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Experts desperately seeking sustainable solutions for a world running out of oilTwist the ignition key and the blue box that is the Volkswagen HyMotion fuel-cell vehicle doesn't start so much as wake up. A digital display on the dashboard blinks to life to announce that a fraction of the 2.5 trillion cubic feet of hydrogen that global industry uses annually will, in seconds, be at your service.
In a world rapidly burning the last of its oil, a prescription for a new energy source has proved as vital as it is elusive. But Volkswagen is giving it a shot. Otherwise silent as a shadow, the hydrogen-electric-powered HyMotion, water trickling out the tiny exhaust pipe, shoots out of the Pasadena Art Center South Campus parking lot with a snappy little wheeze. And though some details (like a slow-mo 14-second 0-60 acceleration time) suggest just another wan eco-mobile, the HyMotion actually has a lot going for it.
Helping to propel the HyMotion is what may prove to be the partial Holy Grail of the post-oil Western world: the fuel-cell stack. Using a thin plastic membrane to transubstantiate hydrogen and oxygen into electricity, the HyMotion has a range of up to about 120 miles. Drive the HyMotion and its bigger, more blue-blooded cousin, the BMW Hydrogen 7, and the revolutionary news is that both cars are normal and are as easy to use as their gas-powered ancestors. And while neither is a car to rob a bank in, the power loss commonly associated with hydrogen is negligible. BMW's Hydrogen 7 has a V12 engine that dines on conventional gas, with a hydrogen option as sort of a clean-energy hors d'oeuvre, altogether delivering an impressive range of 500 miles.
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