Energy storage systems and ammonia-powered electric vehicles including the same

Abstract

An energy storage system is provided for an electric vehicle. The energy storage system comprises a first energy storage source. The first energy storage source includes an ammonia tank configured to hold ammonia, an ammonia converter configured to receive ammonia from the ammonia tank and convert the received ammonia into hydrogen, and a fuel cell system communicating with the ammonia converter and configured to generate output power from hydrogen that is received from the ammonia converter.