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National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day 2017 – A Big Thank You!

October 8, 2017 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day 2017 – A Big Thank You! | Filed in: News, Uncategorized.

October 8th is National Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Day every year now since the 114th U. S. Congress made a unanimous declaration pushing this day into existence on September 28, 2015. My website went live in late 2005 and I published my first blog post about hydrogen and fuel cells on April 05, 2006. In • Read More »

1st Interstate Hydrogen Highway in USA Inaugurated by Maiden Voyage

September 13, 2017 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on 1st Interstate Hydrogen Highway in USA Inaugurated by Maiden Voyage | Filed in: Hydrogen Highways, Uncategorized.

Well, slap me silly and call me Sally (and never, ever call me Shirley), the long-shot fuel cell caravan inaugurating the 1st Interstate Hydrogen Highway in the USA came to fruition on Monday, September 11, 2017. With a lot of guts, determination and planning Michael P. Henning, Mike Strizki and Jed Dole (pictured top, left • Read More »

Toyota Fuel Cell Big Rig Truck Concept

August 28, 2017 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Toyota Fuel Cell Big Rig Truck Concept | Filed in: .

  Juѕt dауѕ after Elоn Muѕk аnnоunсеd Tеѕlа wоuld show оff its new аll-еlесtrіс ѕеmі lаtеr in 2017, Japanese car gіаnt Tоуоtа unvеіlеd іtѕ оwn zero еmіѕѕіоnѕ prime mоvеr оvеrnіght іn thе US. Dubbed Prоjесt Pоrtаl, the Tоуоtа has аdарtеd a pair of fuеl cell ѕtасkѕ frоm the hуdrоgеn-fuelled Mirai sedan fоr uѕе іn a • Read More »

Toyota believes in Hydrogen & Fuel Cell History – AND Future

April 15, 2017 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Toyota believes in Hydrogen & Fuel Cell History – AND Future | Filed in: History.

  “We would like to be still selling cars when there’s no more gasoline. And no one is coming to our door asking us to build a new electric car.”— Craig Scott, Toyota’s national manager of advanced technologies NASA declared hydrogen a safe fuel long ago. In a previous article, I showed a pamphlet, indicating • Read More »

Backyard testing in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell History

February 18, 2017 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Backyard testing in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell History | Filed in: History.

“Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.”            Carlos Ghosn, CEO Nissan-Renault The back yard – behind factory buildings- is just where General Motors tested the first earthbound, – better to say road-bound – fuel cell electric vehicle. FCEV is Toyota’s term for the Mirai to clarify that a fuel cell vehicle • Read More »

Will the Increasing BEV Range Kill the Hydrogen Car?

September 13, 2016 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Will the Increasing BEV Range Kill the Hydrogen Car? | Filed in: Competition.

There have been a couple of big announcements lately regarding the increased range of BEV (battery electric vehicles). The new Tesla Model S is supposed to have a range of 315 miles and the new Chevy Bolt EV is said to have a range of 238 miles. So, the question of the day is will • Read More »

Where Are All of the Hydrogen Trucks?

April 27, 2016 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Trucks.

In the past I’ve written quite a bit about all different sizes and shapes of prototype hydrogen fuel cell and ICE (internal combustion engine) trucks. Since I haven’t talked about this recently I’m thinking now would be a good time to revisit this subject. Before their bankruptcy a couple of years back, Vision Industries produced • Read More »

Will the Toyota Prius Prime Kill the Hydrogen Car?

April 9, 2016 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Competition.

In December 2007, I posited the question of whether or not PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles) will kill both EV’s and hydrogen cars. My reasoning was that if gasoline-electric PHEVs reach the 125mpg to 150mpg range, then consumers may dive into this type of vehicle leaving EVs and FCEVs in the dust. Why? A big • Read More »

Honda Clarity Fuel Cell

March 14, 2016 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Honda Clarity Fuel Cell | Filed in: .

On March 10, 2016, Honda began selling the 2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell in Japan. The Clarity Fuel Cell is Honda’s latest offering in the world of fuel cell vehicles (FCEV) and is the first car that houses its entire drivetrain system and fuel cell stack under the hood. Because of this, it can offer • Read More »