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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 »

Resources

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

Resources When you have finished checking out our Hydrogen Cars site please check out some of the fine resources we have assembled. These resources are the best we know of that explain all sorts of excellent information about hydrogen cars and the future for such vehicles. Hydrogen Green Vehicles Science Fuel Cells Green Directories Los • 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 »

Hydrogen Buses

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

Hydrogen Buses The history of hydrogen buses is murky at best. What is known is that an engineer from Germany, Rudolf Erren started converting internal combustion engines (ICE) in buses and other large vehicles to run on hydrogen and hydrogen mixes in the 1920’s. In 1975, Dr. Roger Billings put into service a hydrogen fueled • Read More »

1807 – 1986

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

Hydrogen Fuel Cars 1807 – 1986 Between 1807 and 1986 was a time of great development for hydrogen cars. From the first Rivaz car designed by Francois Isaac de Rivaz of Switzerland to the Hippomobile to the GM Electrovan to several models designed by Musashi, hydrogen vehicles grew by leaps and bounds over these years. • Read More »

BMW Hydrogen 7 Cleans the Air

April 4, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars, Hydrogen Vehicles.

I received a press release a few days ago saying that the BMW Hydrogen 7 luxury car had been tested by the DOE (Department of Energy) Argonne National Laboratory and the results were that the vehicle actually cleans the ambient air surrounding it. Now, one would think that the proclamation that the 12-cylinder BMW Hydrogen • Read More »

San Diego Teen Inventor to Display Hydrogen Hybrid Engine

May 12, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Entrepreneurs.

Dr. Roger E. Billings started his long and illustrious career in hydrogen, by converting a gasoline-powered lawnmower engine to run on H2. Now, half a century later, 17-year-old San Diego high school student Josh Wesolowski has built a hybrid lawnmower engine that runs on unleaded gasoline, propane, methanol and hydrogen. The lawnmower engine starts with • Read More »

Honda Civic GX CNG to Compete with Hydrogen Cars

March 17, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Competition.

The new Honda Civic GX compressed natural gas (CNG) automobile has thrown down the gauntlet towards hydrogen cars. For the fifth year in a row the Honda Civic GX natural gas vehicle has won the ACEEE “Greenest Vehicles” award. The Honda Civic GX CNG beats out the Toyota Prius with a green score of 57 • Read More »