Students at Colorado State University (CSU) will be building the only hydrogen fuel cell vehicle which is also a plug-in electric vehicle. The students will be using a donated 2013 Chevy Malibu for the conversion and entering it into the three-year EcoCAR 2 competition. The EcoCAR 2 competition is being sponsored by the Argonne National • Read More »
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FCVs PHEVs and BEVs Compared
December 14, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Fuel Cells 2000, a non-profit educational organization has come up with a head-to-head comparison of two FCVs (fuel cell vehicles), one PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) and one BEV (battery electric vehicle) to see if public perception is accurate. Because the Nissan Leaf BEV and Chevy Volt PHEV have garnered so much media attention in • Read More »
Vision Cheetah Zero Emissions H2 PHEV Supercar to Rollout in 2010
September 29, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Okay, I’ll be the first to admit that the details are sketchy on this one. But, on the Vision Motor Corp. website there is a cool little hotrod that caught my eye. This little hotrod is called the Vision Cheetah. Now, what makes the Vision Cheetah so special? According to their website, “Vision is also • Read More »
Mercedes-Benz GLC F-Cell
July 13, 2016 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Mercedes-Benz GLC F-Cell | Filed in: .A commercial hydrogen fuel cell plug-in hybrid is finally going to make it to the marketplace! Daimler has agreed to join forces with Mercedes-Benz engineers in order to develop a new, compact fuel cell system that will fit into the conventional engine compartment of the vehicle. The Mercedes-Benz GLC has paved the way for the • Read More »
BMW Predicts FCEVs & BEVs Will Coexist in the Future
May 22, 2016 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.According to Merten Jung, BMW’s head of fuel cell development, in the future FCEVs (fuel cell electric vehicles) and BEVs (battery electric vehicles) will coexist and PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric vehicles) will fade into the sunset. Mr. Jung believes that PHEVs are simply transitional technology until FCEVs and BEVs take hold in the market. According • Read More »
Will the Toyota Prius Prime Kill the Hydrogen Car?
April 9, 2016 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Competition.In December 2007, I posited the question of whether or not PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles) will kill both EV’s and hydrogen cars. My reasoning was that if gasoline-electric PHEVs reach the 125mpg to 150mpg range, then consumers may dive into this type of vehicle leaving EVs and FCEVs in the dust. Why? A big • Read More »
Hey Toyota How About a Commercial H2 Fuel Cell Plug-in Hybrid?
November 19, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Now that the Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle has begun rolling out commercially in the United States it makes me wonder what is in store next for the world’s largest automaker. For years I have been talking about the merits of bringing a hydrogen fuel cell plug-in electric vehicle (PHEV) to market. This idea • Read More »
Ford Flexible Series Edge
August 7, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | No Comments | Filed in: .Ford Flexible Series Edge with HySeries Drive Ford has done it again with its Flexible Series Edge SUV with HySeries Drive, another plug-in hybrid hydrogen vehicle from this automaker. The hybrid Edge further advances the real-world drivability not found in the Ford Airstream Concept that was rolled out earlier the same month at the 2007 • Read More »
Small Home Hydrogen Production Near Commercialization
January 24, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 6 Comments | Filed in: Home Hydrogen Fueling.A UK firm called RE Hydrogen has invented a hydrogen compressor that is 30-percent the cost of others on the market. This means that not only can the compressors be smaller but the complimentary electrolyzers can be smaller and less costly as well. According to The Engineer, “Small-scale hydrogen production is a potential way to • Read More »
Chinese Car Maker Shanghai Automotive to Put FCV to Market
May 23, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 4 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.As the Obama Administration keeps trying to give body blows to the emerging hydrogen car market, yet another automobile company is stepping forward with their intentions of producing an H2 fuel cell vehicle (FCV) within the next few years, and this one also happens to be a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) as well. Chinese • Read More »