Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
I’ve talked about the company HyperSolar a couple times in the past as a company dedicated to making direct solar to hydrogen systems. The photocatalyst the company has invented is immersed into water and then a light source is turned upon it, resulting in hydrogen production. The Photocatalytic water splitting technique developed by HyperSolar is […]
Continue ReadingYesterday I was talking about how a venture capitalist was betting on iron and cobalt to replace platinum in fuel cells. Well, today, there is a new wager on the table. Scientists are Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island are laying their cards on the table, saying cobalt and graphene are a better choice to […]
Continue ReadingA venture capital company, the Verge Fund out of Albuquerque is placing its bets on iron and cobalt to replace platinum as the catalyst used in fuel cells. The venture capital firm formed a company called Pajarito Powder LLC to manufacture and market the new platinum-free fuel cells. The price of platinum continues to skyrocket, […]
Continue ReadingGM invented the Electrovan in 1966, which arguably was the first fuel cell vehicle to be produced as a life size working prototype. Since then GM has worked in various fuel cell vehicles including for the past several years the Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell under the Project Driveway program. The fuel cells for the multiple […]
Continue ReadingIf you’ve read this blog for a while you’ll realize that I like to talk about hydrogen forklifts and fuel cell lift trucks. This is mainly because while hydrogen cars are still in the prototype or leasing phase, hydrogen-powered forklifts and lift trucks are being commercialized at a rapid pace. And, one of the main […]
Continue ReadingIn Copenhagen, Denmark representatives from Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Hyundai all signed memorandums of understanding (MoU) regarding the buildup of the Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway by 2014 to 2017. The MoU is focused on pulling together public and private stakeholders in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland to help build out the necessary hydrogen refueling infrastructure in […]
Continue ReadingOn 09-11-2012 I paid homage to those who had lost their lives 11 years earlier on the Eastern part of the U. S. due to terrorist attacks. I also stated that I was looking forward to the building of the European Hydrogen Highway system and the European Hydrogen Road Tour 2012. The EU H2 road […]
Continue ReadingThe Canadian government has just floated the idea for creating new hybrid diesel, hydrogen fuel cell coast guard ships. Three retrofitted fisheries ships would replace four older coast guard ships to patrol both Atlantic and Pacific Oceans off the Canadian coast. Diesel-powered ships are fairly efficient when they are at full speed and out to […]
Continue ReadingThe 2012 Paris Motor Show starts in a few days and runs from Saturday, September 29 through October 14. And during this European auto show, something historic is supposed to happen. In April 2012, I had talked about how Hyundai was supposed to start rolling out 1,000 Tucson ix35 vehicles late in 2012. Well, now […]
Continue ReadingBoth Toyota and Kia Motors are affirming that they will be producing and selling hydrogen fuel cell cars by 2015. Toyota has developed a 3 kW/L fuel cell stack that is twice as powerful as the one they are using in the FCHV-adv. This fuel cell stack is also about half the size and weight, […]
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