Category: Hydrogen Cars

Mingdao University in Taiwan has developed its fourth generation MHV4 hydrogen car. With the look of a golf cart, the MHV4 can accelerate with speeds up to 18 mph and has a range of 24 miles. The MHV4 runs off a 5 kw fuel cell battery-operated engine that is said to run off of water […]

The Hydrogen Electric Racing Federation was announced this week in Detroit, Michigan as the razzamatazz of the 2007 North American International Auto Show in the same city was hitting its peak. The Federation will be promoting a new racing event called the Hydrogen 500, featuring hydrogen electric fuel cell powered racecars. The first Hydrogen 500 […]

Ford Airstream Concept has made its debut at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. Besides the unique design, what makes this vehicle exceptional is that it is also a plug-in electric hybrid hydrogen fuel cell vehicle as well, another first for Ford. Ford realizes that this country needs a silver bullet […]

A couple of weeks ago I had blogged about several companies developing hydrogen-on-demand systems. These systems are meant to completely power one’s vehicle using hydrogen gas. But, there is another system that some manufacturers have developed using hydrogen to boost a normal engine’s performance, increase gas mileage and reduce emissions. One such company is GetHydroPower, […]

Yesterday, Google rolled out a beta version of its Advanced Patent Search application and the first thing I used it for, of course, was to do an exact search for “hydrogen car“. The third result on the page was for US Pat. 4085709 – Filed December 4, 1975, which was dubbed “UCLA Hydrogen Car”. This […]

Well, it’s the time of year for giving. So, if you’re into the hydrogen car scene what better gift to give or get than a toy or hobby hydrogen fuel cell car kit? There are a few on the market worth mentioning and one of them has even won Time Magazine’s Best Inventions 2006 award. […]

HyPower Fuel Incorporated has equipped a Volkswagen GTi with its newest hydrogen-on-demand system to power the vehicle using only distilled water as fuel. HyPower’s H2 Reactor (H2R) system uses electrolysis to efficiently create hydrogen and power the vehicle’s internal combustion engine (ICE). According to HyPower, its H2R system is 2 – 2.5 times more efficient […]

Nissan has made the announcement that it plans to launch its first production hydrogen fuel cell vehicle within the next 3 or so years. The launch will happen in Japan and North America first. Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga said at a press conference in Tokyo that the launch of the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles […]

On November 29, 2006 at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the Mazda Nagare concept vehicle was rolled out for waiting eyes. Mazda says their futuristic dream machine could be powered by hydrogen much like the Mazda RX-8 Renesis already uses its advanced rotary engine to run on either gasoline or compressed hydrogen. The four-seat Mazda […]

I had the privilege of driving the BMW Hydrogen 7 luxury automobile at the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show on November 30 during Press Days, when members of the media are invited to test the automakers’ latest offerings. Thanks to Andreas Klugescheid and Tom Korn from BMW for letting me take a couple of laps […]