Category: Hydrogen Cars

By reading the Smart Fuel Cell (SFC) press release one would think that its hydrogen fuel cell range extender for a battery electric vehicle plus combined heat and power (CHP) technology is earth shattering news. But, it’s only mildly newsworthy and I’ll tell you why. SFC has joined forces with EFOY Pro fuel cells to […]

Over a month ago I had talked about using lasers and CDs for hydrogen storage for cars. Some people may have thought that this idea was perhaps a little far fetched or a little too futuristic. A few days ago I ran across an article that talks about high powered lasers that could one day […]

UTC Power has announced that their 5 kW fuel cell is being used inside a new BMW Series 1 Hybrid electric car. The unveiling this week was during the 25th anniversary BMW ZT celebration in Munich, Germany. UTC has been working on this fuel cell since 1999. According to UTC Vice President, Ken Stewart, “From […]

I get tired of the Chicken Little’s of the world or the advocates of other alternative fuel vehicles comparing hydrogen cars to the Hindenburg. The Hindenburg fallacy I’ve addressed on the website, blog and in numerous emails ad nauseam. Numerous manufacturers including GM and Honda have put their cars through extensive crash tests to make […]

Even through bankruptcy proceedings, General Motors did not abandon its fuel cell vehicle (FCV) program. And now that the overall company is back on track, more progress is being announced inside of Project Driveway. There was a hint of this as last week I received an email saying there would be a big Project Driveway […]

The Melbourne Taxi 2020 Concept was created by Damian Lucaciu, a student designer from the RMIT University, Australia. The project involved the computer design of a green alternative fuel vehicle that would help clean up the streets of Melbourne. The eco-friendly Taxi 2020 Concept was designed to be both green, (using hydrogen fuel cell, lithium […]

Next week at the Geneva Motor Show, the Hyundai Tucson ix35 hydrogen fuel cell vehicle is being shown off in anticipation of its limited rollout in 2012. And it is about time for an extreme makeover (Okay, perhaps just a moderate upgrade). The Hyundai Tucson FCEV was first introduced in 2004. The vehicle had a […]

The Mercedes Benz F 800 Concept vehicle is set to rollout at the Geneva Auto Show next month. Unlike some automakers who like to unveil “surprise” vehicles, Mercedes has chosen a different tactic and have tipped their hand way in advance as a way to drum up excitement before the show. The Mercedes Benz F […]

Proton Power Systems and Smith Electric Vehicles have teamed up to produce an electric car with fuel cell range extender. This terminology will most likely go over better with battery electric vehicle fans than the term hydrogen fuel cell hybrid vehicle. Most likely the term electric car with fuel cell range extender was chosen because […]

In August, 2008 I had talked about the California Fuel Cell Partnership or CaFCP Vision Plan for rolling out fuel cell vehicles in California. At that time the goal was to have 25,000 to 50,000 FCVs on the road by the 2015 to 2017 timeframe. Then in March 2009, I had talked about the CaFCP […]