Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
In anticipation of Earth Day (Happy Earth Day, Folks!), this past weekend I decided geek out and visit four public hydrogen fueling stations in the greater Los Angeles area that I haven’t been to before. Two of the hydrogen fueling stations I’ve already visited in the SoCal region include one in Irvine, CA and one […]
Continue ReadingAccording to Reuters news organization, Japan will most likely miss its target of building 100 hydrogen fueling stations by March 2016. According to the report, “Japan looks set to miss its ambitious target of having around 100 hydrogen fuelling stations for fuel-cell cars in operation by March 2016, with just 76 approved after the deadline […]
Continue ReadingResearchers at Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran, Iran are experimenting with a “chemical car” that runs on a hydrogen liquid chemical carrier. According to MehrNews.com, “In order to solve the energy crisis in the future, some of the researchers of Amirkabir University of Technology produced chemical cars with environmentally friendly fuel … “…He added […]
Continue ReadingDo you come from a land down under? Where women glow and men plunder? If so, then you’re in for a treat as the first mass produced hydrogen car, a Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell was unveiled in Australia this week. In addition, Australia opened its first and only hydrogen fueling station at the Macquarie Park […]
Continue ReadingSo which is cooler, hydrogen cars or driverless cars? And why can’t we have both? That’s what Mercedes-Benz is saying with their autonomous f 015 fuel cell vehicle. Reddit user SFChillin spotted the car cruising the streets of San Francisco a couple of weekends ago. 7X7.com picked up on the story, “On Thursday morning, a […]
Continue ReadingIn Hamburg, Germany Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH opened its first CEP approved hydrogen fueling station. The technology for the H2Station was created by H2 Logic. According to H2 Logic, “The fueling station is the first in Germany to obtain a 2014 approval from the Public-Private Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) after extensive third party acceptance and […]
Continue ReadingWhile Honda has been showing off its FCV Concept for the past couple of years, this is the first time the hydrogen vehicle has shown itself in Europe via the Geneva Auto Show. Scheduled to be rolled out for public consumption in March 2016, the first production vehicles will hit the showrooms of Japan followed […]
Continue ReadingSo, is the nanoFlowcell QUANTiNO a hydrogen fuel cell car or not? This may be a tough call. The vehicle doesn’t use a traditional hydrogen fuel cell with compressed H2 gas and oxygen from the air flowing over the polymer exchange membrane (PEM). Instead the nanoFlowcell uses an ionic liquid catalyst in two 175-liter tanks […]
Continue ReadingIt’s true that the Hyundai ix35 Tucson Fuel Cell Vehicle has won several awards such as Ward’s 10 Best Engines. But there are also a couple of consumer critics who need to be listened to as well. Ultimately it is the consumers who decide the fate of the hydrogen cars and not those giving the […]
Continue ReadingThe French say “in your face” when it comes to introducing fuel cells to the Japanese market. Last month I had talked about 5 plug-in hybrid fuel cell Renault Kangoo ZE vehicles with Symbio FCell Range-Extenders rolling out in France. This month, 3 French fuel cell companies, McPhy, PaxiTech and Atawey (which a way?) will […]
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