Ua hōʻike ʻia ua hoʻolaha ʻo Ford ma Mei 9 e hoʻāʻo ia i kāna mana cell wahie hydrogen o kāna ʻauwaʻa prototype Electric Transit (E-Transit) e ʻike inā hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i kahi koho zero-hoʻokuʻu kūpono no nā mea kūʻai aku e halihali ana i nā ukana kaumaha ma nā wahi lōʻihi.
E alakaʻi ʻo Ford i kahi hui ma ka papahana ʻekolu makahiki e komo pū ana me BP lāua ʻo Ocado, ka hui kūʻai nui pūnaewele a me ka ʻenehana UK. E kālele ana ʻo Bp i ka hydrogen a me nā ʻoihana hana. Ua kālā ʻia ka papahana e ka Advanced Propulsion Centre, kahi hui like ma waena o ke aupuni UK a me ka ʻoihana kaʻa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tim Slatter, ka luna hoʻomalu o Ford UK, ma kahi ʻōlelo: "Manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Ford ʻo ka hoʻohana mua ʻana o nā cell wahie e like me ia ma nā hiʻohiʻona kaʻa kalepa nui loa a kaumaha loa e hōʻoia i ka hana ʻana o ke kaʻa me ka ʻole o nā hoʻokuʻu haumia ʻoiai e hoʻokō ana i nā pono ikehu kiʻekiʻe o kēlā me kēia lā o nā mea kūʻai aku. Ke ulu nei ka hoihoi o ka mākeke i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā cell wahie hydrogen e hoʻoikaika i nā kalaka a me nā van i ka wā e ʻimi ai nā mea hoʻokele ʻauwaʻa i kahi koho ʻē aʻe i nā kaʻa uila maʻemaʻe, a ke piʻi nei ke kōkua mai nā aupuni, ʻoiai ke kānāwai US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)."
ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kaʻa ʻenekini kuni kūloko o ka honua, nā van pōkole a me nā kalaka e pani ʻia e nā kaʻa uila maʻemaʻe i loko o nā makahiki he 20 e hiki mai ana, ke paio nei nā mea kākoʻo o nā cell wahie hydrogen a me kekahi mau mea hoʻokele ʻauwaʻa lōʻihi he mau hemahema ko nā kaʻa uila maʻemaʻe, e like me ke kaumaha o nā pila, ka manawa e hoʻopiʻi ai iā lākou a me ka hiki ke hoʻouka nui i ka pūnaewele.
Hiki ke hoʻopiha hou ʻia nā kaʻa i lako me nā cell wahie hydrogen (ua hui pū ʻia ka hydrogen me ka oxygen e hana i ka wai a me ka ikehu e hoʻoikaika i ka pila) i loko o nā minuke a ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka mamao ma mua o nā hiʻohiʻona uila maʻemaʻe.
Akā, ke kū nei ka laha ʻana o nā pūnaewele wahie hydrogen i kekahi mau pilikia nui, me ka nele o nā kikowaena hoʻopiha a me ka hydrogen ʻōmaʻomaʻo e hoʻoikaika iā lākou me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kumu ikehu hou.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Mei-11-2023