For example, in October, Arthur D. Little Inc., the engineering company with a laboratory in Cambridge, Mass., announced it had developed a practical method of converting gasoline into hydrogen that can be used in a fuel cell.

In January, the Chrysler Corporation said it would develop a fuel-cell vehicle that converted gasoline to hydrogen and could therefore refuel at conventional gasoline stations.

-The purpose of a gasoline car engine is to convert gasoline into motion so that your car can move.

So he needed a way of converting - he needed two things, just like we do in hybrids now: a way of converting gasoline to electricity, and a way of storing the electricity.

His solution for converting gasoline to electricity was far more efficient than ours is today because he used a microturbine generator, which had one single moving part, which was suspended with an air bearing and spun at 96,000 rpm.

Scientists at Lehigh University are developing a hydrogen generator on a silicon chip, which can convert methanol, diesel, or gasoline into fuel for a microengine or a miniature fuel cell.

When Dr. Hsu began work, his approach was seen as radical, because the advocates of fuel cells were focusing on "on-board reformers," essentially small refineries that would fit under the hood and convert natural gas, methanol or gasoline to hydrogen for immediate use.

Almost all cars currently use what is called a four-stroke combustion cycle to convert gasoline into motion.

Chrysler engineers have devised an on-board fuel processor that converts gasoline to hydrogen, carbon dioxide and water.

Development of a compact microchannel fuel vaporizer to convert gasoline to hydrogen for fuel cells (1999 R&D 100 Award)