Category: Hydrogen Cars

Open source hydrogen car maker, Riversimple is now designing its vehicle with the help cloud computing. The software of choice is Cadonix, a state-of-the-art cloud-based CAD app for the automotive industry. According to Electronics Weekly, “The firm is developing a two-seater local network electric car, powered by hydrogen fuel cells and with a body made […]

On October 3, the Wall Street Journal ran an article titled, “Daimler, Renault Chiefs Knock Hydrogen Cars” which isn’t exactly true, especially the Daimler part. Chief executive of Daimler AG Dieter Zetsche, said that he is concerned about the rollout of the hydrogen fueling infrastructure to support the cars and that all of the major […]

Two new Toyota Fuel Cell Vehicles have been spied in different parts of California this week. The first report was by Mike Magrath, a Features Editor at Edmunds.com. Mr. Magrath tweeted two spy shots he took of the FCV in Southern California as he was needing help in identifying the vehicle. Soon after Twitter lit […]

One may think that a German automaker that has hydrogen fueling stations popping up all around the hillsides of Germany may be bullish on fuel cell vehicles at least in that country. But, this is not the case with Volkswagen. In fact, VW is predicting that fuel cell vehicles will only be big in Japan. […]

Drivers Marius Bornstein and Arnt-Gøran Hartvig (pictured left to right) hopped inside of a Hyundai ix35 Tucson Fuel Cell and drove it 1481 miles in 24 hours – try to do that, battery electric vehicle fans. The entire trip took place inside of Germany between Hamburg and capital city, Berlin. According to the email I received, “The […]

There is a rumor floating around now that BMW may have a commercial fuel cell vehicle for sale as early as 2016. In addition, BMW will have Toyota to thank for its fuel cell technology. According to Ecomento.com, “Speaking to Craig Scott, Toyota’s National Manager Advanced Technology Vehicles, the Australia magazine learnt that BMW will […]

At the recent J. P. Morgan Auto Conference in New York City, Toyota’s Bob Carter, Senior Vice President of Automotive Operations gave a speech highlighting the future of hydrogen cars. Carter calls hydrogen fuel cell cars the NEXT BIG THING in automotive technology. And Toyota’s newest fuel cell vehicle, speculated to be called the Mirai, […]

While it is still just rumor and speculation, the Toyota Mirai may be the name of the company’s first production fuel cell car available to the buying public. Mirai means “future” and is a leap forward from Prius which means “to go before.” According to Bloomberg, “Toyota Motor Corp. is planning to name its $69,000 […]

According to Hyundai they have set a record for the driving range for mass-produced fuel cell vehicles. Recently a Hyundai ix35 FCEV traveled 700 kilometers (435 miles) on one tank of hydrogen through three countries in northern Europe. According to News24.com, “”The ix35 Fuel Cell, claimed to be the world’s first mass-production fuel-cell electric vehicle […]

Toyota says it will consider selling the major components of its fuel cell systems to midsize automakers that don’t have the R&D budget to build the components from the ground up. The reason for this is two-fold. If there are more fuel cell vehicles being sold it will be easier for governments and other agencies […]