One of the best ways of reducing pollution is to use a hybrid car. There are hybrid cars that run on electricity, hydrogen cells and compressed natural gas. In the case of a hydrogen cell car, a fuel cell is used for the generation of electricity.
The fuel in this fuel cell is liquid hydrogen where the electricity is produced by the catalytic reactions in the fuel cell. It is this electricity that is used for the running of electric motors for the propelling of the car.
This is a better alternative as a hybrid car, than the electric cars which have to be plugged for the recharge of its batteries, as these fuel cell cars create their own electricity for running the car.
The reason hydrogen is used as the fuel in the fuel cell is because hydrogen is the most abundant element today. Its energy is produced by fuel cells that are free of harmful byproducts.
However to actually see the implementation of hydrogen cell cars, there are some problems to be overcome like the economical mass production of pure hydrogen, and the necessary infrastructure to make this hydrogen reach uses safely and efficiently.
There are many automakers like Honda and General Motors which now have prototype fuel cell vehicles, which may give a breakthrough with this type of hybrid car in the near future.
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