Hydrogen Fuel For Cars Already Exist
By Joseph Then 

Hydrogen powered cars are already on the road. Ford and GM have vehicles that run on water fuel, and BMW has joined the push to create hydrogen-fueled vehicles. GM has 13 vehicles on the road today worldwide, including six minivans in Washington state. The Ford Focus is also already in production. In Ford's water fueled Focus, the hydrogen fuel cell takes up a large amount of space, about as big as a trunk. Toyota, Honda, Nissan and DaimlerChrysler have vehicles in place with the Army, and with ordinary citizens. Some of these are the size of SUVs. But with the alternative water fueled engine there is no need for concern about increased gas mileage.

GM intends to introduce sales of alternative fuel cars in 2010. GM has instructed the fuel-cell team to design a vehicle that can be sold for the same price as internal combustion automobiles. They have partnered with Shell to create hydrogen fuel stations, estimating the need for 300 stations for every 200,000 car that runs on water.

In Europe, there is a fleet of buses running on hydrogen fuel cells. The buses, introduced in 2004 by DaimlerChrysler operate in ten major European cities: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Porto, Reykjavik, Stockholm and Stuttgart. The hydrogen-powered buses have provided transportation in the cold Nordic winters, hot Spanish summers, and in the flatlands and in hilly regions like Stuttgart. In seven cities, hydrogen filling stations provide fuel to the fleet. In two of the cities, hydrogen is produced from natural gas. In five of the cities, the filling stations are equipped with electrolysis equipment. This technique uses water for fuel. The equipment will produce the hydrogen by splitting water into its component elements, hydrogen and oxygen.

Hydrogen fuel cells exist in alternative ethanol fueled cars. The hydrogen is taken from the water contained in ethanol. This improves the gas mileage of ethanol and supplies the hydrogen for the cell. The hybrid cars that run on ethanol-hydrogen fuel cells are essentially water power cars.

Hydrogen is an abundant, clean source of energy. The process combines hydrogen and oxygen, creating an engine fueled with water. Although the current fuel cells are large, developers are sure these vehicles will be reliable and efficient. And, if you think of the size of computers not so long ago, and the current microchip today, technology for smaller hydrogen fuel cells will quickly develop.