ABSTRACT
“I believe fuel cell vehicles will finally end the hundred-year reign of the internal combustion engine as the dominant source of power for personal transportation. It’s going to be a winning snituation all the way around—consumers will get an efficient power source, communities will get zero emissions, and automakers will get another major business opportunity—a growth opportunity” (William C. Ford, Jr., Ford chairman, International Auto Show, January 2000, New York, New York). The point is, the fuel cell is a unique power converter that is nonpolluting, flexile, and efficient. It combines hydrogen or natural gas with oxygen via an electrochemical process to produce electricity.
