Although biofuels and battery-powered vehicles have moved to the forefront of alternative transportation solutions in recent years, researchers continue to plug away on technologies for hydrogen-powered vehicles.
An Israeli company based in Geneva, Switzerland, recently unveiled a hydrogen storage system it says could overcome one of the major obstacles facing hydrogen cars. Currently, vehicles that burn hydrogen or use it to produce electricity in a fuel cell must have very large and heavy fuel tanks in order to safely store enough hydrogen even for limited-range driving.
But researchers at C.En Ltd. have created a glass capillary storage device that is much smaller and lighter. They say with less than half the weight and space of current tanks, the new storage system could provide a range of up to 240 miles.
Of course, this is not the only obstacle facing the adoption of hydrogen-powered vehicles. Infrastructure and policy challenges abound. This is all covered in the Associated Press story linked below.
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