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Industry experts do not believe fuel cell vehicles will reach mass market status before 2010, but when they do, there is great potential for revolutionizing transportation. We can reduce energy requirements along with reducing harmful emissions, not to mention reducing our dependence on foreign oil. But wait, there’s more!

The vehicles we are used to driving around today use internal combustion power, but fuel cell cars work in a completely different way. Electric motors power these vehicles. But unlike hybrid cars, the electricity actually comes from the car itself instead of an outside source like an outlet. Fuel cells in the car generate electricity using the chemical reactions between hydrogen fuel and oxygen found in the air.

The pure hydrogen gas the vehicles use is stored in high-pressure tanks right on the vehicle itself. Hydrogen rich fuels used by fuel cell vehicles includes methanol, natural gas and even gasoline, but first they are converted to hydrogen gas with a device on the vehicle called a “reformer.”

Pure hydrogen-powered vehicles don’t pollute the air at all; the only byproducts they create are water and heat. Vehicles that run on hydrogen-rich fuel plus a reformer emit a small level of air pollutions. Fuel cell vehicles are suggested to be twice as efficient as traditional cars of the same size and might have even more features that increase efficiency.

There are some industry related requirements for fuel cell vehicles to become part of everyday life at local auto dealers. First, we need a lot of research and development to reduce the cost and improve performance of these vehicles. The second consideration is that we need cheap and effective ways to store hydrogen and alternative fuels.

The current fuel cell rush is being backed by everybody from governments to commercial interests and car manufacturers. The Californian Fuel Cell Partnership is working with the FreedomCAR and the D.O.E to fast track the development of fuel cell vehicles.

Since technology is still trying to develop the perfect fuel cell vehicle, they are not yet readily available. However, that’s just a matter of time. Before long, we will be inundated with advertisements and pleas to switch over to ‘green’ cars and abandon our gas guzzlers.

Fuel cell vehicles like alternative fuel vehicles are the wave of the future. Our environment is paying a high price for our transportation needs. Global warming is becoming a reality and the ozone layer is being depleted on a daily basis. When we start switching over to fuel cell vehicles and alternative fuel vehicles, we just might save the world we live in one car at a time!

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