Technology From Soviet Space Program May Solve Key Problem for Hydrogen Cars

One of the biggest challenges facing automakers with regard to hydrogen vehicles is how to store the volatile gas. Israeli entrepreneur Moshe Stern – with help from Russian scientist Evgeny Velikhov – believes he has overcome the challenge. What's more, the hydrogen storage technology being developed by Stern's Swiss-based startup, C.En, has just been endorsed for its safety by a top German institute, according to an article in the current edition of Business Week . “The lightweight storage and safety factors give the technology a huge commercial potential for a whole range of industries,” Kai Holtappels, who heads up the working group at the institute that has been testing the technology since February 2008, told the magazine. A team of scientists first invented the storage technology at Moscow's Kurchatov Institute for use in the Soviet space program. Stern thinks his system can be adopted by the electronics industry to replace conventional batteries in portable devices such as laptops and mobile phones.

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