Competing Technologies Within Hydrogen Car Community

Not only is the hydrogen car industry being pressured by outside competition such as electric cars and those that run on biofuels, but there is competition within the hydrogen car industry itself.

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November 21, 2009, 7:00 AM PST

By Tim Halbur


"Hydro Kevin" reports on the competing technologies within the field.

"Standardization versus invention of new technologies is certainly a consideration for upstart companies wanting to join the race for a nationwide rollout of hydrogen cars. Perhaps the transition to hydrogen cars will involve a short evolutionary process of best technologies similar to the transition from Betamax to VHS to DVDs or records to 8-track tapes to cassette taps to CDs?"

Thanks to Kevin

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 in Hydrogen Cars & Vehicles Blog

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