Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Features hydrogen vehicles other than cars such as forklifts, motorcycles, bikes, buses and submarines.
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren wrote the famous song “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” but the city is making itself famous this time around by rolling out a CARTA hydrogen shuttle bus later this year. Currently Chattanooga is using several 22-foot, all-electric shuttle buses for transportation downtown and will spend nearly $1 million to retrofit one of […]
Continue ReadingAs the USA soccer team touched down in Berlin on Friday for the FIFA Soccer World Cup, the city was preparing to show off its second hydrogen bus. Project “Green Goal” aims to kick the greenhouse gas habit by using alternative energy methods and transportation. According to the Gulf Times, “The ‘Green Goal’ was launched […]
Continue ReadingA Dutch fuel cell boat, the Hydrogen Xperiance, will be making waves on June 23, 2006. The hydrogen boat will be introduced at the Frisian Nuon Solar Challenge boat race as a “chase” express boat for VIP’s. The hydrogen boat was created by Ecofys in collaboration with Ganita Shipyard. The Hydrogen Xperiance will travel the […]
Continue ReadingI don’t want a pickle. I just want to ride on my hydrogen motorcycle (with apologies to singer Arlo Guthrie). Well, last month I reported on Intelligent Energy’s ENV hydrogen motorcycle and since then I’ve become aware of several other hydrogen motorcycles and motor scooters that also need a mention. Aprilia, has unveiled a 3,000-watt […]
Continue ReadingEvery time I see a UPS truck now, I think of their motto, “What can Brown do for you?” I also think that they are perhaps the largest vendor to be testing hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. UPS has been testing hydrogen vehicles in the U. S. since early 2004. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contracted […]
Continue ReadingYesterday, President Bush held a press conference to throw out some ideas on how we can solve this nation’s short-term and long-term issues with high gasoline prices. This has gotten me to thinking (uh oh, there I go again) about the beginnings of the hydrogen revolution and how supply and demand of hydrogen will most […]
Continue ReadingA German hydrogen fuel cell submarine, built by Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft, set a world record recently with a dive lasting 2 weeks. The German U32, a U212-A class H2 sub was underwater from April 11 – 25, 2006 traveling from Eckernforerde, Germany to Rota, Spain. The U32 is a hydrogen hybrid vessel using fuel cells […]
Continue ReadingGeorgetown University in Washington DC, as part of their Advanced Vehicle Development program, has decided to show off its latest hydrogen bus with a road trip. The first stop on the trip is Northern Illinois University (NIU) in Dekalb, IL. The hydrogen bus will also visit NIU’s additional campuses in Rockford, IL and Naperville, IL. […]
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command at Fort Belvoir in Virginia has contracted with a company called Unitel to deliver a pilot plant that reforms hydrogen from JP-8 fuel. The hydrogen will be used for solid oxide fuel cell stacks to power mobile auxiliary power units on military vehicles on the battlefield providing “quiet power.” […]
Continue ReadingThe University of North Dakota (UND) is getting high on hydrogen and loving it. One of UND’s student organizations, the Society of Energy Alternatives based out the Mechanical Engineering Department has built a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle from the ground up with the fuel cell itself being donated by John Deere and built by Toronto-based […]
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