Posted on December 22nd, 2006 by admin
Volkswagen is developing high temperature phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFC), which is believes is the future for the hydrogen car industry. The prototype fuel cell that Volkswagen has developed is 30-percent smaller than the smallest fuel cell on the market.
According to Volkswagen, one of the major advantages of the high temperature fuel cell is that […]
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Posted on December 21st, 2006 by admin
Well, I hate to say, “I told you so”, but on December 6 I did just that. In the very last paragraph of the blog entry I mentioned how Santa’s sleigh my one day be powered by hydrogen.
The U. S. Department of Transportation has now officially designated Santa’s sleigh as a hybrid hydrogen fuel cell […]
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Posted on December 20th, 2006 by admin
Yesterday, I was contacted by the son of the editor of the World of Cars catalog who stated that the 2006 edition is available for free download. The catalog is a huge directory of automobiles, organized by country, carrying over 1,400 makes and 8,000 models including a handful of hydrogen cars as well.
The World of […]
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Posted on December 19th, 2006 by admin
Today, to celebrate the Christmas season, in London’s Trafalgar Square the Crib lights will be powered from electricity generated by a hydrogen fuel cell. London Hydrogen Partnership’s Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trailer will provide up to 5 kw at St Martin-in-the Fields church to ring in the spirit of the holiday season.
The London Hydrogen Partnership (LHP) […]
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Posted on December 18th, 2006 by admin
China has signed an accord to partner with the U. S. on its FutureGen Clean Coal Initiative. The goal of the $1 billion FutureGen project is to build a 275-megawatt prototype power plant that will burn coal and sequester the CO2 emission, producing both electricity and commercial grade hydrogen.
China joins India and South Korea in […]
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Posted on December 15th, 2006 by admin
Yesterday, Google rolled out a beta version of its Advanced Patent Search application and the first thing I used it for, of course, was to do an exact search for “hydrogen car“. The third result on the page was for US Pat. 4085709 - Filed December 4, 1975, which was dubbed “UCLA Hydrogen Car”. This […]
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Posted on December 14th, 2006 by admin
Well, it’s the time of year for giving. So, if you’re into the hydrogen car scene what better gift to give or get than a toy or hobby hydrogen fuel cell car kit? There are a few on the market worth mentioning and one of them has even won Time Magazine’s Best Inventions 2006 award.
For […]
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Posted on December 13th, 2006 by admin
HyPower Fuel Incorporated has equipped a Volkswagen GTi with its newest hydrogen-on-demand system to power the vehicle using only distilled water as fuel. HyPower’s H2 Reactor (H2R) system uses electrolysis to efficiently create hydrogen and power the vehicle’s internal combustion engine (ICE).
According to HyPower, its H2R system is 2 - 2.5 times more efficient in […]
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Posted on December 12th, 2006 by admin
In July 2006, Ford went into production of a fleet of 20 hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine (ICE) shuttle buses. The first eight hydrogen shuttle buses, which hold 12 passengers apiece, went to the state of Florida.
Now, Canada has received its first three of 10 hydrogen shuttle buses to be delivered. Canada’s Parliament (Senate of Canada […]
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Posted on December 11th, 2006 by admin
Nissan has made the announcement that it plans to launch its first production hydrogen fuel cell vehicle within the next 3 or so years. The launch will happen in Japan and North America first.
Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga said at a press conference in Tokyo that the launch of the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles was […]
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