Category: Battery

Fuel Cells

Fuel cells pave the way for cars of the future

After the electric car and the plug-in hybrid come the fuel cells, according to Patric Jannasch, Professor of Polymer Technology at Lund University. The technology, which was hyped in the late 1990s but has since been put on a backburner, is now close to commercialisation. “Internationally, the car industry is...

The Tesla Roadster electric car at the Paris Motor Show 2010 at Porte de Versailles, in Paris, France.

Tesla takes the lead

A number of major car manufacturers such as Honda, Volkswagen, Nissan, Fiat and BMW are currently pursuing various types of electric car project, but in most cases the focus is more on developing technical solutions than entire concepts for the electric car. “The company that has made the most progress...