Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell (DEFC) London Taxi

伦敦黑色出租车被认为是造成伦敦糟糕的空气质量和全球人均二氧化碳排放的主要原因。伦敦议会决定，必须立即开始用电动汽车取代这支车队。然而，对于伦敦人来说，将这一标志保留在道路上是一个受欢迎的合理预期。伦敦有超过2.5万辆黑色出租车，其中绝大多数燃烧的是柴油，产生大量温室气体，并产生直接令人担忧的碳颗粒。由于缺乏充电点，电池耗尽的成本很高，以及司机发现的更换和运营困难，汽车行业普遍对电池动力汽车持怀疑态度。需要一种廉价的燃料和驱动系统，提供零排放。DEFC动力出租车最能满足出租车车主运营商的即时需求。这项技术还可以安装到商用车、公交车和汽车上。燃料是乙醇，可以用包括有机生活垃圾在内的各种无污染的原料来生产。这种可再生的、碳中性的生物燃料将为发电燃料电池提供动力，这些燃料电池不依赖充电站，只依赖加油站，可以安装在现有的石油前端。我们打算回收伦敦出租车，赋予旧技术新的生命，并通过减少租赁、租金和燃料成本为车主提供每英里较低成本的运营资产。这将推广到英国各地的其他车队。回收现有车辆的技术将极大地促进新的无污染技术的采用，同时为当地生产交通和燃料提供平台。伦敦出租车公司Frankum&Kaye将与FairAir合作实现这些目标，并已同意支持回收多余的现有车辆，使其成为世界上第一辆使用废旧改造燃料的重新制造的出租车。他们还将帮助影响英国其他车队车主改用DEFC动力出租车。在成功实施之后，FairAir将把他们的重点转移到为公共汽车、商用车和汽车提供系统上。“

"The London Black Cab is under attack as a major contributor to the city's poor air quality and per capita, global CO2 production. The London Assembly has determined the fleet must be replaced by electric vehicles starting immediately. However, keeping this icon on London's roads is a popular and reasonable expectation for Londoners.There are more than 25,000 Black Taxis in London with the vast majority burning diesel, producing high levels of greenhouse gasses and, of immediate concern, carbon particulates. The industry is generally sceptical of battery powered vehicles because of a lack of charge points, high cost of battery depletion and the replacement and operational difficulties identified by drivers. A cheap accessible fuel and drive system, delivering zero emissions is required.The DEFC powered Taxi most closely meets the immediate needs of the owner operator of Taxis. The technology can also be installed into commercial vehicles, buses and cars.The fuel is ethanol, which can be produced by a variety of non-polluting feed stocks including organic household waste. This renewable, carbon neutral biofuel will power electricity-generating fuel cells which do not depend on charging stations, only refueling stations, which can be installed on existing petroleum forecourts.We intend that the initial vehicles are to be recycled London Taxis, giving old technology new life and providing owners with assets operating at a lower cost per mile by reduced leasing, rental fees and fuel costs. This will be extended to other fleets across the UK.The technique of recycling existing vehicles will greatly improve adoption of new pollution free technology while providing a platform for local production of both transport and fuel.London taxi company Frankum & Kaye will work with FairAir to achieve these goals and have agreed to support recycling of redundant existing vehicles into the World's first remanufactured taxis running on waste reformed fuel. They will also help to influence other fleet owners in the UK to switch to DEFC powered taxis. Following a successful implementation, FairAir will shift their focus onto providing systems for buses, commercial vehicles and cars."