Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Ford ma ka lā 9 o Mei e hoʻāʻo ʻo ia i kāna ʻano hydrogen fuel cell o kāna mau ʻauwaʻa prototype Electric Transit (E-Transit) e ʻike inā hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i kahi koho zero-emission kūpono no nā mea kūʻai aku e lawe ana i nā ukana kaumaha ma kahi lōʻihi.
E alakaʻi ʻo Ford i kahi consortium i ka papahana ʻekolu makahiki e pili pū ana me BP a me Ocado, ka UK online supermarket a me ka hui ʻenehana. E kālele ana ʻo Bp i ka hydrogen a me ka ʻoihana. Hāʻawi kālā ʻia ka papahana e ka Advanced Propulsion Center, kahi hui hui ma waena o ke aupuni UK a me ka ʻoihana kaʻa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tim Slatter, ka luna o Ford UK, i loko o kahi ʻōlelo: "Manaʻo ʻo Ford ʻo ka hoʻohana mua ʻana o nā wahie wahie i loko o nā hiʻohiʻona kaʻa ʻoihana nui a kaumaha loa e hōʻoia i ka holo ʻana o ke kaʻa me ka ʻole o ka pollutant i ka wā e hoʻokō ai i nā pono o ka ikehu i kēlā me kēia lā o nā mea kūʻai aku. Kanawai Hoemi (IRA).
ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kaʻa ʻenekini hoʻopau i loko o ka honua, nā kaʻa pōkole a me nā kaʻa e hoʻololi ʻia e nā kaʻa uila maʻemaʻe i loko o nā makahiki he 20 e hiki mai ana, ʻo nā mea hoʻolalelale i ka hydrogen fuel cell a me kekahi mau ʻauwaʻa holo lōʻihi e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ana he mau hemahema nā kaʻa uila maʻemaʻe, e like me ke kaumaha o nā pākahi, ka manawa e hoʻopiʻi ai iā lākou a me ka hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia.
ʻO nā kaʻa i hoʻolako ʻia me ka hydrogen fuel cell (ua hui pū ʻia ka hydrogen me ka oxygen e hana ai i ka wai a me ka ikehu e hoʻoikaika ai i ka pākaukau) hiki ke hoʻopiha hou ʻia i loko o nā minuke a ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o nā hiʻohiʻona uila maʻemaʻe.
Akā ʻo ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā wahie hydrogen ke kū nei i kekahi mau pilikia nui, me ka nele o nā kikowaena hoʻopiha a me ka hydrogen ʻōmaʻomaʻo e hoʻohana iā lākou me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kumu ikehu hou.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Mei-11-2023
