Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Info about hydrogen planes, UAV and other aircraft.
In an increasingly competitive market for next-generation aircraft engine technology, ZeroAvia has announced its acquisition of Finnish firm HyPoint. Founded in 2015 and based in Helsinki, HyPoint develops ultra-lightweight hydrogen fuel cell stacks for drones and other light vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The company’s proprietary technology is also well suited to hybrid electric […]
Continue ReadingThe idea of using different fuel options for aircraft has long been discussed. I’ve talked about the merits of hydrogen-powered aircraft in the past. This is a topic that has become increasingly important to the environmental debate, though, given the impact aviation has on our use of fuel resources. Therefore, the news that ZeroAvia is […]
Continue Readingby guest blogger Stan Thompson The world may little note nor long remember the routine June 8, 2020, press release by Germany’s venerable Thyssenkrupp industrial giant. But to me it is a transition marker that’s profound in the same way that the tiny band of iridium and ash around the world marks the cretaceous-tertiary boundary […]
Continue ReadingHydrogen usage in various forms of aviation has become a major focus in recent years. It’s seen as a crucial part of the next phase which can allow us to fly aircraft without the massive fuel expenditure that they come with today. One current discussion revolves around the use of hydrogen fuel cells in VTOL […]
Continue Readingby guest blogger Stan Thompson (a version of this blog first appeared in my Mooresville Tribune column) Still hanging in the air is the sensationalism smoke (“Oh, the humanity!”) from the 1937 Hindenburg myth. It’s polluted the true hydrogen story for about 80 years too long. Maybe it’s time to clear the air by whistling-up […]
Continue Readingby guest blogger, Stan Thompson Media covering the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week missed one of the biggest stories there. The new Hydrogen Council announced at the Forum included Alstom Transport, the Paris-based train builder that’s sold 40-50 hydrail trains to four German states. Last year the German Federal Ministry of Transport published an […]
Continue ReadingOn this Earth Day 2014, I thought it appropriate to talk about a fuel cell vehicle that observes the Earth. And that vehicle is the Stratobus, which is half-way between a satellite and a drone. The Stratobus concept, created by the Thales Group, is powered by solar and hydrogen fuel cell. Onboard water and an […]
Continue ReadingThe Boeing Phantom Eye is a large liquid hydrogen powered spy drone that took flight recently in California taking off and landing at Edwards Air Force Base near Bakersfield. The Phantom Eye has a wingspan larger than a 757 jetliner and can stay aloft for 4 days before refueling. The unmanned aerial vehicle is capable […]
Continue ReadingThe last time I had talked about the unveiling of the Boeing Phantom Eye was in July 2010. Since then the military has been very quite about the progress, until now. The Phantom Eye is a high-altitude long endurance (HALE) vehicle that can fly at 65,000 feet and stay aloft for 4 days carrying surveillance […]
Continue ReadingOkay, so this story isn’t as exciting as one about a new hydrogen car prototype or a hydrogen-powered airplane but it is significant nonetheless. DLR and Airbus have designed a hydrogen-powered nose wheel for a large aircraft for the purpose of taxiing around the Hamburg, Germany airport. The DLR A320 ATRA (Advanced Technology Research Aircraft) […]
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