S'pore to get fuel cell top-up point

S'pore to get fuel cell top-up point

SINGAPORE: This tiny Southeast Asian nation will be first in the region where cars that run on environmentally friendly fuel cells can top up with hydrogen, according to a news report on Thursday.

Petroleum company BP and Air Products, an American supplier of industrial gases, plans to open the hydrogen refueling station by the first quarter of next year, the Straits Times newspaper reported.

Fuel cell-driven cars are powered by compressed hydrogen, which emits no pollutants. DaimlerChrysler will bring seven fuel- cell vehicles to Singapore next year for testing, it said.

Building the station will cost between US$500,000 and $1 million. It will have the capacity to refuel about 11 cars per day, it said. --AP