Hydrogen-Cell Car

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James May, Cracking the Problem of Hydrogen-Fuel Future; Right then. A few of you, over on the internet forum, have requested it, so here it is: James’s Ladybird Book of How It Works - the hydrogen fuel-cell motor carTelegraph, Feb 24, 2011.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/columnists/jamesmay/8338090/Cracking-the-problem-of-hydrogen-fuel-future.html

Note:
(a) smashing (adj): "extraordinarily impressive or effective <a smashing performance>"

All definitions are from www.m-w.com, except otherwise noted.
(b) For G-Whiz, see REVA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REVA
(an Indian company based in Bangalore, involved in designing and manufacturing of compact electric vehicles; one of the first companies to introduce electric vehicles worldwide; In 2004 REVA GoinGreen of the UK entered into an agreement with RECC to import REVA cars and market them under the G-Wiz moniker)

G-wiz is sometimes spelled G-Whiz.
(c) flex (n; short for flexible cord): "chiefly British: an electric cord"
(d) forecourt (n): "an open court in front of a building"
(e) The report states, "The fuel cell has been understood since the first half of the 19th century, as has the electric motor.

fuel cell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_cell
(The principle of the fuel cell was discovered by German scientist Christian Friedrich Sch&ouml;nbein in 1838 and published in one of the scientific magazines of the time. Based on this work, the first fuel cell was demonstrated by Welsh scientist and barrister Sir William Robert Grove in the February 1839 edition of the Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science and later sketched, in 1842, in the same journal)
(f) flat (adj):
"7b : lacking flavor : TASTELESS
c : lacking effervescence or sparkle <flat ginger ale>
* * *
e of a tire : lacking air : DEFLATED
f chiefly British of a battery : DEAD 3c, DISCHARGED"
(g) saloon (n; French salon, from Italian salone, augmentative of sala hall, of Germanic origin): "British: SEDAN 2a —called also saloon car"
(h) knees-up (n; by ellipsis from Knees up, Mother Brown  a popular dance, originally a song with the same title (1939)):
"British  Informal   a party or lively gathering, usually including dancing."
Random House Dictionary 2011.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/knees-up
(i) The report says, "Removing (or 'cracking') hydrogen from the party takes a great deal of energy.

Which is to say it is costly to produce hydrogen as a fuel in the first place. That is why the report follows with a statement: "May as well just put the oil in the car, which is what we do currently.
(j) Pathé
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path%C3%A9
(founded in 1896 and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France; during the first part of the 20th century, Pathé became the largest film equipment and production company in the world as well as a major producer of phonograph records)
(k) crack (vi): "to go or travel at good speed —usually used with on <the steamboat cracked on>"
(l) boffin (n; origin unknown): "chiefly British: a scientific expert; especially : one involved in technological research"
(j) there you go: "used to express the fact that you cannot change a situation so you must accept it
<We didn't win the competition, but there you go - we can always try again next year>"
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/there-you-go
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