Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Features hydrogen vehicles other than cars such as forklifts, motorcycles, bikes, buses and submarines.
Two days ago I talked about jetpacks so today I thought I would speak a bit about rocket science in outer space. According to FlightGlobal, NASA is close to announcing the testing of their hydrogen-powered plasma fueled VASIMR engine on the International Space Station (ISS). The next step will be a scale model test of […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked about hydrogen peroxide as a possible clean, green fuel for future cars and other vehicles in the past. Hydrogen peroxide can be used in planes, trains, automobiles and everything in-between. I’ve also mentioned that hydrogen peroxide is being used in jetpacks and rocket packs as a high intensity fuel where the only bi-product […]
Continue ReadingResearchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Berlin, Germany have developed an unmanned mini-helicopter powered by fuel cell. Stumbling blocks in the past to developing mini-choppers has been the weight of the fuel cell stacks. In collaboration with the Technical University of Berlin, the researchers moved around this roadblock by using […]
Continue ReadingBritish fuel cell maker Intelligent Energy has been busy promoting black cabs and hydrogen motorcycles. The black cabs are part of a plan to roll out a line of fuel cell vehicles in time for the 2012 Olympics in London. Partnering with TRW, London Taxis International and Lotus, Intelligent Energy is following in the footsteps […]
Continue ReadingHydrogen fuel cell maker UTC Power has reached a couple of milestones in powering both bus drivers and astronauts. UTC Power has just sold the largest procurement of fuel cells to bus operator AC Transit of Oakland, California. AC Transit, who currently operates three hydrogen hybrid buses in the Northern California area has agree to […]
Continue ReadingSeparate efforts by separate agencies in a variety of countries to put hydrogen fuel cell buses on the road have lead to the Fuel Cell Bus Club. Including 33 hydrogen buses in all, the Fuel Cell Bus Club is comprised of the ECTOS, STEP and CUTE agencies. ECTOS out of Reykjavík, Iceland stands for Ecological […]
Continue ReadingI received a press release a few days ago saying that the BMW Hydrogen 7 luxury car had been tested by the DOE (Department of Energy) Argonne National Laboratory and the results were that the vehicle actually cleans the ambient air surrounding it. Now, one would think that the proclamation that the 12-cylinder BMW Hydrogen […]
Continue ReadingBoeing has just shown off the world’s first manned hydrogen fuel cell airplane to fly. Like modern day Wright Brothers, the aeronautics giant has gone where no man has gone before. Using both lithium-ion battery pack and PEM hydrogen fuel cell developed with the oversight of Boeing Research & Technology Europe (BR&TE), this two-seat Dimona motor-glider with […]
Continue ReadingIn January 2008, I had talked about how the hydrogen fuel cell Puma unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had set a world record by staying aloft for 7 hours. Last week the AeroVironment Puma has set another world record by flying for a full 9 hours. The Puma is powered by a Protonex Pulse UAV fuel […]
Continue ReadingSomeone at the Canadian company Bombardier Recreational Products was thinking way outside the box when they created this futuristic Embrio Advanced Concept one-wheel motorcycle. This unicycle-on-steroids concept is powered by hydrogen fuel cell and gives a glimpse of what the future of transportation may look like in the year 2025. The Embrio Advanced Concept oddly enough […]
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