[atmosphere]

According to a report by Ruetir.com

This year, Volkswagen, together with the German company Kraftwerk Tubes, filed a patent for a fuel cell. This is a unit that converts hydrogen into energy for an electric motor. According to the German Business Insider, the fuel cell from Volkswagen is a lot cheaper than that of its competitors because it does not use precious metals. There are also other benefits.


The technology is different from the competition

‘The main difference with the fuel cells from Hyundai and Toyota is that we use a ceramic membrane instead of the usual plastic membrane. That is a huge difference’, an employee of Kraftwerk Tubes explains to BI.

This ceramic membrane does not need to be wetted, so it does not freeze in the winter, dry out in the summer or attract mould. These are apparently problems that other hydrogen cars with fuel cells encounter.

According to Kraftwerk, there is another advantage. The fuel cell would generate heat which can be used for heating, but apparently also for air conditioning. This means that no separate electric air conditioning or heating is required, which saves energy. On the other hand, you would say that energy also disappears with residual heat. Due to the high efficiency, a range of 2,000 kilometers is possible.

[shancz]

Excited to see how alternative sources have regained attention and development efforts.

With my limited information and understanding of the subject it seems like Electric Motors seem to be the successors to ICEs and that's the future. Hydrogen in a fuel cell format could be a very viable and arguably better alternative to Li-Ion batteries of today.
This development makes it further appealing.

I used to wonder if hydrogen could replace gasoline as a fuel in ICEs which is technically possible but not practical as the video linked below clearly shows.
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YouTube : Engineering Explained

[RedTerrano]

Super excited to see a major step forward in Hydrogen powered vehicles!

Originally Posted by atmosphere

The fuel cell would generate heat which can be used for heating, but apparently also for air conditioning. This means that no separate electric air conditioning or heating is required, which saves energy.

I wonder how they are planning to achieve this.
Thermo electric chip running on the Peltier effect is one possible way.
Another way would be enhancing Einstein's (and Leo Szilárd's) refrigerator design. Probably less efficient compared to TEC, but it would be an awesome homage to two great men.

[ds.raikkonen]

The main issue with using Hydrogen as a fuel is that it takes more energy to be produced and distributed commercially than it provides! Just like electrical energy from renewable sources, Green Hydrogen (produced from solar power) will revolutionalize transportation once it becomes reality.