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Toshiba Begins Fuel Cell Mass Production
GoodCleanTech —
... According to CrunchGear, one of the products to be mass produced is the brand's portable fuel cell. A company factory in Yokohama will begin its production next month. It will be of the direct methanol fuel cell type and will be able to juice gadgets such as phones and notebooks. Its rather hefty $100 to $500 price will surely hinder a lot of potential early adopters from getting one, but Toshiba is expecting the price tag to go down considerably over time. Aside from the portable fuel cell, Toshiba is also slated to commercialize its ...
Toshiba Starting Mass Production of Fuel Cells
TreeHugger —
From Crunch Gear: Toshiba is the world’s first company that mass-produces fuel cells. Starting next month, a factory in Yokohama will turn out fuell cells that are based on methanol and can be used to charge cell phones or notebooks. The fuel cells will cost between $100 and a whopping $500 at first, but Toshiba expects these prices to drop significantly after ramping up output. Toshiba mobile phones and notebooks with built-in fuel cells are now announced for the next fiscal year, which ends March 2010. It sounds pretty cool that at least production on the ...
