In past posts, I’ve already talked about the German hydrogen submarine and the Greek hydrogen submarine being developed. Now, another European nation is diving into the hydrogen submarine pool, so to speak, Spain.
The German fuel cell submarine has already proved itself in April 2006 by diving and staying underwater for 2 weeks. In July of […]
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You know that a technology is coming of age when a well-know rental car company such as Hertz is offering its customers this technology to drive. This is exactly what is happening with Hertz hydrogen cars.
Hertz of Iceland is offering customers one of three converted Toyota Prius hydrogen hybrid vehicles that it now has available. […]
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Over the weekend, I received a letter from Rick and Rebecca from Kennesaw, Georgia. The letter was a bit unusual, first because I usually receive email and second because it was printed out with full-color photos depicting flowing water.
Rebecca starts of the letter saying that they are “sick of oil running the world’s economies” and […]
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Tomorrow’s hydrogen infrastructure will not be the same as today’s gasoline infrastructure. The naysayers of hydrogen technology point out how overwhelming it will be to set up a hydrogen infrastructure that models the current gasoline infrastructure and they may be right.
Producing hydrogen gas in centralized facilities and then piping, trucking or sending it by train […]
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Over at Inhabitat is an interesting article about a proposal for a novel way to produce, store and distribute hydrogen for vehicles. The proposal calls for giant algae ponds coupled with large balloons to be built and set up in urban areas to generate hydrogen onsite for the refueling of automobiles.
A creative group in Philadelphia […]
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Last week, at the 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show, the Honda FCX Clarity got all the hoopla. But, Honda made another announcement just as important and that is the development of the Home Energy Station IV.
This fourth generation home hydrogen fueling station is an important part of developing the budding infrastructure needed to support H2 […]
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Wired is reporting that an entrepreneur from Tallahassee, Florida Mark Miller has created a small internal combustion engine that runs on hydrogen and electricity. The hydrogen is created on-demand from calcium hydride and water (or spit), which fuels the small motor.
The motor is rated at 6.4 horsepower in hydrogen mode and 3.1 horsepower in reciprocating […]
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At the 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show last week, Toyota Vice President Bob Carter announced a successful research experiment. Engineers and others drove a Toyota FCHV from Fairbanks, Alaska to Vancouver, British Columbia.
In late September, Toyota had reported that the FCHV had completed a test run between Osaka, Japan and Tokyo for a distance of […]
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Yesterday, I was able to wade through traffic for two hours to make it to the media portion of the 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show. Thanks to those particularly on the Honda side (Timothy Cunningham and Chris Naughton) who illuminated me on their newest fuel cell vehicle. If interested, you can find a rather lengthy […]
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The long awaited Honda FCX Clarity has now been unveiled at the 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show. The car, in fact, looks very similar to the prototype that we’ve been showing off for a while at the bottom of the Honda FCX page.
The only deviation in outward appearances are the new bumpers and smaller wheels. […]
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