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Two energy companies in Iceland are planning to import hydrogen vehicles beginning in Fall 2008.
The Icelandic companies of Nýorka and Vistorka are importing thirty hydrogen vehicles, as part of a three-year experimental project.
CEO of Nýorka Bjarni Bjarnason states, “We hope that the hydrogen cars will be able to compete with other cars on the market within five to ten years.”
The first hydrogen cars that will arrive in Iceland were produced by Daimler-Chrysler and Toyota. The Daimler-Chrysler models are equipped with a hydrogen generator that changes hydrogen directly to electricity; the Toyota models run by an internal hydrogen combustion engine.
At present, hydrogen vehicles are much more expensive than vehicles that run by gasoline, but Bjarnason believes they can soon be offered at a comparable price to other vehicles.
Bjarnason states, “The technology has developed very quickly and it has gotten a lot of attention and money from car manufacturers."
Nýorka participated in a project on the operation of three hydrogen buses and hydrogen stations in Reykjavík, which ended in January 2007. Bjarnason mentions that project worked out very well. |
