The Ford Focus vehicle was added to fleet in April 2008. By January 2010 15 Ford Focus Fc cars had been introduced to the traffic. Of those, 1 never started up after transport to iceland, probably due to frost damage underway, 1 has "given up" and one was crashed in a car accident. - Fortunately nothing happened to the driver and nothing to the fuel cell system either. The two cars that are out of order are currently a depot of spare part and function as to keep the others running.
Like the two Daimler vehicles, the Ford has been driven roughly two thousand kilometers in Iceland without requiring any major service.
The Ford Focus FCV is powered by a Ballard 902 Fuel Cell, Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) stack. The car's 5000 psi pressurized hydrogen tank releases H2 into the fuel cell stack where the hydrogen is temporarily separated into protons and electrons, producing electricity, then united with oxygen from the air to produce the vehicle's only byproduct, water.
The Ford Focus FCV is called a Generation 3 hydrogen car since other research cars have come before it, namely the Ford P2000 fuel cell vehicle, which still holds the record of traveling nearly 1,400 miles in a 24-hour period. The Ford Focus FCV is powered by electric motor and receives its electricity from two sources. The first source is directly from the fuel cell and the second source is from the H2 car's battery pack (a module containing High Voltage SANYO Ni-MH Battery System). These vehicles may not freeze, - a feature that was overcome in later generations.
The Ford Focus FCV has a driving range of approximately 150 - 200 miles and a top speed of 80 mph. The Focus FCV's powertrain produces 170 ft-lb. torque and 87 bhp.
Ford Focus FCV Specifications:
Specifications
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Platform-2000 Model Ford Focus
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Bodystyle-4 Door Sedan
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Length-4338 mm (170.7")
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Electric Motor/Transaxle (Integrated)
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Electric Motor AC Induction
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Transaxle-Single Speed
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Peak Efficiency-91%
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Traction Inverter Module
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Type-3 Phase Bridge
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Max Current-280 amps
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Max/Min Voltage-420/250 volts
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Nominal Voltage-315 volts
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Power Unit-Fuel Cell
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Type-Proton Exchange Membrane
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Stacks-Ballard Mark 900 Series
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Reactants-Hydrogen/Air
Adapted from Hydrogen Cars Nows 20 April 2009
