Yamaha to unveil hydrogen fuel-cell scooter at EVS-22

Posted Oct 20th 2006 5:12PM by Derrick Y. Noh

Filed under: Hydrogen

At last year's Tokyo Motor Show, Yamaha introduced a fuel cell scooter

called the FC-me. It ran on a liquid methanol-water solution and its

size and performance would have fit nicely in the 50cc gas-fueled

class. This year, Yamaha is upping the ante with the FC-AQEL, a 125cc

comparable two-wheel fuel-cell that they'll show off at the 22nd

Electric Vehicle Symposium in Yokohama, Japan.

The biggest difference between the FC-me and the FC-AQEL, other than

size and weight, is that this time they're fueling the stack with two

high-pressure hydrogen tanks rather than a methanol solution.

Now, how long is it going to take Yamaha engineers to create an 800cc

comparable fuel cell race bike for Rossi?

You can read the entire translated press release after the jump. Here's

a link to the original if you prefer reading it in Japanese.

Source: Yamaha via Digital World Tokyo

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AutoBlogGreen Q&A with Greg Frenette, Ford fuel cell chief engineer

Posted Oct 20th 2006 3:31PM by Sam Abuelsamid

Filed under: Hybrid, Hydrogen, Ford, AutoblogGreen Q & A, AutoblogGreen

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Following a recent post about a short drive in a prototype fuel cell

powered Ford Focus, some questions were raised in the comments

comparing Ford's technology with that of Honda on their FCX fuel cell

concept. AutoBlogGreen posed some of these questions to Greg Frenette.

Greg is the Chief Fuel Cell Programs Engineer at Ford.

A reminder, the fuel cell Focus has been on the road for almost two

years and the fleet has accumulated over 300,000 miles so far. The

Focus that is on the road right now is a first-generation, road-worthy

fuel cell vehicle. A next generation car is currently under development

and will include many advancements and lessons learned from this first

generation car. ABG's questions, Greg's answers and more pics are after

the jump

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