Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Yesterday I talked about General Motors trying to mainstream the Chevy Equinox fuel cell vehicle by promoting it on the teen sitcom Ruby and the Rockits, which appears tonight. But the question that USA Today is asking is will GM’s Project Driveway, featuring the Equinox EFCEV survive at all? According to the online newspaper, GM […]
Continue ReadingThe Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (EFCEV) is going prime time tomorrow night on a new ABC Family TV sitcom called Ruby and the Rockits. The sitcom made its debut July 21, 2009 and is produced by former teen idol Shaun Cassidy. The show ironically is about another former teen idol and his niece, […]
Continue ReadingA couple of weeks ago I talked about New Mexico building a hydrogen power plant where solar and wind energy would be used to split water and the resulting hydrogen would be used to burn and turn a gas turbine, creating electricity. Now, a company called BlackLight Power (BLP) has signed a deal with Akridge […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked about Ronn Motors many times in the past including their Eco Scorpion super car and their H2GO hydrogen boosting system. I’ve also talked about how the H2GO system, if it works as billed, could be a game changer in the automotive industry. Ronn Motors and East Texas truck fleet owner, RJR Pipkin Company […]
Continue ReadingFlorida Atlantic University researchers are investigating the merits of developing underwater turbines along Florida’s Gulfstream to provide electricity for homes and generate hydrogen for cars. The Gulfstream for ships (similar in some ways to the jet stream for airplanes) help vessels move more quickly from the Caribbean, around Florida and into the upper-North Atlantic. Before […]
Continue ReadingGeorge W. Bush called Iran an “Axis of Evil”. And there is no doubt U. S relations with that country have been strained at best especially after the most recent questionable election. But, one of the positive qualities of researchers and scientists working within a global economy is that politics plays less of a role […]
Continue ReadingA few weeks back I talked about the ITM Power retrofitted Ford Focus completing the 2009 Eco Rally in the UK. A year ago I talked about the unveiling of the prototype ITM Power home hydrogen fueling station. Now, besides powering cars with zero emission hydrogen gas created from renewable resources such as wind and […]
Continue ReadingEETV conducted an OnPoint interview with Robert Rose, Executive Director of the US Fuel Cell Council (USFCC) concerning Congress reinstating the budget cuts to hydrogen cars and fuel cell research from the Department of Energy (DOE) budget earlier this year. Mr. Rose comments on Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s assertion that hydrogen cars are not a […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked before about how we need to reduce the amount of platinum used in fuel cells in order to bring down the price and make them more cost effective. I’ve also talked about researchers working on platinum-free fuel cells, especially if they can retain the power and longevity of fuel cells using platinum. Well, […]
Continue ReadingNow, this may sounds like something out of an old episode of Star Trek (the ones where William Shatner plays James T. Kirk), but Italian scientists today have discovered a way to create hydrogen using lasers and water. Researchers at Florence University have had success firing their laser beams at water to separate it into […]
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