Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
On January 30, 2014 I had talked about Air Products introducing its SmartFuel® hydrogen high pressure tube trailers. Now, across The Pond, I would like to talk about another company, Chesterfield Special Cylinders (CSC) introducing their hydrogen high pressure tube trailer. The Chesterfield tube trailers will be used to refuel hydrogen fueling stations in London. […]
Continue ReadingOn this Earth Day 2014, I thought it appropriate to talk about a fuel cell vehicle that observes the Earth. And that vehicle is the Stratobus, which is half-way between a satellite and a drone. The Stratobus concept, created by the Thales Group, is powered by solar and hydrogen fuel cell. Onboard water and an […]
Continue ReadingOn this past Tuesday, April 15, 2014 I had talked about how the delivery of Hyundai ix35 Tucson Fuel Cell SUV’s to Southern California dealerships had been delayed. I also talked about how one major insurance company was onboard for insuring drivers of this leading edge technology. Now I want to talk about some other […]
Continue ReadingThe rollout of the 2015 Hyundai ix35 Tucson Fuel Cell SUV in the U. S. has been delayed until late May 2014 and this will give the manufacturer extra times to find additional insurance carriers for their vehicle. At this moment, however, State Farm Insurance is the first carrier that has agreed to issue policies […]
Continue ReadingBy 2015, 50 hydrogen fueling stations have been confirmed for Germany for both the metropolitan areas and major roadways. Compare this to California which right now, has 9 public hydrogen fueling stations open and 19 in development. In addition, California intends to have 100 hydrogen fueling stations open by 2023. But, Germany has clearly taken […]
Continue ReadingStudents at Cranfield University (just north of London, UK) will be converting a new Radical RXC racecar to run on hydrogen fuel. At the end of the project the hydrogen powered prototype will run laps to prove the modifications have worked. According to Cranfield University, “The project has been designed in anticipation of a hydrogen […]
Continue ReadingThe rise of fuel cell vehicles has not started with the car market as many had predicted. The number of hydrogen powered forklifts has surged in the marketplace over the past 3 years. And now, Plug Power wants to put their fuel cells into a couple other types of vehicles as well. According to Bloomberg, […]
Continue ReadingDOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is helping to build out the burgeoning hydrogen car infrastructure. Yesterday I talked about the DOE (Department of Energy) and how their PNNL division was helping with similar efforts. But the NREL is taking a different angle at the issues. According to the NREL, “NREL hydrogen researchers are working […]
Continue ReadingH2USA is a public-private partnership pulled together to build and promote the hydrogen fueling infrastructure needed to roll out fuel cell vehicles over the next few years. And now the PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) has joined the DOE (Department of Energy) consortium to help in this effort. The last time I had talked about […]
Continue ReadingMixed reactant fuel cells may be the future according to Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd. Two advantages of this type of fuel cell are no expensive platinum will be used and there will be no membranes to foul. According to CNN, “A version of Mantra’s ‘Mixed-Reactant Fuel Cell’ will be designed specifically for integration into vehicles […]
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