Posted on March 10th, 2010 by admin
The Melbourne Taxi 2020 Concept was created by Damian Lucaciu, a student designer from the RMIT University, Australia. The project involved the computer design of a green alternative fuel vehicle that would help clean up the streets of Melbourne.
The eco-friendly Taxi 2020 Concept was designed to be both green, (using hydrogen fuel cell, lithium ion [...]
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Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by admin
Next week at the Geneva Motor Show, the Hyundai Tucson ix35 hydrogen fuel cell vehicle is being shown off in anticipation of its limited rollout in 2012. And it is about time for an extreme makeover (Okay, perhaps just a moderate upgrade).
The Hyundai Tucson FCEV was first introduced in 2004. The vehicle had a top [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by admin
The Mercedes Benz F 800 Concept vehicle is set to rollout at the Geneva Auto Show next month. Unlike some automakers who like to unveil “surprise” vehicles, Mercedes has chosen a different tactic and have tipped their hand way in advance as a way to drum up excitement before the show.
The Mercedes Benz F 800 [...]
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Posted on February 4th, 2010 by admin
Proton Power Systems and Smith Electric Vehicles have teamed up to produce an electric car with fuel cell range extender. This terminology will most likely go over better with battery electric vehicle fans than the term hydrogen fuel cell hybrid vehicle.
Most likely the term electric car with fuel cell range extender was chosen because the [...]
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Posted on January 25th, 2010 by admin
In August, 2008 I had talked about the California Fuel Cell Partnership or CaFCP Vision Plan for rolling out fuel cell vehicles in California. At that time the goal was to have 25,000 to 50,000 FCVs on the road by the 2015 to 2017 timeframe.
Then in March 2009, I had talked about the CaFCP Action [...]
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Posted on January 22nd, 2010 by admin
A couple of weeks ago I had talked about how Toyota has said it will rollout 100 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles for testing by 2013. Now, at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, Toyota has said they will make “affordable” hydrogen FCVs available to the public by 2015.
According to Toyota North America spokesman, Irv Miller, “We [...]
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Posted on January 21st, 2010 by admin
The Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway Partnership (SHHP) along with the European Lighthouse Project (LHP), has created H2moves Scandinavia (part of H2moves Europe) which will be rolling out 10 Daimler Mercedes-Benz B-class F-CELL cars plus two Fiat Alfa Romeo MiTo fuel cell vehicles (a first for this company).
The vehicles will serve as shuttles and demonstration cars around [...]
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Posted on January 18th, 2010 by admin
Now, how often have you seen a classified ad that says, “Hydrogen Powered Truck for Sale”? My guess would be never. But, that is exactly what this is.
Over the weekend, I received an email from Dan Greenberg and he says he is selling a hydrogen powered truck.
Dan Greenberg, according to his Linkedin profile, is the [...]
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Posted on January 12th, 2010 by admin
Toyota has announced that by 2013 it will have 100 fuel cell vehicles on the road for demonstration and testing. This is two years ahead of the previously announced large scale rollout of commercial production hydrogen cars in 2015.
Up to this point, Honda, General Motors, BMW and Daimler are the automakers who have had large [...]
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Posted on January 6th, 2010 by admin
Yesterday I pondered a pairing between the Horizon HydroFill home hydrogen refueling products and the Riversimple fuel cell vehicle. In June 2009 I had talked about how the Riversimple, which by the way carries a Horizon 6 kw fuel cell, is an open source vehicle that many are able to develop simultaneously, which will speed [...]
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