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Amminex is set to announce a hydrogen storage tank that would meet the EPA goal of 500 km range with a storage
volume of 50 L, according to
Slashdot. The company stores
hydrogen in a pellet of sorts, which is claimed to hold 9% H2 by weight. That’s extremely impressive performance. This
appears to be the ionic type of
hydride storage mechanism,
but Amminex doesn’t have much technical information on their site (linked below). Other companies, such as
Ovonic, have also been working with the
different hydride technologies, which potentially provide far better density than compressing or liquefying the gas and
could be much safer as well.