Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Features hydrogen vehicles other than cars such as forklifts, motorcycles, bikes, buses and submarines.
Posted on September 2nd, 2012 By guest blogger, Stan Thompson According to Wikipedia, Willie Sutton claimed never to have said the words that elevated him in history from a habitual law-breaker to authorship of Sutton’s Law. Sutton was a notoriously successful bank robber—the original “Slick Willie.” His notoriety earned him a famous, though apocryphal, interview […]
Continue ReadingOkay, so I’ll admit that at first glance this one seems to be a little wacky. Who wants to power a rickshaw or velotaxi with fuel cells anyway? Apparently the, uh, Germans, do. In fact, those in the tourist trade who are tired of pedaling overweight tourists around town say they need a break. German […]
Continue ReadingBy guest blogger, Stan Thompson The Centre for Railway Research and Education at the University of Birmingham, UK, hosts this year’s International Hydrail Conference (IHC) on 3 and 4 July and the trend is clearly toward putting hydrogen on the main line. Hosting the Hydrail Conference in the UK was the idea of U. Birmingham […]
Continue ReadingRecently I had the pleasure of having an email conversation with Mathilde Perreux from MaHyTec about their invention of the world’s first hydrogen-powered riding lawnmower. Pictured is the riding lawnmower and right above the seat in the white enclosure is where the hydrogen tanks are contained. Here is our conversation: HydroKevin (HK): Why did your […]
Continue ReadingResearchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have created a “Wow” factor robotic device that runs on hydrogen. This device is being dubbed RoboJelly because it looks like a jellyfish and mimics its movements. The futuristic prototype is fueled by both hydrogen and oxygen which not only makes up water in the ocean but […]
Continue ReadingJapan’s Suzuki Motor Corporation and the UK’s Intelligent Energy have been collaborating for years on building demonstration fuel cell vehicles. Two of the most successful of the partnership’s products have been in creating fuel cell motorcycles and scooters namely the Suzuki Crosscage motorcycle and Suzuki Burgman fuel cell scooter. In 2005, the Suzuki Ionis hydrogen […]
Continue ReadingI first talked about the Hy-Alfa (at that time it was hyphenated) in August 2009. Back then it was something that was being worked on in India, but there were no guarantees that it would ever make it to the testing phase. Now, a fleet of HyAlfa (no hyphen) three-wheel vehicles have been rolled out […]
Continue ReadingThe Danish have done it again. They’ve identified a problem and solved it using high tech. At the low tech Holstebro Cemeteries there is a need for quiet machinery and transportation so that the staff can go about the gardening and beautification duties. So, in steps the EcoMotion Truck, which is fueled by liquid methanol […]
Continue ReadingIn February 2009, I had talked about how the New Holland NH2 fuel cell farm tractor won the gold medal in the SIMA Innovation Awards. The farm tractor easily pulled away from its combination, not only being the best in category but the only in category in regard to hydrogen fuel cell powered tractors. Well, […]
Continue ReadingBy guest blogger Stan Thompson It’s way too easy to miss really important events in the history of hydrogen railroading if they don’t contain the magic searchable word “hydrail”. I missed a huge one last month: the demonstration of Europe’s (and perhaps the world’s) first hydrail train—or maybe the first hydrolley—now planned for regular passenger […]
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