Current status and trends of the research and development for fuel cell vehicles

A review on the state-of-art in the world for fuel cell technology was given,which is an efficient,clean,and new energy technology,including in China,northern America,European Union,Japan,South Korea and so on.A comparison analysis was made in different aspects,such as the technical specifications of fuel cell vehicles,the lifetime and the environmental adaptability of fuel cell engines,the hydrogen storage system,the key materials,the auxiliary system of fuel cells,the demonstration of fuel cell vehicles and the infrastructure of hydrogen refueling stations.The results show that global automobile companies are prepared for the industrialization of fuel cell vehicles,and will enter mass production stage in 2015;while fuel cell vehicles are still in the demonstration stage in China.The future hot points in next generation fuel cell vehicles are the cell life extension,the system cost reduction,the hydrogen infrastructure construction,and commercial demonstration.