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A Coke Some Hydrogen Forklifts and a Smile

January 14, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts.

Coca-Cola Incorporated has purchased, received and are using 37 Plug Power GenDrive fuel cell powered Caterpillar lift trucks at their 250,000 square foot facility in San Leandro, California. This is their second such commercial order. The first was at the Charlotte, NC production center in 2009 where they purchased 40 such vehicles. To add to • Read More »

FedEx Switches to Hydrogen Forklifts

November 1, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on FedEx Switches to Hydrogen Forklifts | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts.

Companies are getting wise to the merits of using hydrogen forklifts and palette trucks for cleaning up the indoor air quality of large warehouse facilities. And, hydrogen forklifts are not something I’ve been shy in talking about. I’ve made 15 posts about hydrogen forklifts in the last 10 months. I’ve also talked about FedEx testing • Read More »

Are Fuel Cell Forklifts the First Commercial Hydrogen Vehicles?

May 3, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Are Fuel Cell Forklifts the First Commercial Hydrogen Vehicles? | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts, Hydrogen Vehicles.

Are the first commercial vehicles actually hydrogen powered forklifts and lift palette trucks? And are the first commercial H2 fueling stations the hydrogen stations that power these vehicles? If you’ve followed this blog at all, you know that I’ve talked about hydrogen fuel cell powered forklifts for large warehouses for the past 4 years now. • Read More »

Walmart Using Hydrogen Fuel Cell Forklifts in Western Canada

February 18, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts.

With the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics in full swing and hydrogen fuel cell buses and Chevy Equinox FCVs carrying people to and fro plus the British Columbia Hydrogen Highway system in full use, there has been another development for Western Canada. In October 2007, I had talked about how the world’s largest retailer, Walmart was • Read More »

Linde Hydrogen Fuel Cell Forklifts Put on Active Duty

February 5, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts.

There has been a lot of development and commercialization of hydrogen fuel cell forklifts over the past couple of years. I’ve talked about FCV forklifts in the U. S. food industry, including Coca-Cola and FCV forklifts for Walmart. Outside the U. S. I’ve talked about fuel cell forklifts in Scandinavia and Germany. This past summer • Read More »

Coca-Cola Buys 40 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Forklifts

October 1, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Coca-Cola Buys 40 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Forklifts | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts, Hydrogen Vehicles.

I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony, that Coca-Cola in Charlotte, NC is buying fuel cell forklifts for the company. Okay, so this isn’t perfect prose and if sung it will be a bit out of rhythm, but the point is that the world’s most popular cola company has decided to • Read More »

Hydrogen Forklifts Forking Over Clean Energy to Food Retailers

August 18, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Forklifts Forking Over Clean Energy to Food Retailers | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts, Hydrogen Vehicles.

Last Friday I had talked about the building of a hydrogen corridor from West Virginia to Pittsburgh, PA. What I had neglected to mention, however is that at the Yeager Airport in Charleston, WV one of the test vehicles will be a hydrogen powered forklift. Now, many might not find the idea of hydrogen forklifts • Read More »

Exciting times – Hydrogen and Fuel Cell History

November 17, 2016 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Exciting times – Hydrogen and Fuel Cell History | Filed in: History.

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell History Having just passed the second National Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Day, we will probe the history and heritage of both in a series of articles.   Exciting times. People around the world read all the newest information on Kevin Kantola’s extraordinary website. The second, electrifying transportation rEVolution since the Model • Read More »

Plug Power Pulls the Plug on 22 Employees Just Before Christmas

December 19, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Plug Power Pulls the Plug on 22 Employees Just Before Christmas | Filed in: Fuel Cells.

Plug Power, one of the leading fuel cell makers for warehouse lift trucks and airport tow vehicles is cutting 22 jobs (out of 120 employees) this holiday season. Now, you would think that a do-good green company would have a heart and make such a move after the holidays were over. To be a bit • Read More »