Vision Industries out of Long Beach, California has introduced an Intelligent Range Extender (IREx) for its fuel cell class 8 trucks. According to the press release, “Vision Industries Corporation today announced that it will introduce its newly developed ‘Intelligent Range Extender’ system in its next generation Class 8 trucks, originally designed for short-haul cargo transportation, • Read More »
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Vision Industries Sells 100 Tyrano Hydrogen Trucks
May 17, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 5 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Trucks.I’ve been talking about the Tyrano Class 8 Truck from Vision Industries since 2009. Now Vision Industries has some great news to share regarding a company called Total Transportation Services, Inc. (TTS-I) of Rancho Dominquez, California that has finalized its purchase order for 100 Tyrano trucks. The Tyrano is a plug-in hybrid hydrogen fuel cell • Read More »
Vision Industries to Commercialize Tyrano Fuel Cell Truck
July 19, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Trucks.Hydrogen vehicle critics, naysayers and deniers won’t like this story a bit. In the past couple of years while electric cars have taken the spotlight center stage, hydrogen vehicle manufacturers have been quietly commercializing their vehicles. The first commercial hydrogen vehicles to be sold a couple of years back were hydrogen fuel cell forklifts and • Read More »
Vision Industries Poised for Zero Emissions Corridor in SoCal
August 18, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Vision Industries Poised for Zero Emissions Corridor in SoCal | Filed in: Hydrogen Highways.I’ve talked about the Vision Industries Tyrano hydrogen fuel cell hybrid big rig truck many times before. The goal for the company to is clean up the diesel emissions around the Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles in Southern California (SoCal) using their zero emissions vehicles. The major highway leading out of • Read More »
Vision Industries and Asemblon to Create Nationwide H2 Trucking Infrastructure
May 25, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 5 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.Yesterday, I talked about an alternative hydrogen refueling infrastructure for cars and today I would like to talk about a “standard” hydrogen refueling infrastructure for long-haul trucks. A couple of weeks ago I went to the NHA Conference and took a look at the Vision Tyrano hydrogen fuel cell hybrid class-8 truck firsthand. The idea • Read More »
Vision Industries Tests Terminal Tractor with Texas Team
January 14, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.Okay, so the headline is a mouthful. That repetitive “T” may not roll well off one’s tongue. But, the fact is that I’ve been talking about the Vision Industries Tyrano fuel cell plug-in hybrid truck since May 2009. The original idea was to test and rollout the truck in the ports of Los Angeles and • Read More »
Vision Industries Tyrano Plug-in Fuel Cell Big Rig Truck
May 19, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Vision Industries Tyrano Plug-in Fuel Cell Big Rig Truck | Filed in: Hydrogen Trucks, Hydrogen Vehicles.Vision Industries CEO Martin Schuermann plans to commercialize the big rig Tyrano plug-in hybrid hydrogen fuel cell truck. The Tyrano is a class A heavy duty truck, with twice the torque of diesel truck. The Tyrano will be used to address emissions restrictions at both the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach, • Read More »
Fuel Cell Bus from New Flyer Industries & Ballard starts Hydrogen Fuel Cell Industry
June 24, 2017 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Fuel Cell Bus from New Flyer Industries & Ballard starts Hydrogen Fuel Cell Industry | Filed in: History.“The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in agriculture or industry, have never come from centralized government.” – Milton Friedman, 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Great developments come from individuals with a vision; some of their names I mentioned in previous articles. History has shown • Read More »
Vision Tyrano Truck
August 7, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | No Comments | Filed in: .Vision Tyrano Truck The Vision Industries Tyrano Truck is a heavy duty vehicle weighing 80,000 lbs. that runs on a hydrogen fuel cell plus plug-in hybrid electric batteries. The Tyrano truck was developed to haul cargo around the shipping ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California where smog from trucks is a considerable problem. • Read More »
Vision Tyrano Goes to Military Boot Camp
May 21, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Trucks.Yes, one of my favorite subjects to talk about is the Vision Tyrano truck (which I had the pleasure of checking out in person recently), because it is in class of its own, literally. The Tyrano is a heavy duty class 8 truck weighing 80,000 lbs that runs on compressed hydrogen gas and hybrid electric • Read More »