How to Use fuel cell in a Sentence

fuel cell

noun
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  • 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
  • Normal cruising speed on the fuel cells is 14 knots, while a top speed of 17 knots can be achieved by adding the battery power.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • That’s the same way fuel cell cars, like the Honda Clarity and Toyota Mirai work.
    — Jack Stewart, WIRED, 5 July 2018
  • When mixed with oxygen in a fuel cell, hydrogen burns clean.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The ionic liquid in his fuel cell is goopy, 10 times more viscous than water.
    — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 12 July 2018
  • 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
  • Hunt said, adding that some of the hydrogen in an airship could be used to power an on-board fuel cell that would spin the craft's propellers.
    — NBC News, 19 Aug. 2019
  • 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 discharge causes the spacecraft’s three fuel cells to be disconnected from the power buses and for a time.
    — Roger Simmons, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • His work included designing jet engines and helping design the fuel cell used for the first manned mission to land on the moon.
    — courant.com, 11 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • The incident focused new attention, and fears, on the fuel cells helping drive the state’s clean energy transition.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
  • When stored in fuel cells, hydrogen can power everything from cars to factories with no greenhouse gas emissions.
    — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2024

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