Hydrogen-fuelled cars ready to run – soon

A FUTURE where cars are powered by hydrogen and the only ‘exhaust’ is water vapour is moving closer, with researchers here and in the UK making major advances.
In the UK, scientists have developed a new technology, said to be the first of its kind, where vehicles would use water as the main fuel supply and need only a small amount of petrol.

The vehicle would have a generator that extracts hydrogen from tap water to mix it with a normal petrol supply, creating an environmentally friendly “super fuel” that stretches the unleaded petrol, enabling the car to go further on less fuel.

The technology is a hydrogen-from-water generating process that could help to solve many of the hydrogen creation and storage problems faced today.

UK government sources say that if commercially viable, the technology – discovered by Russian experts who have established a UK company called OM Energy Ltd – could eventually develop to enable ships to use seawater for fuel.

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