Forward Drive: The Race to Build "clean" Cars for the FutureCurrently, GM and Toyota are collaborating to speed up development of advanced-technology vehicles, and DaimlerChrysler is launching a large-scale test project for fuel-cell vehicles portending major changes in this industry. Forward Drive presents the fascinating story of the race to build clean cars, ones that can help to address the problems that have accompanied the rise of the gas-powered internal combustion engine. It also traces the history of automobile development exploring new technologies for clean cars, and, most exciting of all, hydrogen-based fuel cells. The author has conducted extensive interviews with early adopters of alternative vehicles, fuel cell makers, and energy researchers, and key auto industry figures, giving us a clear picture of how automakers are getting serious about clean cars. With his passion for cars, knowledge of their history and workings, and perceptive interviews, he presents an informative and highly readable book about revolutionary cars on the immediate horizon. |
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... hydrogen is not pure , and isn't likely to deliver the same performance as hydrogen gas . It may come down to a question of infrastructure . If fuel - cell cars run on gaso- line , obviously we don't have to change the local gas station ...
... hydrogen is not pure , and isn't likely to deliver the same performance as hydrogen gas . It may come down to a question of infrastructure . If fuel - cell cars run on gaso- line , obviously we don't have to change the local gas station ...
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... hydrogen on board the Hindenburg re- sponsible for the fire ? Conventional history has made that case , but retired NASA engineer Addison Bain , a hydrogen special- ist , thinks otherwise . After several years of research that in ...
... hydrogen on board the Hindenburg re- sponsible for the fire ? Conventional history has made that case , but retired NASA engineer Addison Bain , a hydrogen special- ist , thinks otherwise . After several years of research that in ...
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... hydrogen's propensity to burn might want to consider that fifteen thousand cars are destroyed by engine fires every year , and five hundred people die from auto accident - related burns . Gasoline is itself highly volatile , a fact that ...
... hydrogen's propensity to burn might want to consider that fifteen thousand cars are destroyed by engine fires every year , and five hundred people die from auto accident - related burns . Gasoline is itself highly volatile , a fact that ...
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Forward Drive: The Race to Build "clean" Cars for the Future Jim Motavalli No preview available - 2001 |
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