Category: Hydrogen Cars

Suppose that your near future hydrogen car could be filled with diesel fuel, reformed into H2 then run through a fuel cell? Now, suppose you can fill up your car with biodiesel fuel and do the same. This is what the folks at Nordic Power Systems of Norway and SAFCell Incorporated of California are thinking, […]

It was only a matter of time until Daimler followed suit in the U. S. Worldwide Daimler has the largest fleet of hydrogen-powered vehicles and now some of those vehicles are coming to California. In December 2009, I had talked about how Daimler was going into serial production of 200 of its Mercedes B-Class F-Cell […]

On these pages, I’ve put photos and information about some pretty way out hydrogen fuel cell car design concepts. And, this is another one of those. This gives us a glimpse into what the future may look like in 2025 in regard to personal travel. According to designer Rizki Tarisa, “ELPH is a concept vehicle […]

I’ve just read a press release about how SFC Energy AG and Sortimo International GmbH are teaming up to create a mobile power device that contains both fuel cell and lithium batteries. From my read of this press release (and I may be wrong) it sounds like this device will be using hydrogen inside the […]

Students and faculty from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) won the 2010 Asia Shell EcoMarathon with a hydrogen fuel cell car. The car was able to attain approximately 1,400 miles per gallon equivalent to capture the $1,000 USD prize. I’ve talked about the Shell EcoMarathon several times in the past and have been to one […]

Previously, Hyundai has stated that they will beat the $50,000 price tag that Toyota has stated they will start selling their fuel cell vehicles for in 2015. Once again Hyundai has upped the ante with more specifics. According to a published report Hyundai now says they will start producing 500 FCVs as early as 2012. […]

Every once in a while I have a reader write in with a correction for the Hydrogen Cars Now website or blog. This is a healthy situation since it keeps the information on this site more up-to-date and accurate. One such person is Hal Wallace, Associate Curator of the Smithsonian Institution’s NMAH Electricity Collections Division. […]

Since 2006, I’ve been talking about the Formula Zero (zero emissions) racing events. Yesterday Ho-Pin Tung, a Formula 1 racecar driver unveiled the newest Formula One racing vehicle from the Netherlands Delft University of Technology called the “Greenchoice Forze”. The 2010 Formula Zero hydrogen racing championship is set to run on August 19, 2010 in […]

It’s no secret that there has been a long-time rift between the camps of battery electric vehicle (BEV) people and hydrogen car people. Many extremists in each camp have dug their heels in with a glaring disdain for the other technology. But, what if we were to blur the edges a bit between the two […]