Smallest car fuel cell yet unveiled

French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen on Monday unveiled the smallest fuel cell currently available for cars and pledged further research to halve the price of these environmental friendly power sources by 2010.

“This technology is still at its early stages but offers a real answer for the future,” he said, as PSA unveiled the Genepac fuel cell, an 80-kilowatt power unit the size of a big suitcase that can be used in light municipal vehicles.

The Genepac can run for 500 kilometers (310 miles), which is longer than previous fuel cell projects but is still insufficient for general use.

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