Hydrogen should be a fuel for the car of the future, according to a report by the U.S. National Research Council or NRC. We spoke with Vernon Roan, who chairs the committee for the NRC on hydrogen cars and fuel.READ»
Everyday, it seems, we hear about another electric vehicle start-up with plans to revolutionize the auto industry. And with companies like Coulomb Technologies and Better Place slowly expanding their networks of EV charging and ...READ»
Landfills now have a use besides stinking up large areas of land. The South Korean government is working on a project to produce hydrogen from natural biogases (aka methane) produces in landfills.
The facility, which is being ...READ»
While some of the limelight has swung away from fuel cells, Mercedes is still chasing the technology and has just announced a new milestone: It's F-Cell is the first series-produced vehicle that's hydrogen powered.
This is the ...READ»
Bill Reinert hates the plug-in electric car. He hates ethanol too. And what Bill Reinert hates matters to every car-buying American: he's Toyota's national sales manager and in-house energy sage, and he knows his stuff. But is he too ...READ»
The world's first plane powered solely by hydrogen fuel cells took off on its maiden flight Tuesday from Hamburg Airport in Germany. The Antares DLR-H2's 10-minute flight showed off the plane's 105-mph-speed capabilities and quiet ...READ»
Hydrogen fuel cell technology is full of promise, but it's being held back by the problem of storing the dangerous gas safely and efficiently. Some U.S. scientists have been tackling this, and their solution is as ingenious as it ...READ»
Honda just marked its first 50 years in America, commemorating the establishment of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., in a small Los Angeles storefront on June 11, 1959.
"On behalf of the tens of thousands of Honda ...READ»
Ny Lee Dodge Of Commack
Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell Prototype
So what's the catch? Well, for starters, you can't buy one yet. But
that's not for a lack of technological readiness; rather, what's
lacking is infrastructure. As ...READ»
Think you have what it takes to design a hydrogen-powered car? How about the guts to drive one? You can find out now that the Hyrban Project's Riversimple Urban Car, an open-source vehicle, has been unveiled in London. The ...READ»
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are often criticized for being energy inefficient, but that hasn't stopped the annual Hydrogen Road Tour from demonstrating the capabilities of fuel cell-equipped cars. The annual rally spans over 1,700 ...READ»
Bucher CityCat H2, the world's first municipal utility vehicle powered by fuel cells, made its debut last week in Basel, Switzerland. The street-cleaning CityCat will undergo an 18-month trial to see how well it can reduce air ...READ»
Listening to battery enthusiasts wax poetic about the Tesla recently--and seeing a few of them appearing on the streets of west Los Angeles--I began thinking about the old Tony Curtis film "The Great Race." The roads and Holiday Inns have improved dramatically since the period depicted in the movie, but the idea of testing the claims of exciting new technology at the dawn of a new transportation age is very much the same.READ»
The science of producing hydrogen to power fuel-cells in microbial electrolysis processes has just received a boost with some research at Pennsylvania State University that uses stainless steel components instead of the more ...READ»
Regardless of which technology any of us may prefer, I’m proud to be the world’s first automotive customer to trade in a hydrogen fuel cell car for a newer one! After nearly five years driving several generations of the Honda FCX, I traded in mine for a new Honda Clarity. I also get bragging rights for being the first retail customer to buy hydrogen at a gas station in 2004.READ»
The Long Island town of Hempstead has opened a hydrogen fueling station less than 24 hours after San Francisco unveiled three plug-in hybrid (PHEV) fueling stations.
The $2 million Hempstead station, which makes hydrogen on-site ...READ»
Lithium ion batteries are the de facto choice for most plug-in hybrid and electric vehicle manufacturers, but at least one company thinks that zinc-air batteries are a better option. Advanced Power and Energy Sources Transportation ...READ»
Gadget lovers, rejoice: Toshiba has finally released its long-awaited portable fuel-cell charger for mobile devices. But at $320, the methanol cartridge-powered Dynario fuel cell isn't cheap.
A single cartridge can charge a single ...READ»
A newly discovered catalyst can jump-start the separation of oxygen from water to power fuel cells for the home, a professor from MIT told peers at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Personal energy systems ...READ»
Is wastewater our greatest underutilized resource? We've recently seen a startup that turns sludge into high-quality fertilizer as well as a university that produces steam, water, acetic acid, and fertilizer from wastewater. Arizona ...READ»
Is it just us, or has interest in hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles intensified lately? We've seen SunHydro's infrastructure plan, Toyota's $50,000 hydrogen sedan, and now GM's plan to bring a hydrogen infrastructure pilot to ...READ»
Electric vehicles get the lion's share of the attention in the world of futuristic automotive technology, and for good reason--automakers are quickly sending reasonably priced EVs down the pipeline, and startups like Coulomb and ...READ»
