Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Hydrogen cars are featured including fuel cell vehicles and ICE autos including makes and models.
On the island of Taiwan in the central city of Taichung, Feng Chia University opened its first renewable energy bio-hydrogen filling station. According to Taiwan Today, “At the opening of the new facility, the university presented its research achievements in using microbial technology to transform agricultural waste biomass into fuel for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. […]
Continue ReadingA Honda FCX Clarity, Opel HydroGen4, Mercedes B Class Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Toyota FCHV-adv and Hyundai ix35 FCEV were all tested recently at a racetrack 15 miles outside of Paris, France. All vehicles were fueled courtesy of industrial gas company Air Liquide. I had talked a few days ago about Air Liquide being high on […]
Continue ReadingA select group of UCLA carpoolers will get to drive a Toyota fuel cell vehicle for 3 months before handing over the vehicle to the next group of drivers. Toyota decided to team up with UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability to get real world feedback about driving their FCHV-adv fuel cell vehicle under […]
Continue ReadingNissan has created its 2011 fuel cell stack which they claim puts them one up on every other hydrogen car manufacturer in the game. In fact, Nissan is now saying they are ready for commercialization of their fuel cell vehicle and where the heck are all of the hydrogen fueling stations to support their SUV. […]
Continue ReadingThe Hyundai Tucson ix35 FCEV was selected by the European Commission via the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) as a hydrogen-powered demonstration vehicle to show off the car in real-world conditions. The EU parliament, policy makers and other high ranking officials are the lucky ones who will get to test drive the […]
Continue ReadingThe last time I had talked about the Riversimple Hyrban fuel cell city car it was in June of 2010. At that time the news was that the Riversimple FCV would be piloted in Leicester, UK. Leicester is also the site where up to 5,000 Hyrban cars are expected to be built. As an update […]
Continue ReadingIn the blink of an eye a hydrogen fuel cell car was put up for auction this past weekend and sold to the highest bidder for $3,650. Students at the University of Missouri on the Mizzou Hydrogen Car Team built a hydrogen car called the TigerGen I which participated as a demonstration vehicle in the […]
Continue ReadingCoventry University spin-off based in the United Kingdom, Microcab has developed a new hydrogen car called the H2EV. The chassis of the H2EV was created among Microcab, Delta motorsport and Lotus. In April 2011, I had talked about the Microcabs being developed by the University of Coventry in detail. Last week I had talked about […]
Continue ReadingTomorrow, September 13, 2011 Mercedes-Benz is supposed to introduce its newest hydrogen fuel cell concept car, the F125 at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany. Apparently, due to some leakage to the media we have some info about this car a day early. In the Spring of 2010, the Mercedes Benz B-Class F-Cell began […]
Continue ReadingIn Tokyo, Japan at the Narita Airport, several Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicles are starting to offer rides to passengers into various parts of Tokyo. Honda is teaming up with HySUT (a research association) and All Nippon Airways to give more exposure to this hydrogen car. According to Integrity Exports, “…the route from Narita […]
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