In San Diego County, the city of Chula Vista is leasing a Honda FCX hydrogen car for $500 per month. And, nobody wants to drive it.
According to Claire Gomez, a fiscal office specialist for the city, “I try not to drive it just because of the price. I don’t want to be the one to […]
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Minot, North Dakota, a town that was once known as “Little Chicago” back in the days of Al Capone was once a major hub for Capone’s liquor smuggling operation complete with underground tunnels to conceal the cargo. Minot has come a long way since then and today a major stir is occurring in the sense […]
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Norwegian’s would naturally be a part of the worldwide effort to make hydrogen cars a reality, being that they have already taken steps with current projects towards this commitment. As part of Norway’s HyNor Project, which is building a 350-mile hydrogen highway system between Oslo and Stavanger, the Norwegians have invited Mazda to the grand […]
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In just a few years, the travelers’ paradise of Hawaii may be filled with hydrogen cars and buses zipping around the tropical islands. Recent renewable energy legislation authored by Governor Linda Lingle calls for Hawaii to give up its addiction to fossil fuels (77-percent of Oahu is powered by burning oil) and start using hydrogen, […]
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If the movie “Who Killed the Electric Car” is to be fully dramatic, then like any sad movie people pay their last respects at the funeral and grieve the forever loss of this vehicle. But, if Tesla Motors has anything to say about it, the movie is more like a horror movie (to big oil […]
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A Connecticut company called FuelCell Energy, Incorporated has received a contract from the U. S. Department of Defense to produce high quality hydrogen on the cheap. The hydrogen is expected to rival the current costs of gasoline and may be used to help build the hydrogen highway infrastructure. Currently, the cost to produce hydrogen is […]
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On June 12, 2006 I had talked about how Ford was delivering five E-450 hydrogen shuttle buses to the Palm Springs, California region to be operated by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Ford is now in production of 20 of the V-10 powered hydrogen shuttle buses, but the first eight are scheduled to […]
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In Springfield, Virginia and the Washington D. C. suburbs, postal carrier Bob Sisk delivers mail with the aid of a General Motors HydroGen3 hydrogen vehicle. According to the Associated Press, Sisk, 62 is carrying letters and packages as part of a demonstration project that is aimed at testing the feasibility of hydrogen vehicles and infrastructure.
Sisk […]
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Yesterday, in Part 1, I had talked about how the filmmakers for “Who Killed the Electric Car” are blaming hydrogen cars for the demise of the EVs. The documentary also blamed Big Oil, the automakers (especially General Motors), the Federal Government and the California regulators for killing off electric vehicles. They even blamed the consumers […]
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If you’ve seen the current documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car” you’ll know that hydrogen cars have been found to be one of the guilty contributors to the demise of EVs. I think this assignation of blame is misplaced. I believe that in regards to lessening our dependency upon foreign oil and reducing emissions into […]
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