Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Features hydrogen vehicles other than cars such as forklifts, motorcycles, bikes, buses and submarines.
Toro, the maker of tough turf and lawn care vehicles has teamed with Nuvera Fuel Cells to turn a test vehicle into one that runs on hydrogen. Nuvera will supply the PowerFlow PFV-5 fuel cell system that will go into a Toro Workman utility vehicle. This green project is part of a contract with the […]
Continue ReadingHyFLEET: CUTE is a European project that is promoting hydrogen buses worldwide. Right now, there are 10 different cities in Europe, Asia and Australia running tests and demonstration projects of buses using either hydrogen fuel cells or internal combustion engines (ICE). The goal of HyFLEET: CUTE is to reduce CO2 emission and reduce dependency upon […]
Continue ReadingToday, the hydrogen fuel cell ECObus makes its debut in Scottsdale, Arizona at the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza. The first hydrogen fuel cell bus in Arizona, the ECObus is the result of a joint partnership between ECOtality and Arizona Public Service (APS) company. The statewide tour of this green public transportation vehicle is meant as […]
Continue ReadingLast week I blogged about a Dutch hydrogen ferryboat being built called the Fuel Cell Boat BV. Now, I wish to report that there are several other hydrogen ferryboats in the planning stages as well. Besides the Duffy hydrogen ferryboat prototype that was demonstrated in Newport Beach, California in 2003, there are plans to build […]
Continue ReadingIntelligent Energy and Suzuki Motors will combine forces to rollout a production hydrogen fuel cell motorcycle by the end of 2007. This is according to statements issued by both companies. The Intelligent Energy ENV was supposed to rollout in the later part of 2006, but complications have forced the company to partner up with a […]
Continue ReadingA consortium of Dutch companies, called Fuel Cell Boat BV has agree to build the first commercial hydrogen boat by the end of 2007. The hydrogen boat will be used in Amsterdam for transporting up to 100 passengers at a time. The Dutch fuel cell boat already has a group of waiting customers as 600 […]
Continue ReadingDaimlerChrysler has just rolled out its Mercedes-Benz F-Cell fire fighting vehicle in Sacramento, California to demonstrate the usefulness of a zero-emissions vehicle to aid in field operations. The fuel cell powered vehicle is equipped with sirens, lights and decals and will be operated by the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District and used as a supervisor’s automobile. […]
Continue ReadingBerlin, German is tearing down the wall of resistance to new technology by introducing four new hydrogen buses as part of an EU-sponsored HyFLEET:CUTE project. Hydrogen buses have been seen around Berlin since their introduction at the FIFA World Cup Soccer Tournament this past summer 2006 in the Green Goal project. Under the HyFLEET:CUTE project, […]
Continue ReadingIn July 2006, Ford went into production of a fleet of 20 hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine (ICE) shuttle buses. The first eight hydrogen shuttle buses, which hold 12 passengers apiece, went to the state of Florida. Now, Canada has received its first three of 10 hydrogen shuttle buses to be delivered. Canada’s Parliament (Senate of […]
Continue ReadingAlchemy Enterprises, Limited of Scottsdale, Arizona is coming out with a bus that will run on hydrogen-on-demand. Backed by a $12.5 million placement from Brookstreet Securities of Irvine, California, Alchemy is acquiring a hydrogen bus from Hydrogenics Corporation of Ontario, Canada and refitting it with their own Hydratus system. The Hydratus system does not use […]
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