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Topic(s): Auto Industry / Car Culture / Electric &
Hybrid / Hydrogen
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The car manufacturers realize there's a big drive in the world
for becoming cleaner and greener and there's a competition
within in their- between them to come out with a cleaner car.
We're burning too much fossil fuels in those big, heavy
trucks. If we could have the same power output and use
hydrogen on fuel cells and the only output is water, nobody
would care whether you have a big car or not because there is
no emission coming from your vehicle. So there's a big race.
A good example is the Toyota Prius. The Prius was the first
hydro vehicle, more or less, coming to the commercial market
and there was almost an immediate waiting list to buy them.
It's now cool to own a Prius. So you have celebrities in
Hollywood or all over the world buying Prius' because it's
cool to own those types of vehicles. They burn less fuel,
they're more environmental friendly, and etc and if you could
bring hydrogen to those people, they would definitely go with
that.
And I think the whole society would like to be cleaner if we
can. But we're not prepared to sacrifice a lot of things to
become cleaner. So if we can have the same car emitting only
water, of course that's the picture you would all like to see,
so there's a race for the car drivers—the one who would
be the best with the hydrogen car - they're absolutely sure
they would make money on that in the future.
