Ford says future vehicles to run on Hydrogen

While Toyota is the acknowledged leader in hybrid sales with its new-age version of the low-cost Model T that helped launch the Ford Motor Co. 80 years ago, Ford is now pushing hydrogen as the fuel for the future.

Ford points to its 12-passenger parking lot shuttle bus powered by a 6.8-liter internal combustion hydrogen engine which is in experimental use at airports across the country as a relatively quick-and-easy answer to foreign oil dependence and automotive greenhouse gas emissions.

"We really believe this technology is ready to be evaluated at the consumer level," John Lapetz, the company's program manager for the buses, told reporters on Tuesday at an event staged to tout Ford's future vehicles.

About 30 E-450 Hydrogen shuttle buses are in service at airports in the U.S. and Canada.

Ford executives said the company has the ability to bring internal combustion hydrogen technology to the market in cars within five years but only if fuel storage limitations can be solved and public concerns allayed.


Source:
Consumeraffairs.com