Hydrogen is regarded as a promising alternative fuel for the future because it can be produced using electricity generated using solar cells, wind mills, nuclear energy and other alternative energies.Hydrogen reacts with oxygen in the fuel cell to generate electricity and fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) are operated as an EV using the electricity from the fuel cell. As a result, it has zero direct emissions. Energy efficiency and performance is also generally a notchabove that of an EV. In general, an FCEV is also at least twice more energy efficient compared to a conventional vehicle, making FCEV the most energy efficient vehicle technology.

HMC’s most recently developed fuel cell electric SUV model is up to 3.75 times more energy efficient than comparable gasoline-powered SUVs. HMC has invested significant resources in fuel cell development since 1998 in order to achieve the twin goal of improved performance and cost reduction. Recently, we successfully developed metallic separator (bipolar plates) technology, reducing the price of the fuel cell stack by one sixth, dramatically improving mass production potential.