Picture the scene: youve finally got your hands on that dream motor. Eager to take her out and play with some of those hi-tech gadgets youve splashed out on, your first stop may well be the nearest gas station. Driving in, you glide past the same colour coded-pumps that have “ until today – breathed life into every vehicle youve ever owned: red for leaded, green for unleaded, black for diesel. The holy trinity. Ignoring these you pull up next to something new. Its about the same size as the other pumps – possibly blue – and its design is dominated by one word – Hydrogen.
You get out, remove the petrol cap from your car, insert the nozzle and stand by as the pumps liquid contents are pumped into your vehicle. Sounds simple, but could this vision of the future ever become reality for most car users?
Canadas hydrogen highway
In Canada work is well under way on the construction of a network of hydrogen stations “ known as a hydrogen highway – that could eventually be visited by mass produced-fuel cell vehicles looking to fill up at stations all over the country.
As well as three stations operating in the province of British Columbia, there are four others at sites in Ontario, and yet more in various stages of construction in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island. Its the most elaborate programme of its type anywhere in the world.
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