Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Yesterday, President Barack Obama signed the U. S. stimulus package into law. Before he did so, a solar business owner in Colorado spoke about what the package would mean to the growth of the alternative energy industry. One person who is excited with the future possibilities is Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, a chemist at Northwestern University […]
Continue ReadingIn the past I’ve talked about Bruce Freeman’s Big Buy Strategy for Minnesota and how he wants to put hydrogen cars and fueling stations all over the North Star State. Now Bruce is asking for help from hydrogen car advocates everywhere to flush out his plan, fill in needed details and participate in the project […]
Continue ReadingLast Friday, I heard from Tai Robinson of Intergalactic American Fuel Vehicles about a promotional tour he was doing around the country in his converted 2008 Chevy Suburban that he is calling the 2008 Intergalactic Space Cruiser. Now, upon George Washington’s birthday I wish to talk about an update I received from Tai over the […]
Continue ReadingEarly this morning I heard from Tai Robinson of Intergalactic American Fuel Vehicles. Tai’s company converts gasoline burning vehicles to multi-fuel green vehicles including those that run on hydrogen. Pictured is Tai’s newest conversion, a 2008 Chevy Suburban and here’s what he has to say from the road as he’s doing a promotional tour: “Looks […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked about this particular New Holland NH2 hydrogen fuel cell farm tractor before. And now it has just made an appearance for the first time in Turin, Italy. Throwing off the shroud of secrecy the fuel cell tractor could one day even run on hydrogen created from biomass. In other words, the vehicle would […]
Continue ReadingThe U. S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has come out strongly against a company called Hydro-Assist Fuel Cell (HAFC or Dutchman Enterprises) in specific and the whole hydrogen fuel injection industry in general. A press release was issued by the commission titled, “FTC Sues Promoters of Bogus Fuel Efficiency Device.” The FTC is making two […]
Continue ReadingIn the past, I’ve talked about the possibility of using nuclear reactors to not only generate electricity but also to produce hydrogen as a byproduct. Critics of hydrogen cars point to brute force electrolysis of water being too energy intensive to make it financially viable (and of course this is for another discussion altogether). But, […]
Continue ReadingFrom Project Driveway to “Project Roadway” General Motors has decided to help out the citizens of Germany with roadside assistance services. The GM / Opel HydroGen4 will be a part of Germany’s ADAC automobile club, (comparable to the AAA in the U. S.). The announcement was made on February 3, 2009, or the “Day of […]
Continue ReadingIn the past I’ve talked about the need to both reduce and eliminate the need for platinum in fuel cells in order for hydrogen cars and vehicles to become economically viable. It makes no sense to pour a million or so hydrogen cars on the road only to be hit with a worldwide shortage of […]
Continue ReadingThe EcoCar: The NeXt Challenge is a 3-year competition among the advanced vehicle engineering departments of 17 different colleges nationwide. The parties putting on this competition include the U. S. DOE, General Motors and the Argonne National Laboratory. The point is to take a GM Saturn Vue vehicle and design and build an advance zero […]
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