Stanford Ovshinsky's Hydrogen-Powered Hybrid Prius Car, 2009
THF66140 / Stanford Ovshinsky's Hydrogen-Powered Hybrid Prius Car, 2009 / Photographed by Michelle Andonian
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Artifact Overview
The Prius pictured here is not your typical gasoline-electric hybrid car. Stanford Ovshinsky, an innovator for renewable resources, replaced the standard gasoline fuel tank with a hydrogen fuel tank. The change from gasoline to hydrogen fuel results in a vehicle that releases only water through the exhaust instead of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and oxides of nitrogen.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Digital photograph
Subject Date
April 2009
Creators
Creator Notes
Photographed by Michelle Andonian.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.156.3.124
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Stanford Ovshinsky.
Technique
Digital photography (Digital camera)
Color
Multicolored
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