Fuel cells for automotive application

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Engineering - Industrial Engineering and Management, Tongji University (German Institute), language: English, abstract: Despite fuel cells are an old technology, in automotive application they have a short history. Since approximately 20 years car manufacturer tried to implement fuel cells into vehicles like passenger cars, heavy and light duty trucks or caravans. To date there are three different ways of implementation for fuel cells into ground vehicles. It can be used as main drive, range extender or auxiliary power unit.