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Honda Motor Co., Japan's third biggest vehicle maker, plans to begin leasing a pricy new hydrogen-powered fuel-cell car in Japan and the United States in 2008.
"By evolving a next model based on this, I think the level of technology will become very close to that of mass-produced ordinary vehicles within 10 years or so," Honda president Takeo Fukui said in an interview with Kyodo News on Friday.
"In 2018, I believe the development (of a fuel-cell car) will have been very advanced," he said. "It will become a real possibility to a large degree."
Fukui told Kyodo that there will be many customers who want to buy a Honda fuel-cell car if it goes on sale for 10 million yen ($83,924) in the general market.
But before the next-generation car becomes more common, Fukui said there are still some technological challenges the automaker needs to overcome.
SOURCE:
PhysOrg.com
Originally posted by halfmask
Hmm... hydrogen cars for the mainstream would be great but, where do they plan to get all the hydrogen?
Um? Water to split to h and o is actually very difficult for large scale production. My chem teacher 2 weeks ago jsut went over that.
Originally posted by iori_komei
Originally posted by halfmask
Hmm... hydrogen cars for the mainstream would be great but, where do they plan to get all the hydrogen?
Water.
Water is made of Hydrogen and Oxygen, and it's relatively easy
to seperate.