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Hydrogen Town and Hydrogen Office Projects Launch

January 25, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off | Filed in: Hydrogen Economy.

While the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt and other BEVs and PHEVs are grabbing all the headlines and getting all the glory hydrogen is quietly making headway around the globe. For instance, in Japan, a country that already has a hydrogen highway program already in place and is expanding this rapidly they have just launched • Read More »

McKinsey and Company Says FCVs Are Viable

November 10, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Infrastructure.

The consultancy firm McKinsey and Company, sponsored by a group of large automakers and energy companies conducted a study and found that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are viable and needed technology in the field of alternative cars. To be fair, the study also says that Battery Electric Vehicles (BAVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles (PHEVs) also • Read More »

FedEx Freight to Test Hydrogen Hybrid Tyrano Truck

November 19, 2009 | By | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Trucks, Hydrogen Vehicles.

I’ve talked a few times before about the Vision Industries Tyrano Truck that is a combination of a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle and a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (HFCV-PHEV). A month ago I talked about how the hydrogen powered Tyrano was making a public appearance before California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in Sacramento. Well, now there • Read More »

Vision Tyrano Truck Auditions for Governor Schwarzenegger Today

October 20, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off | Filed in: Hydrogen Trucks, Hydrogen Vehicles.

Vision Industries, makers of the Tyrano hydrogen fuel cell plug-in hybrid electric semi truck, have been invited by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to show off their latest creation on the east steps of the Capitol building in Sacramento at 11:30 am today. I had first talked about the Vision Tyrano hydrogen PHEV Class A heavy • Read More »

Crown Prince Drives in Norway Viking Rally

May 13, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars, Hydrogen Highways.

Yesterday I talked about how the Norway Hynor project was officially underway and open for business. As part of the celebration Crown Prince Haakon drove one of the cars to start off the Norway Viking Rally showcasing electric cars, plug-in vehicles and especially hydrogen cars. The rally’s route included a scenic southern drive from Oslo • Read More »

Obama and Hydrogen Don’t Mix According to Bloomberg

April 27, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off | 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 »

EcoCar NeXt Challenge Starts 3-Year Competition

February 5, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off | Filed in: Competition.

The EcoCar: The NeXt Challenge is a 3-year competition among the advanced vehicle engineering departments of 17 different colleges nationwide. The parties putting on this competition include the U. S. DOE, General Motors and the Argonne National Laboratory. The point is to take a GM Saturn Vue vehicle and design and build an advance zero • Read More »

Burbank Plug-In Hybrid Fuel Cell Bus Coming Soon

December 30, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses, Hydrogen Vehicles.

The city of Burbank, California has decided to throw its hat in the ring and become the latest city to test a hydrogen fuel cell transit bus. What makes this bus unique however that it is also a PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle). Some have argued that putting PHEV batteries, fuel cell and hydrogen tanks • Read More »

Will the Auto Bailout Affect Hydrogen Development?

December 9, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off | Filed in: News.

With the Big 3 auto bailout impending as early as sometime this week, one has to wonder if the individual GM, Ford and Chrysler hydrogen car programs will be affected? Of course, right now whatever moves the three automakers make in regard to restructuring, reorganizing and getting into the black is just speculation. General Motors • Read More »

CARB Officially Chooses Plug-Ins Over Hydrogen and EVs

March 28, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off | Filed in: Political Issues.

In December 2007, I had talked about how the biggest threat to both hydrogen cars AND all-electric cars would be the plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Two days ago, I talked about how the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the same entity that killed the electric car, (according to the movie), would likely choose to kill • Read More »