Cost of the fuel cell as passenger car drive system of the future

Download or read book Cost of the fuel cell as passenger car drive system of the future written by Matthias Tonn and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The future of passenger car cannot rely on internal combustion engine. Taking into account present state of the art technologies, the most obvious alternative is fuel cell. The article investigates the way and possibilities of progressive transfer from internal combustion engine to fuell cell based on the analysis of learning curve. Analysis is limited to German car market and takes into account experience of German car manufactures, who are well advanced in mastering fuel cell technology and experimental small scale production. The result of investigations indicates year 2015 as likely start of mass production of fuell cell passenger cars.