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Colorado State University Students to Build Hydrogen FCV PHEV

March 1, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Colorado State University Students to Build Hydrogen FCV PHEV | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.

Students at Colorado State University (CSU) will be building the only hydrogen fuel cell vehicle which is also a plug-in electric vehicle. The students will be using a donated 2013 Chevy Malibu for the conversion and entering it into the three-year EcoCAR 2 competition. The EcoCAR 2 competition is being sponsored by the Argonne National • Read More »

FCVs PHEVs and BEVs Compared

December 14, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.

Fuel Cells 2000, a non-profit educational organization has come up with a head-to-head comparison of two FCVs (fuel cell vehicles), one PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) and one BEV (battery electric vehicle) to see if public perception is accurate. Because the Nissan Leaf BEV and Chevy Volt PHEV have garnered so much media attention in • Read More »

Mercedes-Benz GLC F-Cell

July 13, 2016 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Mercedes-Benz GLC F-Cell | Filed in: .

A commercial hydrogen fuel cell plug-in hybrid is finally going to make it to the marketplace! Daimler has agreed to join forces with Mercedes-Benz engineers in order to develop a new, compact fuel cell system that will fit into the conventional engine compartment of the vehicle. The Mercedes-Benz GLC has paved the way for the • Read More »

BMW Predicts FCEVs & BEVs Will Coexist in the Future

May 22, 2016 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.

According to Merten Jung, BMW’s head of fuel cell development, in the future FCEVs (fuel cell electric vehicles) and BEVs (battery electric vehicles) will coexist and PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric vehicles) will fade into the sunset. Mr. Jung believes that PHEVs are simply transitional technology until FCEVs and BEVs take hold in the market. According • 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 »

Ford Flexible Series Edge

August 7, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | No Comments | Filed in: .

Ford Flexible Series Edge with HySeries Drive Ford has done it again with its Flexible Series Edge SUV with HySeries Drive, another plug-in hybrid hydrogen vehicle from this automaker. The hybrid Edge further advances the real-world drivability not found in the Ford Airstream Concept that was rolled out earlier the same month at the 2007 • Read More »

Small Home Hydrogen Production Near Commercialization

January 24, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 6 Comments | Filed in: Home Hydrogen Fueling.

A UK firm called RE Hydrogen has invented a hydrogen compressor that is 30-percent the cost of others on the market. This means that not only can the compressors be smaller but the complimentary electrolyzers can be smaller and less costly as well. According to The Engineer, “Small-scale hydrogen production is a potential way to • Read More »

Chinese Car Maker Shanghai Automotive to Put FCV to Market

May 23, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 4 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.

As the Obama Administration keeps trying to give body blows to the emerging hydrogen car market, yet another automobile company is stepping forward with their intentions of producing an H2 fuel cell vehicle (FCV) within the next few years, and this one also happens to be a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) as well. Chinese • Read More »