Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Hydrogen cars are featured including fuel cell vehicles and ICE autos including makes and models.
Hydrogen car manufacturers are coming out of their shells a bit and giving more test drives recently. Nissan Motors is offering up its X-Trail FCV every weekend over the next year at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan for those who wish to take it for a test drive. The test drives will serve to promote […]
Continue ReadingHonda has been using the concept of life cycle assessment (LCA) in order to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions throughout the life cycle of the car including the production of the vehicle. Part of the LCA concept includes producing bio-fabrics to be used for the interiors of the cars in order to reduce C02 emissions. […]
Continue ReadingOver the weekend, I posted a couple of articles about two Norwegian hydrogen cars, the Th!nk Nordic the Th!nk FC5. Today, Quantum Fuel Systems from Irvine, California has announced that they will be selling 15 Toyota Prius hydrogen hybrid vehicles to Miljobil Grenland AS, which is a participant in the HyNor (Norwegian Hydrogen Highway) project. […]
Continue ReadingDanish company Folkecenter has converted a Ford Focus 2-liter gasoline engine to run on hydrogen. The project received support from the Hydrogen Program of the Danish Energy Agency along with some other foreign laboratories. Unlike other hydrogen ICE engines, this particular car starts up using gasoline, then switches to hydrogen. This helps with a soft-start, […]
Continue ReadingJust what does constitute a hydrogen car, is a question I’ve been pondering lately. Most so-called hydrogen cars use either compressed or liquefied hydrogen in their tanks to power the vehicle. But, there are several other cars that are filled with natural gas, methane or even gasoline and use reformers to extract the hydrogen and […]
Continue ReadingYesterday, I mentioned ethanol as a good interim step to provide relief at the gas pumps from high oil prices now and in the near future with hydrogen technology being 5 years away. Another interesting scenario would be the ramping up of ethanol cars and infrastructure now as a natural transition to hydrogen cars at […]
Continue ReadingThe Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is making significant headway in hydrogen car technology. First, researchers at DTU have discovered a hydrogen tablet that stores hydrogen inexpensively and safely allowing drivers of hydrogen cars and vehicles to drive 400 miles using a normal-size fuel tank. According to the DTU researchers, the tablet is so safe […]
Continue ReadingA few days ago I posted a blog entry about DaimlerChrysler’s fuel cell police vehicle (supervisor’s car), which has rolled out in Michigan. Well, now I have been reminded that there is an actual hydrogen police car that has been making the rounds in the U. S. as well. A company called Hydrogen Vehicle Systems […]
Continue ReadingHydrogen reformers for automobiles may be just what the car doctor ordered for better gas mileage and cleaner air. Toyota featured this technology when they introduced their FCHV-5 SUV back in 2001. The FCHV-5 offered a CHF (clean hydrocarbon fuel) reformer. According to Toyota, “Seen as the next generation liquid fuel, CHF can be produced […]
Continue ReadingDaimlerChrysler has rolled out the world’s first fuel cell police vehicle at Wayne State University in Auburn Hills, Michigan. This is according to a PR Newswire story initiated by the Chrysler Group. The hydrogen car, a Mercedes F-Cell (pictured at this link), will be used as a police supervisor’s vehicle and is complete with police […]
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