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Fuel Cell Vehicles

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Introduction

A fuel cell vehicle (hereinafter “FCV”) is an electric vehicle (hereinafter “EV”) that travels by powering its onboard electric motor by the electricity generated in its onboard fuel cell. Figure 1 shows examples of FCVs [1–7] as of 2012.

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Examples of FCVs in 2012

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  1. Nissan Research Center/EV System Laboratory, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., 1, Natsushima-cho, 237-8523, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan

    Soichiro Uno

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  2. Yokohama National University, Fac. Engineering, Yokohama, Japan

    Ken-ichiro Ota

  3. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Robert F. Savinell

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Uno, S. (2014). Fuel Cell Vehicles. In: Kreysa, G., Ota, Ki., Savinell, R.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Applied Electrochemistry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6996-5_193

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