Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Though ITM Power has had some recent management shakeups, it’s still alive and kicking. At least this is what the British Chancellor Alistair Darling is saying as he took a hydrogen converted Ford Focus for a spin. The converted Ford Focus was fueled with hydrogen created by ITM Power using solar energy. I’ve talked about […]
Continue ReadingKirkwood Homes has decided to build a hydrogen fueling station inside a 1,000 house residential community in the northern part of Scotland. Right now, the only other hydrogen fueling station within driving distance is in London. The Kirkwood Homes residential community will also feature a primary school and potentially a new Ellon academy. The Kirkwood […]
Continue ReadingA couple of weeks ago I talked about how Jesse James from the TV show, “Jesse James Is A Dead Man”, Donald Trumps “Celebrity Apprentice” and other fame would be attempting to set a land-speed record for a hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine vehicle (ICE). Yesterday, James did just this by rocketing his Streamliner to a […]
Continue ReadingThe National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Google have decided to launch an interactive TransAtlas map where a person can find fueling stations for hydrogen, propane, electric, LNG, CNG, E85 and Biodiesel. It’s a good start. I’ve listed this particular map along with several others on a page […]
Continue ReadingPlatinum is expensive and that’s a fact. That is why many fuel cell manufacturers are trying to use nickel or other metal alternatives for fuel cells that run automobiles. The only problem is that these platinum-free fuel cells have only been mildly successful. Longevity and efficiency have suffered. The other alternative is to build fuel […]
Continue ReadingFrank Amendola of Alternative Fuel Sciences gets pissy when he talks about the ZeroFuel cars he’s entering in the Progressive Automotive X-Prize. In fact, three ZeroFuel cars are being entered, the ZF1, ZF2 and ZF3, which all run on ammonia and hydrogen. Now, I’ve talked at length before about ammonia (NH3) potentially being the fuel […]
Continue ReadingYesterday I talked about the Riversimple Urban Car as an open source fuel cell vehicle that could spread like wildfire to Europe, Scandinavia, Japan, the U. S. and other countries with a budding hydrogen fueling infrastructure. Since then I’ve heard from Toby Guise, a consultant for the Riversimple Urban Car who has some information to […]
Continue ReadingTeams at Oxford and Cranfield universities in the United Kingdom have developed the Riversimple Urban Car, a two seat fuel cell vehicle that will be unveiled to the public in Great Britain on June 16. The vehicle runs on hydrogen aided by ultracapacitors and uses regenerative braking for recharging. The Riversimple Urban Car has a […]
Continue ReadingThe Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid has been unveiled at the UITP World Congress and Mobility & City Transport Exhibition in Vienna. The hydrogen powered Citaro buses have evidenced impressive performance during fleet tests. According to Daimler, the Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid uses the same hydrogen fuel cell technology as the Mercedes F-Cell B-Class car. Daimler […]
Continue ReadingA company called HandbookLive has just produced a video for General Motors and its Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell Vehicle. The video is unlike many others in that it not only features the fuel cell components but other features of the vehicle that make this more of a general consumer video than an early adopter video. […]
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