Author: George Wand

Our guest writer George Wand retired from the automotive industry. During his career, he worked in R&D on advanced EV mobility concepts, and working with a museum drives his interest in history. These Hydrogen and Fuel Cell History items are but a small part of more than 750 articles he published in print and digital form. He compiled some of those in a series of eBooks from Amazon-Kindle. Racing to Preserve Precious Petroleum, Part 1 and Part 2 were released in 2016, Part 3 is ready to go by mid-2017. (Download ‘Kindle-for-PC’ or ‘Kindle-for-Mac’ and read on any computer.) Wikipedia, HowStuffWorks.com and EVWorld have referenced Wand’s thoroughly researched, plainly written articles. True to his slogan “On the inventive past the ingenious future will thrive”, Wand is passionate about sustainable mobility in a future without pollution. He has driven a variety of FCVs at Hydrogenics in his Toronto ’backyard’. An article about that will arrive here soon.

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell History in videos

September 27, 2017October 5, 2017George Wand

Now we are talking about Hydrogen and Fuel Cell FUTURE: “China targets 1 million hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles by 2030” — Nasdaq HydrogenCarsNow.com and this writer have been optimistic about the FCEV’s future for a long time, but if Wall Street believes in their success, there is no holding back the investors. Energy […]

Volkswagen Group’s Scania uses Hydrogenics’ fuel cell in trucks

September 16, 2017September 16, 2017George Wand

If you have been waiting in vain for one of the last articles in this series to be published, I hope you will forgive me for the delay. I have been working with another type of zero-pollution ‘means of transportation’, using free energy to boot. The summer went by far too fast: volunteering at […]

Personally Experiencing Hydrogen and Fuel Cell History

July 29, 2017July 30, 2017George Wand

“I don’t believe that a hydrogen economy depends on a carbon economy at all.” Larry Burns My interpretation of Larry Burns’ quote is that he anticipates power from free green energy will soon deliver the means for producing hydrogen for the new H2 economy. (At present, most H2 is produced from natural gas.) Growing up […]

Ford believes in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Future

July 22, 2017July 30, 2017George Wand

“I believe fuel cells could end the 100-year reign of the internal combustion engine.” — William Clay Ford, Jr. Henry Ford’s great-grandson may well be right. As executive chairperson of the Ford Motor Company, he has to way his words. Every major automaker is now developing the “oh-so-simple” (NOT) machine, which dodged scientists and […]

Regenerative Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles to advance Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology

July 15, 2017July 24, 2017George Wand

“If society’s goals are to reduce carbon from the transportation side, they only have a few options and from our point of view, the fuel cell is the most compelling one.” — Craig Scott, Toyota’s national manager of advanced technologies Following is the conclusion of the speech by Dr. Ballard at Camden: “Air pollution takes many adverse […]

Geoffrey Ballard speaks about Hydrogen & Fuel Cell History

July 8, 2017July 15, 2017George Wand

“We must move away from our dependency on fossil fuels, and I am glad that GM has invested over $1 billion in hydrogen fuel cells cars to meet this goal.” — Albert Wynn, United States House of Representatives How Geoffrey Ballard progressed from an idea and a vision to the success his idea is […]

Buses Have Two Centuries of History & Industrial Experience – before Hydrogen & Fuel Cell History

July 1, 2017July 11, 2017George Wand

“The reality about transportation is that it’s future-oriented. If we’re planning for what we have, we’re behind the curve.” Anthony Foxx, former United States Secretary of Transportation Transportation has been on peoples mind for centuries. I learned that “Blaise Pascal launched a public bus service in Paris, which he called “carriages,” in 1662. It ceased operation […]

Fuel Cell Bus from New Flyer Industries & Ballard starts Hydrogen Fuel Cell Industry

June 24, 2017July 5, 2017George Wand

“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 […]

Geoffrey Ballard Positively Influences Hydrogen Economy & Fuel Cell Future

June 17, 2017June 24, 2017George Wand

“It will take a combined effort of academia, government, and industry to bring about the change from a gasoline economy to a hydrogen economy. The forces are building and progress is being made. It is of major importance that a change of this magnitude not be forced on unwilling participants, but that all of […]

Volkswagen-Audi Cooperation with China benefits Hydrogen Economy & Fuel Cell Future

June 10, 2017November 7, 2017George Wand

“We need to bring sustainable energy to every corner of the globe with technologies like solar energy mini-grids, solar powered lights, and wind turbines.” Ban Ki-moon, former United Nations Secretary General Free energy from sun and wind was the topic of two previous articles, a minor detour from the actual theme. Nevertheless, sustainable energy is […]