Home Green Cars 8 : Fuel Cell Powered Cars 8.2 The First Fuel Cell Powered Vehicles The First Fuel Cell Powered Vehicles 8.2   The First Fuel Cell Powered Vehicles  United States: The first vehicle to be powered by a fuel cell was an Allis-Chalmers tractor in 1959. The 15kw alkali fuel cell used compressed hydrogen and oxygen as the reactants and potassium hydroxides as the electrolyte. In 1962 Allis-Chalmers produced a golf-cart powered by a 4kW alkaline fuel cell.   [ Back ]