Category: Hydrogen Cars

On Friday, Toyota announced that it will begin leasing its FCHV-adv to Japan’s Ministry of the Environment plus a few other government entities. In early June, Toyota had announced that it had acquired certification from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to put this new, advanced vehicle on the road. Toyota has been working […]

Tatra, a Czechoslovakian company, is the third oldest vehicle manufacturer in the world behind Daimler / Mercedes-Benz and Peugeot. Not to be confused with the ultra cheap Tata Motors from India, Tatra has come out with a new design concept (as in not yet a prototype) of a fuel cell vehicle called the 903 Fuel […]

The Hydrogen Road Tour ’08 that I’ve been talking about over the past few weeks finished with style in Los Angeles this past Saturday. The procession of mostly fuel cell cars (except for the Hydrogen Beamer with ICE) pulled up to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (host to two past Olympiads) around 12:30 pm to […]

I first talked about Formula Zero racing two year ago almost to the day. Formula Zero is a hydrogen fuel cell go-cart style racing venue initiated by Dutch designers, Godert van Hardenbroek and Eelco Rietveld. Today starts off the first day of the 2008 Formula Zero Championship also called the World Premiere Rotterdam FZ-GP. The […]

There are some spy shots that have been floating around recently about the Toyota Mark X Zio Hydrogen making its serendipitous U. S. debut in California. The Toyota Mark X Zio Hydrogen was playing a game of “I Spy” in Death Valley recently when these photos were taken apparently doing hot weather testing of its […]

A couple of weeks ago I jumped the gun and talked about the Hydrogen Road Tour 2008 coming to 31 cities across the U. S. After this announcement, the details were taken down from the website for a week or so and then a new and improved website was unveiled. The U. S. Department of […]

The eco exotic Scorpion supercar from Ronn Motors in Horseshoe Bay, Texas has received the duPont REGISTRY “Publishers Choice” award. The duPont REGISTRY is a premiere luxury marketplace for cars, homes and boats, catering mostly to the rich and famous. According to founder and publisher Tom duPont, “When deciding on the ‘Publisher’s Choice’ vehicle, we […]

Ron Yerxa and wife, Annette Ballester are the first drivers to get the keys for the long-awaited Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle. The California couple took delivery of their lease vehicle from Sales Manager Dan Rowand of Honda of Santa Monica on Friday, July 25, 2008. Up to 200 customers over the next three […]

The U. S. Postal Service and General Motors’ Project Driveway are teaming up to test the Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell vehicle in Irvine, California and Washington DC. Now, if you’ve read this blog for even a short time you’ll realize that I live a relatively short distance from Irvine. In fact, I’ve taken photos of […]

Since I had talked about timelines yesterday for rolling out hydrogen cars and how the critics want to drag this process out for decades, I thought I would follow up today with a short timeline from a hydrogen advocate. According to Dr. Gerald Groenewold, the Director of EERC (Energy & Environmental Research Center) at the […]