How to Use fuel cell in a Sentence

fuel cell

noun
  • The hydrogen fuel cell option would make the Badger the first of its kind in a pickup.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Though the fuel cell that powered it off her blood glucose had run a close second.
    Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online, 11 Jan. 2021
  • The company said that the absence of moving parts in the plug-and-play system will make the fuel cell easy to maintain.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The goal is to mass-produce hydrogen fuel cell cars by 2030.
    Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The test phase includes two battery models and two fuel cell trucks.
    Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 6 May 2021
  • The unit uses a battery and replaceable fuel cell, is light and small enough to toss into a pack, and, best of all, is scent-free.
    Justin Park, Popular Mechanics, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger — has resulted in just a few thousand fuel cell cars on the road.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Besides making water, a fuel cell in place of a turbine could make heat, Freese said.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2021
  • When mixed with oxygen in a fuel cell, hydrogen burns clean.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Whether that means fuel cell rides can ever catch up with battery-electrics in the race to decarbonize cars remains to be seen.
    Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Meeting the goal requires 80% of new car purchases to be fuel cell or electric by the deadline.
    Anne C. Mulkern, Scientific American, 30 July 2020
  • One of those would be a new hydrogen fuel cell powered unit from Switzerland.
    Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Whether used in a turbine engine or fuel cell, hydrogen occupies much more space than kerosene and can’t be stored in the wings.
    Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The sides of the car's carbon fiber chassis tub will need to better protect the driver and fuel cells from intrusions, although the FIA says this won't add more weight to the cars.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 6 June 2024
  • It’s one of about half a dozen public fuel cell makers that have been subject to a love-hate relationship in the market.
    Moneyshow, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The yard has been working on the methanol-hydrogen fuel cell power plant since 2012 in partnership with the experts at the Freudenberg Group.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Electric trucks are well-suited for some routes, but their heavy weight compared to diesel and fuel cell trucks can force businesses to scale back heavy loads.
    Matt McFarland, CNN, 7 Oct. 2022
  • When power is needed, the solid powder would be mixed with water and fed into a fuel cell, Li says.
    IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2023
  • When it is burned in a fuel cell, the byproduct is water or water vapor, not carbon dioxide.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • But those options aren't available yet in Oregon, and in the meantime, Amazon plans to use natural gas to power the fuel cells.
    Caroline O'Donovan, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The hydrogen will power a six-megawatt fuel cell to produce clean, green energy for the hotel load.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 July 2022
  • Most of the hydrogen for those fuel cells are made elsewhere, though, and Plug delivers it to warehouses via truck.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 28 Dec. 2023
  • For example, hydrogen can be used in a fuel cell to power a heavy-duty truck.
    Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Toyota and Kenworth already operate a test fleet of hydrogen fuel cell trucks at the Port of L.A.
    Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 13 May 2022
  • The Nexo is distinguished from the vast the sea of SUVs by its hydrogen-fuel cell electric powertrain.
    Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Another, in the works but not yet funded, could finance battery or fuel cell replacements in cars that are past their prime.
    Aarian Marshall, Wired, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Heat and flame from the blast cause the solid fuel cells in rockets to combust, causing Grad rockets to stab outwards, blasting into the walls of the compound or flying over them.
    Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 5 July 2023
  • It can be used in fuel cells to generate electricity, or power and heat.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Soon, American contractors will replace the fuel cell and the helicopter will be off and running again.
    Gordon Lubold, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The marine industry has been slowly moving away from diesel with hybrid propulsion systems, fuel cells, and biofuels, but one Turkish designer wants to ditch fuel completely.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 June 2024

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