Fuel cells are like batteries that never run down. They generate electric power in a chemical reaction between hydrogen gas and oxygen from the air. They are odorless, noiseless, have no moving parts to fail or wear out and produce no polluting emissions - their only by-product is pure water.
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One of the main objectives of Astris Energy Inc. is to develop a range of converted vans, passenger cars, as well as electric and hydrogen fuel cell low-speed vehicles, primarily for the burgeoning, under-served markets represented by seniors and disabled persons.
Astris Energi Inc. chose the alkaline technology because of its inherent ability to operate at ambient temperature and start instantly, without warm-up, even at temperatures below freezing.
. The design followed the concepts outlined in Astris technical paper "Fuel Cell Powered Golf Cart".
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From a filling station
or a lager tank of compressed hydrogen. It takes only a couple of minutes,
similar in nature to filling a propane tank of an R.V.