Ultra-luxury buyers may soon find themselves avoiding the hoard of plebes in cars that sup on only the finest hydrogen. Rolls-Royce is investing $100 million in developing a power system based on fuel cell technology. The company (not the carmaker, now owned by BMW) actually began research into fuel cell technology a decade ago, and recently established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems Ltd (RRFCS), to handle fuel-cell R&D.
Rolls-Royce agrees $100m fuel cell venture [The Guardian (UK)]
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