Several big automakers recently announced plans to keep investing in hydrogen vehicle technology. The plans come even as many industry experts believe the technology faces a major uphill battle to compete against battery-powered electric cars. Hydrogen-powered cars are also known as fuel cell electric vehicles, or FCEVs. With these vehicles, fuel cells convert hydrogen gas into electricity. This differs from electric vehicles, or EVs, which get their power from a built-in battery. Last month, the chief of Japan’s Toyota Motors, Akio Toyoda, attended a race that demonstrated an experimental hydrogen vehicle. The vehicle contained a traditional gasoline-powered engine that had been converted to run on hydrogen. Toyoda told reporters at the event such conversions could keep traditional internal combustion engines running in a carbon-free world. This, he said, could avoid the need to completely leave behind internal combustion and save millions of auto industry jobs.
Title: Several Carmakers Push Plans to Offer Hydrogen-powered Vehicles
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<span data-start-time='26125' data-end-time='36792'>Hydrogen-powered cars are also known as fuel cell electric vehicles, or FCEVs. </span> <span data-start-time='36792' data-end-time='44792'>With these vehicles, fuel cells convert hydrogen gas into electricity. </span> <span data-start-time='44792' data-end-time='54688'>This differs from electric vehicles, or EVs, which get their power from a built-in battery.</span> <span data-start-time='54688' data-end-time='68396'>Last month, the chief of Japan’s Toyota Motors, Akio Toyoda, attended a race that demonstrated an experimental hydrogen vehicle. </span> <span data-start-time='68396' data-end-time='79042'>The vehicle contained a traditional gasoline-powered engine that had been converted to run on hydrogen.</span> <span data-start-time='79042' data-end-time='92750'>Toyoda told reporters at the event such conversions could keep traditional internal combustion engines running in a carbon-free world. </span> <span data-start-time='92750' 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