Category: Hydrogen Cars

The Fiat Phylla is a solar and hydrogen fuel cell powered city car made in Italy with unique design and styling. Presented at the Uniamo le energie in Turin, the Fiat Phylla (meaning “leaf”) was de-shrouded before an excited crowd. The Fiat Phylla prototype is so new and raw that the carmaker does not yet […]

A reader of this blog, Burt B. has sent in some concerns that water vapor from hydrogen cars may contribute to greenhouse gases. Burt B: “I saw the BMW Hydrogen 7 advertised on CNN this morning. It looks like the technology is maturing. I have questions about the water emissions. The water that is made […]

Presidents, princes, tycoons and actors are the latest recipients of the BMW Hydrogen 7 luxury car. April has been a very busy month for rolling out the BMW Hydrogen 7 as it has made its way to a couple of different continents and made it into the hands of a variety of notables. On April […]

The Peugeot Citreon H2Origin hydrogen fuel cell hybrid delivery van has been unveiled in the UK. The H2Origin is a joint collaboration between Peugeot and Intelligent Energy, a British company that makes fuel cells. So, that I don’t recreate the wheel here (or the fuel cell), I’ve already posted a more in-depth review of the […]

Robert G. in Pennsylvania sent in a whole list of enthusiastic questions about hydrogen cars and the building of the supporting infrastructure and I’ve answered several of the questions here. Robert said, “Every time I go to the pump and continually see the price of gas creep towards $4.00 a gallon I always have the […]

Yesterday, I received an email from Nick Turner who is associated with Pivotal Engineering, Ltd. in Christchurch, New Zealand. Pivotal Engineering has designed a water-cooled, 2-stroke engine that runs on compressed hydrogen gas. Nick talks about the new Pivotal Hydrogen Engine that his company has developed, “I recently discovered your site and have spend perhaps […]

Italian auto design firm and coachbuilder Pininfarina has unveiled its long awaited Sintesi fuel cell car prototype at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show. Pininfarina has been around since the 1930s building prototypes and some production vehicles for names like Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Fiat, Peugeot, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar and Maserati. The Pininfarina Sintesi features several Nuvera Quadrivium […]

Just days after Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Airlines drank jet-grade biofuel made from Brazilian babassu nuts and coconuts, the maverick CEO announced that his company was teaming up with automaker GM to provide hydrogen cars at airports to Upper Class passengers. Branson, an advocate for the world tourism and even the space tourism industry […]

Several people have emailed me recently who want to buy a hydrogen car now, so I thought I would do a post on why we must wait a bit for this to happen. Bryan S. sent in this question regarding buying a hydrogen car, “Why is it these automakers will only ‘lease’ these hydrogen cars […]