Solar Fuel Cell Cars

Ihs markit data suggests the battle is over with its prediction that by 2032 battery electric vehicle bev production will reach nearly 18 million a year with fuel cell electric vehicles fcev.

Solar fuel cell cars.

The few models of fuel cell vehicles already available on the market cost around usd 80 000 for a mid or upper mid range vehicle. Heavy duty fuel cell vehicles are electric vehicles with range fueling time equal to diesels today. Other solar cars use silicon solar cells with efficiencies around twenty percent. We chose relatively optimistic base cases because pessimistic cases would not be very interesting.

Solar hydrogen fuel cell vehicles at the low end of an estimated cost range deluchi 1992. The battery pack in a typical solar car is sufficient to allow the car to go 250 miles 400 km without sun and allow the car to continuously travel at speeds of 60 mph 97 km h. There are a range of reasons why hydrogen fuel cell cars are still expensive. Obviously if fuel cell vehicle technology does not develop and costs do not decline then fuel cell vehicles will not be economical.