I first talked about the Hy-Alfa (at that time it was hyphenated) in August 2009. Back then it was something that was being worked on in India, but there were no guarantees that it would ever make it to the testing phase. Now, a fleet of HyAlfa (no hyphen) three-wheel vehicles have been rolled out [...]

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While critics are disregarding the wisdom of rolling out hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the year 2015, Mercedes (and all of the other major automakers) is plunging straight ahead. Assuming that we all make it past the Mayan end of times prophecy for December 21, 2012, perhaps the dawning of the Age of Aquarius is [...]

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The Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) has recently made great strides in cheaply and efficiently producing hydrogen. One of the long standing problems of creating hydrogen from water has been energy consumption. According to ANL, “Easier routes to the generation of hydrogen have long been a target of scientists and engineers, principally because the process to [...]

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The last time I talked Turkey was November 9, 2011 to discuss the country’s first fuel cell car which was unveiled. The fuel cell car runs on sodium borohydride (NaBH4) which is created from the main mineral mined in Turkey, boron. Today I would like to talk Turkey again. Besides being a hotbed for development [...]

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I’ve talked about the possibility of the Apple iPhone using hydrogen fuel cell batteries before. Shortly after Steven Jobs died I had stated that this may be one of his legacies yet to be realized. Unlike normal lithium batteries that need to be recharged often, as in every day for many users, hydrogen batteries can [...]

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