Hydrogen car manufacturers are coming out of their shells a bit and giving more test drives recently. Nissan Motors is offering up its X-Trail FCV every weekend over the next year at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan for those who wish to take it for a test drive. The test drives will serve to promote […]
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Hydrogen safety is a concern of many since it is odorless, invisible and explosive when compressed. Faculty and graduate students at the University of Florida Engineering program as part of a NASA Hydrogen Research Program have come up with a tiny, inexpensive sensor that can detect a hydrogen leak and sound an alarm via wireless […]
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Honda has been using the concept of life cycle assessment (LCA) in order to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions throughout the life cycle of the car including the production of the vehicle. Part of the LCA concept includes producing bio-fabrics to be used for the interiors of the cars in order to reduce C02 emissions.
Because […]
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Yesterday, I reported on some U. S. researchers who are turning pig poop into hydrogen via fermentative bacteria. Today, on a less salty note, there’s a group of British researchers who have a sweet tooth for using candy to create hydrogen.
Bioscientists at the University of Birmingham are also using fermentative bacteria to munch through Cadbury […]
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Well, it finally had to happen. After years of driving gas hogs on the highways, we are finally faced making some tough decisions at the car lots and gas pumps about lowering consumption and about cleaning up our environment. Remember a few years ago when global warming and greenhouse gases were being blamed on cow […]
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A Dutch fuel cell boat, the Hydrogen Xperiance, will be making waves on June 23, 2006. The hydrogen boat will be introduced at the Frisian Nuon Solar Challenge boat race as a “chase” express boat for VIP’s. The hydrogen boat was created by Ecofys in collaboration with Ganita Shipyard. The Hydrogen Xperiance will travel the […]
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Las Vegas, already accustomed to seeing green, is set to open a second hydrogen fueling station in October 2006. This is according to a report in the Las Vegas Sun. According to the Sun, the fueling station will open at Las Vegas Valley Water District’s main campus and in coordination with the UNLV Research Foundation.
An […]
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I don’t want a pickle. I just want to ride on my hydrogen motorcycle (with apologies to singer Arlo Guthrie). Well, last month I reported on Intelligent Energy’s ENV hydrogen motorcycle and since then I’ve become aware of several other hydrogen motorcycles and motor scooters that also need a mention.
Aprilia, has unveiled a 3,000-watt fuel […]
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Every time I see a UPS truck now, I think of their motto, “What can Brown do for you?” I also think that they are perhaps the largest vendor to be testing hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. UPS has been testing hydrogen vehicles in the U. S. since early 2004.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contracted Air […]
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In order to fuel up the hydrogen cars of the future, the H2 will most likely come from a number of sources. If scientists in Germany and Australia have anything to say about it, large amounts of hydrogen will come from algae they’ve been blooming at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia and the […]
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