Category: Hydrogen Cars

In a surprise announcement, Chairman of Daimler AG Dieter Zetsche said that Mercedes will introduce a production hydrogen fuel cell car into showrooms as early as 2014. On January 10, 2011 I had talked about how the Mercedes B-Class F-Cell (several of them) had started a world tour to prove the durability and production-readiness of […]

Swiss specialty carmakers GreenGT is building its LMP H2 Prototype high performance racecar to zoom around the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans. The GreenGT LMP H2 will be powered by hydrogen gas plus a 300 Kw fuel cell. The hydrogen racecar will start with the LMP chassis and carry 12 liters of compressed hydrogen […]

Because so much is riding on your tires, Michelin, the tire company has decided to develop a fuel cell. That’s right, a tire company developing a hydrogen fuel cell which will go inside a FAM F-City car in France. This will be the first fuel cell vehicle in France to win certification to drive on […]

Over this past weekend the Audi Q5 Hybrid Fuel Cell (HFC) was unveiled at the Michelin Challenge Bibendum in Berlin, Germany. The Audi Q5 FCV contains two 10,000 psi compressed hydrogen tanks for extended driving range. The PEM fuel cell is rated at 98 kw and the Q5 Fuel Cell uses two 90 kw electric […]

As the Obama Administration keeps trying to give body blows to the emerging hydrogen car market, yet another automobile company is stepping forward with their intentions of producing an H2 fuel cell vehicle (FCV) within the next few years, and this one also happens to be a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) as well. Chinese […]

On January 10, 2011 I had talked about the F-Cell World Drive circling the globe in 125 days. The purpose of this 4 continent tour (Europe, America, Australia and Asia) was to show off the capabilities of the Mercedes B-Class F-Cell automobile plus discover interesting green subjects that need reporting along the way. According to […]

In October 2007, I had talked about the hydrogen-powered microcabs that were being developed by the University of Coventry and driven around the Birmingham area. Here is an update on what is happening with the fuel cell microcabs. “In another first, Coventry-based hydrogen vehicle manufacturer Microcab is set to unveil its new next-generation hybrid car, […]

Right now there are several radio controlled (RC) hydrogen powered cars on the market. Three of them are the HCell 20, the H2Go and the H-Cell RC. But, there is another hydrogen fuel cell RC that I would like to talk about that has just been developed and is a little unique. First of all, […]

I’ve talked about Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies Ltd. (APFCT) before. In August 2010 I had talked about how APFCT was producing 10 hydrogen microcars and 10 fuel cell scooters. Then in January 2011, I had talked about how the first swappable hydrogen canister station had been setup at the National Tsing-Hua University in Taiwan. […]

The Hyundai Blue2 fuel cell electric vehicle was unveiled for future drivers recently at the Seoul Motor Show in South Korea. The concept vehicle uses a 90 Kw fuel cell to deliver not only significant power but an 82 mpge fuel efficiency rating. The Hyundai Blue2 is a significant upgrade from their current lineup including […]