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Obama and Hydrogen Don’t Mix According to Bloomberg

April 27, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Obama and Hydrogen Don’t Mix According to Bloomberg | Filed in: Political Issues.

Bloomberg.com is reporting that President Obama has turned a cold shoulder to hydrogen cars in favor of plug-in electric vehicles (PHEVs). According to Bloomberg, Honda is also concerned of this shift from the Bush regime who favored hydrogen to the Obama team who favors PHEVs and battery electric vehicles (BAVs). But how does Bloomberg make • Read More »

President Obama Mentions Hydrogen Cars in Pomona, CA

March 20, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on President Obama Mentions Hydrogen Cars in Pomona, CA | Filed in: Political Issues.

In case you missed it, President Obama was in Southern California yesterday, first at the Southern California Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center in Pomona and then on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Burbank. While at the electric car center in Pomona, President Obama said it was good to get out of Washington to • Read More »

Hydrogen Needs to Be on President Obama’s To-Do List

January 29, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Needs to Be on President Obama’s To-Do List | Filed in: Infrastructure.

Now, I don’t generally comment on the opinions of what other people write in other online newspapers and magazines, but there is a piece in the Hartford Courant that merits some discussion. The article “A Letter to President Obama: A Technological To-Do List” talks about technology in general and hydrogen in specific. The article mainly • Read More »

Obama, McCain the Talk at Hydrogen Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition

September 30, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Obama, McCain the Talk at Hydrogen Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition | Filed in: Fuel Cells.

Supporters of both Barack Obama and John McCain will go toe-to-toe, mano-e-mano over hydrogen fuel cells at the 32nd Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition (FCS&E) in Phoenix, Arizona October 27th through the 30th. Just one week before the November 4 Presidential election supporters of Obama and McCain will be talking fuel cells and alternative energy • Read More »

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain on Hydrogen

March 14, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain on Hydrogen | Filed in: Political Issues.

As the 2008 Presidential election is just a little over half a year away, I thought I would do a little investigation into the proposed energy policies of all three current candidates. In particular, I wanted to know where Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain stand on the future of hydrogen technology. President Bush • Read More »

MEXUSACA: freight hydrail rising?

March 26, 2021 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on MEXUSACA: freight hydrail rising? | Filed in: Hydrail, Hydrogen Fuel, Hyrail, News, Political Issues.

Canadian Pacific’s southern merger puts zero-carb freight in easy reach by guest blogger Stan Thompson Canadian Pacific Railway has throttled-up the transition to zero-carbon freight movement by two big notches recently. Last December, 2020, CPR announced “that it plans to develop North America’s first line-haul hydrogen-powered locomotive.”   Then in March, 2021, they announced a combination with • Read More »

First presentation ride aboard Alstom’s German hydrail train

April 15, 2018 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on First presentation ride aboard Alstom’s German hydrail train | Filed in: Fuel Cells, History, Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Infrastructure, News.

by guest blogger Stan Thompson A major milestone in railway history was passed on April 13, 2018, when Alstom Transport’s Coradia iLint hydrail [hydrogen fuel cell rail] train made a “presentation ride” from Wiesbaden to Frankfurt, in the federal state of Hesse, Germany. From my point of view it was a bittersweet occasion for two • Read More »

Volkswagen-Audi Cooperation with China benefits Hydrogen Economy & Fuel Cell Future

June 10, 2017 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Volkswagen-Audi Cooperation with China benefits Hydrogen Economy & Fuel Cell Future | Filed in: History.

“We need to bring sustainable energy to every corner of the globe with technologies like solar energy mini-grids, solar powered lights, and wind turbines.”       Ban Ki-moon, former United Nations Secretary General Free energy from sun and wind was the topic of two previous articles, a minor detour from the actual theme. Nevertheless, sustainable energy is • Read More »

Fuel Cell Cars

August 7, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | No Comments | Filed in: .

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars Hydrogen fuel cell cars are quite simply the future of the automotive industry. These vehicles are electric vehicles that use a hydrogen fuel cell for power instead of a battery pack. Most of the major automobile manufacturers today have one or more hydrogen fuel cell cars in their lineup of prototypes. • Read More »