A Hydrogen Prius
oyota's Prius has become a standard-bearer of sort for the green machine movement. Buyers who were looking for technologically advanced vehicles with good fuel economy latched on to the Prius - and have so in larger numbers since its 1998 introduction.
Now, Toyota is planning the third generation of its bleeding-edge hybrid, with a concept due at the Geneva motor show that might show the way to the next evolution of the Prius. But what if the Prius were to become radically different? What if it were to adopt a new powertrain - one fueled by hydrogen?
One company is working on just such an experimental Prius - ECD Ovonics, a battery and hydrogen-storage technology company headed by former General Motors chairman Robert Stempel. TheCarConnection took ECD's offer of driving their experimental Prius recently, and in its current state of development, a hydrogen Prius doesn't seem to be too far a stretch of technology's imagination.
Now, Toyota is planning the third generation of its bleeding-edge hybrid, with a concept due at the Geneva motor show that might show the way to the next evolution of the Prius. But what if the Prius were to become radically different? What if it were to adopt a new powertrain - one fueled by hydrogen?
One company is working on just such an experimental Prius - ECD Ovonics, a battery and hydrogen-storage technology company headed by former General Motors chairman Robert Stempel. TheCarConnection took ECD's offer of driving their experimental Prius recently, and in its current state of development, a hydrogen Prius doesn't seem to be too far a stretch of technology's imagination.
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