The development work will now be concentrated on fuel cells. Experts consider the decision to be an important signal. The purpose of the new company is to produce and distribute battery electric, hybrid electric, and fuel cell vehicles worldwide. The first product will be a small battery powered minivan which will be distributed over selected Volkswagen dealers. Shell will build two new wind turbines at 1.5 MW in Hamburg, able to supply electricity to about 2.300 Hamburg households.
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To the list of contents Short-sighted Skeptics always try to base their judgement on hydrogen on the energy needed for its production and the associated emissions. They pretend that the same ecological gain can be achieved by means of reducing the consumption of conventional combustion engines. Less consumption would be achieved by lighter vehicles, and this by use of aluminium. The energy needed to produce aluminium results in CO 2 emissions per unit mass of metal which are 10 times higher than for steel. You would have to drive an aluminium ultralight vehicle 35 years longer than a conventional one to offset these emissions by lower consumption.