On June 10, 2014 I had attended the Hyundai of Tustin, California event where the first USA lessee Tim Bush (pictured above) was handed the keys to a Tucson FCEV. So, I thought it would be interesting to speak with Mr. Bush a little over a year later to see how the lease experience of • Read More »
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How the Hydrogen Car Debate Has Changed Over the Past 10 Years
August 11, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Critics, Hydrogen Cars.In late 2005, I posted the first pages to my hydrogen cars website and about 6 months later I posted the first pages to the blog. I thought it would be fun and entertaining to take a look back over the past 10-plus years to see how the hydrogen car debate has changed. Back in • Read More »
Hydrogen Cars for Sale
August 7, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | No Comments | Filed in: .Hydrogen Cars for Sale It’s not often you hear the phrases “Hydrogen Cars for Sale” or “Hydrogen Trucks for Sale.” This is because there are no commercial production hydrogen cars for sale or hydrogen trucks for sale at the moment and it may be up to several years until there are. There are a few • Read More »
H2 Storage
August 7, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | No Comments | Filed in: .Hydrogen Storage Tanks Hydrogen storage tanks are an issue for H2 cars. Unlike gasoline tanks, hydrogen storage tanks need to be pressurized, perhaps cooled and contained with special materials. Hydrogen storage tanks come in three popular kinds: compressed hydrogen, liquid hydrogen and metal hydride tanks. Compressed hydrogen storage tanks are the most popular now since • Read More »
Audi A7 H-Tron Quattro
August 7, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | No Comments | Filed in: .Audi A7 Sportback H-Tron Quattro Fuel Cell Concept The new Audi A7 Sportback H-Tron Quattro fuel cell plug-in hybrid made its debut at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show and has certainly made an impact thanks to utilizing new hydrogen fuel cell technology. Audi A7 H-Tron Quattro Fuel Cell Concept The A7 Sportback hydrogen powered • Read More »
2014 – 2015
August 7, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | No Comments | Filed in: .Hydrogen Fuel Cars 2014 – 2015 This page features hydrogen fueled cars that have been shown in the year 2014 and 2015. Some of the hydrogen fuel cell cars and H2ICE vehicles on this page are prototypes, while others may be production cars. 2015 The Honda FCV Concept was officially debuted at the 2015 Detroit • Read More »
Hydrogen is the Fuel of the Future and Always Will Be – NOT!
August 4, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Myths.There is an old joke that hydrogen (and hydrogen cars) are the future and always will be. The phrasing has changed from one hater, critic or denier to the next, but the sentiment is the same. And I beg to differ on this statement. As I test drove a Mirai fuel cell vehicle (pictured • Read More »
Japan Will Miss Target of 100 H2 Fueling Stations by 2016 – So What?
April 15, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Japan Will Miss Target of 100 H2 Fueling Stations by 2016 – So What? | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.According to Reuters news organization, Japan will most likely miss its target of building 100 hydrogen fueling stations by March 2016. According to the report, “Japan looks set to miss its ambitious target of having around 100 hydrogen fuelling stations for fuel-cell cars in operation by March 2016, with just 76 approved after the deadline • Read More »
Lexus LS Fuel Cell Limousine in the Works for 2017
January 6, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Lexus LS Fuel Cell Limousine in the Works for 2017 | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.In late 2014, Toyota unveiled its production fuel cell vehicle, the Mirai. Now there is a fairly credible rumor floating that the car company will also unveil its luxury Lexus LS Fuel Cell Limousine in 2017. According to Motoring.com.au, “Like the Mirai, the LS FCEV will employ the Toyota Fuel Cell System (TFCS), but it • Read More »
Toyota’s Bob Carter Calls Hydrogen Cars the NEXT BIG THING
August 13, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.At the recent J. P. Morgan Auto Conference in New York City, Toyota’s Bob Carter, Senior Vice President of Automotive Operations gave a speech highlighting the future of hydrogen cars. Carter calls hydrogen fuel cell cars the NEXT BIG THING in automotive technology. And Toyota’s newest fuel cell vehicle, speculated to be called the Mirai, • Read More »