Hydrogen and Fuel Cell vehicle developments (status: 98-08-26)
| Company | Vehicle(s) | corporate information in the Internet | other Internet resources |
| Ballard | proof of
concept 32 foot bus, fuel cell, presented in 1993 commercial prototype 40 foot bus, fuel cell, presented in 1995 demonstration fleet bus: 12 m city bus, fuel cell, CGH2, three buses delivered to Chicago Transit Authority in 1997, three to BC Transit in 1998, two year test period [27] |
HyWeb, 97-10-10 H&FCL October 1997 |
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| BMW | five prototype passenger cars, internal combustion engine, LH2 storage, presented in 1979, ‘84, ‘90, ‘94, to be presented in 1998 [22] | http://www.bmw.com/bmwd/pulse/wasserstoff/index.shtml (in German) http://www.bmw.com/bmwd/pulse/wasserstoff/index.shtml (in English) |
www.HyWeb.de/BMW (in German) |
| Chrysler | passenger car mockup, fuel cell, battery, gasoline POX, presented in 1997, working demonstration car announced for 1999 [30] | http://spice.mhv.net/~hfcletter/letter/mar97-ballard.html (H&FCL March 1997) http://spice.mhv.net/~hfcletter/letter/jan97-chrys.html (H&FCL January 1997) |
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| Daimler-Benz | NECAR I:
"rolling laboratory platform" fuel cell van;
CGH2; presented in 1994 NECAR II: prototype 6 seat fuel cell van, CGH2, presented in 1996 NECAR III: prototype A-class fuel cell car (micro compact car), methanol reformer, presented in 1997, to be fully commercialized around 2005 NEBUS: prototype 12 m low-floor city bus, fuel cell, CGH2, presented in 1997, to be fully commercialized in 2004 |
NECAR III: http://www.daimler-benz.com/ind_gfnav_g.html?/research/specials/necar/necar_e.htm |
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| Ford | two or three passenger cars based on P2000 concept, fuel cell, direct hydrogen storage and other storage concepts, to be presented in 1998/ 1999 [34] | ||
| General Motors | prototype
Chevy Van, fuel cell, battery, methanol reformer,
presented in 1998 EV1 Fuel Cell, "production ready" concept car to be presented by 2004) |
http://www.gm.com/vehicles/us/innovations/advanced.html | HyWeb, 98-01-12 |
| Honda | fuel cell vehicle ready for launch by 2003 | ||
| Hydrogen Systems | 10 m low-floor city bus, internal combustion engine, LH2, demonstration operation in Belgium starting in 1999 [35] | ||
| MAN | MAN SL 202, 12 m city bus prototype, internal combustion engine, LH2 storage, in regular service since 1996 [29] | HyWeb, 97-03-24 | |
| MAN, Siemens, Linde | NL 163 BZ, prototype 12 m low-floor city bus, fuel cell, CGH2, to be presented in 1999 | http://www.HyWeb.de/FCBus | |
| Mazda | Demio FCEV, fuel cell, ultracapacitors, metal hydride hydrogen storage, presented in 1997 | http://www.mazda.com.au/corpora/460.htm | |
| Neoplan | N 4114 12 m city bus, fuel cell, magneto-dynamic storage (flywheel), to be presented in 1999 | ||
| Opel | Sintra, mockup van, fuel cell, battery, methanol reformer, presented in 1998) | HyWeb, 98-03-20 http://spice.mhv.net/~hfcletter/letter/march98/feature.html (H &FCL March 1998); |
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| PSA | Peugeot Van, fuel cell, battery, LH2, to be presented in 1998/99 | ||
| Renault | Laguna Break, fuel cell, battery, LH2, presented in 1997, series production possible by 2010 [28] | HyWeb, 97-10-30 http://spice.mhv.net/~hfcletter/letter/september97/feature.html(H&FCL September 1997) |
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| Toyota | RAV4L: fuel
cell, battery, metal hydride hydrogen storage, presented
in 1996 RAV4L: fuel cell, battery, methanol reformer, presented in 1997 |
http://www.toyota.co.jp/Motorshow/pulle/p1/index.html | |
| Volkswagen | passenger car prototype, fuel cell, methanol reformer, announced for 2000 | HyWeb, 97-04-24 | |
| ZEVCO | London taxi,
alkaline fuel cell, battery, activated carbon storage (LN2
cooled), in collaboration with London Taxi International,
prototype presented in July 1998 [36] Subaru Cityvan, technology as taxi, delivery to the City of Westminster was announced for April (delivery not confirmed as of May 29th, 1998) Airport vehicles, fork lifts (in collaboration with Still GmbH) etc. |
http://www.zevco.co.uk/ |
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