Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
This is a guest post by John R. Please take me seriously since I am. I am a retired electrical engineer. I began my career I as a technician at Bell Telephone Laboratories. I worked there from 1967 through 1970. I then went to Wescom (now Rockwell company) and worked there from 1970-1978 were I […]
Continue ReadingThe U. S. Department of Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize Winner, has on many occasions insinuated that he is a hydrogen hater, by trying to zero out the Federal budget for hydrogen cars. He calls them “impractical” while battery electric cars have gotten his blessing. As early as May 2011, there were […]
Continue ReadingThe Danish have done it again. They’ve identified a problem and solved it using high tech. At the low tech Holstebro Cemeteries there is a need for quiet machinery and transportation so that the staff can go about the gardening and beautification duties. So, in steps the EcoMotion Truck, which is fueled by liquid methanol […]
Continue ReadingScientists from around the world are working on ways to storage hydrogen cheaply and efficiently at near room temperatures and as at as near room pressures as one can get. Bonding hydrogen atoms to other materials and them releasing them as needed for fuel for cars has been problematic for years. Italian scientists however think […]
Continue ReadingOkay, usually I don’t comment on stories in the news that seem too good to be true. A couple of years ago a story broke about a Japanese water car that all of the major media outlets picked up and ran with even through there was no proof that this vehicle worked as claimed. To […]
Continue ReadingOne of the aspects that is holding back the growth and commercialization of hydrogen cars and infrastructure development are cheap and effective H2 storage tanks. Hydrogen fuel tanks inside the vehicles tend to be bulky, too heavy and too expensive. Hydrogen storage tanks outside the vehicles such as at H2 fueling stations face the same […]
Continue ReadingIf you think the price of going green is high, then you should think about the price of developing new green technology. This is why carmakers General Motors and BMW have decided to team up to co-develop new hydrogen fuel cell technology for cars. According to Bloomberg, “Fuel cells generate electricity in the chemical reaction […]
Continue ReadingSafety is the most important feature of any vehicle and hydrogen cars are no different. As alternative fuel vehicles penetrate the marketplace consumers are naturally skeptical of safety issues surrounding the new technology. This is where the CSA International testing labs step in. The CSA International testing labs are accustomed to checking out the safety […]
Continue ReadingSince 2007, I have been talking about the benefits of hydrogen fuel cell forklifts in warehouses inside and outside the U. S. borders. Canada has been an early adopter, especially the Walmart distribution centers in Western part of this country. In the city of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada (on the Eastern side of our neighbors to […]
Continue ReadingMany people are concerned with the safety of fuel cell vehicles. After all consumers aren’t used to gassing up with hydrogen fuel like they are gasoline and don’t fully know how the safety issues of one fuel compares to another. People in general know that hydrogen is a flammable and combustible gas and even film […]
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