Question: Please let me know if you have ever run across any company that manufactures wheelchairs powered by fuel cells. ~Mark

Answer: Good question! Fuel cells are basically electrochemical devices which generate electricity by means of hydrogen or methanol. Fuel cells are often used to power buses, cars, scooters and bicycles. A company in China has designed and developed a wheelchair that runs on a fuel cell. Another company called Fuel Cell Components & Integrators developed a number of wheelchairs that operated on fuel cells a few years ago. This company was supposed to be working with some major US wheelchair manufacturers and a line of fuel cell operated wheelchairs was supposed to have been launched, however, I'm having difficulty finding any commercial models. Three wheeled scooters were also designed to run on fuel cells a few years ago. These wheelchairs have definitely been researched and developed, but I'm unsure if the idea was scrapped or if fuel cell wheelchairs are still going to hit the marketplace in the near future.