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Hypercars: Speeding the transition to solar hydrogen

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  • Williams, Brett D.

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A discontinuous transformation now underway in automotive technology may accelerate the transition to transportation powered by solar hydrogen. Even using internal-combustion engines, ultralight, ultraslippery, advanced-composite, hybrid-electric “hypercars” can be severalfold lighter and lower-drag than present steel cars; many times more efficient; and over two orders of magnitude cleaner; yet equally safe, sporty, comfortable, durable, beautiful and (probably) affordable. The required design integration is technically and culturally difficult. Yet important manufacturing advantages permit a free-market commercialization strategy impelled not by government mandates or subsidies but by manufacturers' quest for competitive advantage and customers' desire for superior cars.

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  • Williams, Brett D., 1997. "Hypercars: Speeding the transition to solar hydrogen," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 10(2), pages 471-479.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:10:y:1997:i:2:p:471-479
    DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(96)00106-1
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    1. Saitoh, Takeo S. & Yamada, Noboru & Ando, Daigo & Kurata, Kazuyoshi, 2005. "A grand design of future electric vehicle to reduce urban warming and CO2 emissions in urban area," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 30(12), pages 1847-1860.
    2. Robèrt, Markus & Hultén, Per & Frostell, Björn, 2007. "Biofuels in the energy transition beyond peak oil," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 32(11), pages 2089-2098.

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