Is it true that there are lithium powered cars as well as hydrogen powered cars?

Question

My boyfriend told me some vague information on this, but I was wondering if anyone can give me indepth information about these cars, including how they work, how much these cars are, and what companies are making these cars.

Answer 1

These are two very different things.

Both use electric motors, but they get the electricity in different ways.

"Hydrogen" powered cars combine hydrogen and air in a hydrogen-air fuel cell to make electricity.

"Lithium" powered cars use batteries to store electricity from an electrical outlet in lithium hydride batteries, the same kind that are used in most portable computers these days.

There are no fuel cell cars available for sale yet.  Many companies are working on them.

The Tesla electric car, an expensive sports car, uses the high performance lithium hydride batteries.

More on fuel cells here:

http://www.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell.h...

More on the Tesla here:

http://www.teslamotors.com/

Answer 2

Yes there are Lithion Battery Powered Cars and Fehicles on the road.

The Lithion, Lithium and Lithium Hydride Technology has gained momentum of late and the prices are coming down.

An example of this is in the number of Lithion etc powered Bikes and Scooters, ATV's etc.

Answer 3

Lithium is one of the elements found in high capacity batteries.  Most electric cars use lithium batteries to keep the weight down, but they are expensive as heck.  

Batteries are like a gas tank for electricity.  They don't produce it, they just store it.