Will they cell?(electric cars powered by fuel cells are offered by Toyota and Mercedes)(Brief Article)
Economist (US), The, September, 1997
KNOCKING the internal combustion engine off its perch by developing clean-running electric vehicles has long been a green dream. A year ago, that dream seemed more real when General Motors launched the EV1, a two-seat battery-powered car. But the EV1 has flopped since its launch in Arizona and southern California last autumn. Available only on lease (at $475 a month, the same as a Cadillac), the nippy sports car that hums eerily to 60mph (97kmh) in eight seconds has lured a mere 216 pioneers.
But if batteries are flat, fuel cells are fizzing. At the Frankfurt Motor Show in early September two car makers, Mercedes and Toyota, unveiled versions of standard cars fitted with electric motors powered by fuel cells. In both Toyota's RAV4 and Mercedes's A-class small car...
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