In April 2008, I had talked about how the University of Birmingham, UK was building the country’s only active hydrogen fueling station. The London station had been dismantled a few years earlier. The Birmingham hydrogen fueling station would support a few microcabs and presumably some of the 70 Honda FCVs that London had ordered as • Read More »
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Honda Still Puts Stock in Hydrogen Cars
August 12, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Honda Still Puts Stock in Hydrogen Cars | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.With auto sales crashing and burning this past year in the U. S., Honda is holding steadfast in its development of hydrogen cars. Honda is known throughout the automobile industry for its good judgment and forward thinking. For instance, because Honda has focused on rolling out production of smaller, more fuel efficient cars, it actually • Read More »
Will GM’s Project Driveway Survive?
August 4, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Yesterday I talked about General Motors trying to mainstream the Chevy Equinox fuel cell vehicle by promoting it on the teen sitcom Ruby and the Rockits, which appears tonight. But the question that USA Today is asking is will GM’s Project Driveway, featuring the Equinox EFCEV survive at all? According to the online newspaper, GM • Read More »
US Fuel Cell Council Robert Rose Interview and Video
July 23, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on US Fuel Cell Council Robert Rose Interview and Video | Filed in: Fuel Cells.EETV conducted an OnPoint interview with Robert Rose, Executive Director of the US Fuel Cell Council (USFCC) concerning Congress reinstating the budget cuts to hydrogen cars and fuel cell research from the Department of Energy (DOE) budget earlier this year. Mr. Rose comments on Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s assertion that hydrogen cars are not a • Read More »
More Hope for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Funding in Washington DC
July 20, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Political Issues.A little over a week ago I talked about how the DOE was restoring funding for hydrogen fuel cell research and other hydrogen related funding. Now, according to stargazette.com another important step in Washington D. C. has taken place. According to this online newspaper, “The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Energy and Water • Read More »
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Are Still a Growth Industry
July 15, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Are Still a Growth Industry | Filed in: Fuel Cells.Even though funding from the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) for hydrogen research is like a ping pong ball now days, one thing is for certain: hydrogen and fuel cells are still a growth industry. Whether or not the U. S. government intends to stimulate the hydrogen and fuel cell sectors, this sector will • Read More »
U. S. DOE Puts Hydrogen Cars Back in the Dough
July 10, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on U. S. DOE Puts Hydrogen Cars Back in the Dough | Filed in: Political Issues.A month ago it looked like hydrogen cars had their lights punched out by the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the current Obama Administration in the 2010 budget. With some help from the National Hydrogen Association (NHA), the California Air Resources Board (CARB), and other advocates the zeroing out of the hydrogen budget • Read More »
While DOE Drops Hydrogen Budget DoD Gives $1.5 Million Contract
June 29, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 5 Comments | Filed in: Fuel Cells.While the Obama Administration and Department of Energy (DOE) have decided to slash the hydrogen research budget by 60-percent and zero out funding for hydrogen vehicles, the U. S. Department of Defense (DoD) has other plans. The DoD has recently awarded Plug Power Incorporated a $1.5 million contract to produce hydrogen-powered forklifts for the defense • Read More »
Gov. Schwarzenegger Promotes Hydrogen Road Tour 2009
May 28, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Gov. Schwarzenegger Promotes Hydrogen Road Tour 2009 | Filed in: Conferences.In October 2004, Governor Schwarzenegger drove his hydrogen modified H2H Hummer to LAX airport to open California’s first public hydrogen fueling station. Since then the governor has developed and promoted California’s Hydrogen Highway system. Yesterday, at the Shell hydrogen fueling station in West Los Angeles Gov. Schwarzenegger spoke on behalf not only about the Hydrogen • Read More »
Rochester Institute of Technology Builds Hydrogen Car Fleet
May 27, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Rochester Institute of Technology Builds Hydrogen Car Fleet | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.As the Hydrogen Road Tour 2009 is busy on the West Coast proving H2 as a viable transportation fuel, the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is busy on the East Coast doing the same. While Governor Schwarzenegger is speaking in West Los Angeles today about the tour that runs from Chula Vista, California to Vancouver, • Read More »