The development will be presented to the public for the first time on the Hanover Fair 98. The Japanese company Sanyo is said to plan the market introduction of a similar system with hydrogen before the end of this year. Much time was devoted to the PEM cell. The membranes still provide a lot of means to reduce the costs. The main task, apart from cost reduction, is to extend the useful life.
Intensive work is done on the molten carbonate cell.
Additionally, they are still too expensive. First pilot projects, however, will start in three or four years. General Motors has founded three global working groups. One of them is based with Opel at Ruesselsheim. A press release of 4.