SMILE FC System Corporation Formed by Suzuki and Intelligent Energy

Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corporation and the UK’s Intelligent Energy have been collaborating for years on building demonstration fuel cell vehicles. Two of the most successful of the partnership’s products have been in creating fuel cell motorcycles and scooters namely the Suzuki Crosscage motorcycle and Suzuki Burgman fuel cell scooter. In 2005, the Suzuki Ionis hydrogen [...]

Fleet of HyAlfa Three Wheelers Unveiled in India

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 [...]

EcoMotion Truck Uses Methanol and Hydrogen for Fuel Cell Gardening

The Danish have done it again. They’ve identified a problem and solved it using high tech. At the low tech Holstebro Cemeteries there is a need for quiet machinery and transportation so that the staff can go about the gardening and beautification duties. So, in steps the EcoMotion Truck, which is fueled by liquid methanol [...]

New Holland NH2 Fuel Cell Tractor Heads for the Farm

In February 2009, I had talked about how the New Holland NH2 fuel cell farm tractor won the gold medal in the SIMA Innovation Awards. The farm tractor easily pulled away from its combination, not only being the best in category but the only in category in regard to hydrogen fuel cell powered tractors. Well, [...]

Hydrail: Spain Leaps Ahead!

By guest blogger Stan Thompson It’s way too easy to miss really important events in the history of hydrogen railroading if they don’t contain the magic searchable word “hydrail”. I missed a huge one last month: the demonstration of Europe’s (and perhaps the world’s) first hydrail train—or maybe the first hydrolley—now planned for regular passenger [...]

Suzuki Burgman Conducting Field Trials in Japan

If you happen to be a hydrogen car and vehicle supporter then you’ve naturally developed a lot of patience. I’ve had the hydrogen car website up for 6 years and I’ve been writing this blog for over 5 years now. And in this time, I’ve seen technology come and go while others just sort of [...]

Suzuki Burgman Jumps Hurdle towards Commercialization

The Suzuki Burgman scooter powered by an Intelligent Energy fuel cell has leaped a major hurdle towards commercialization. The Suzuki Burgman Fuel Cell Scooter was first unveiled in 2009 and has been undergoing public road testing in the United Kingdom since. According to Intelligent Energy, “Intelligent Energy, the global clean power systems company, and Suzuki [...]

Intelligent Energy Stop Demonstrating and Start Commercializing

Intelligent Energy is once again showing off their ENV fuel cell motorbike and this time at the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Summit in the UK. In fact, Intelligent Energy is no rookie when it comes to showing off their demonstration vehicles. They have been showing off the ENV for 6 years now. Intelligent Energy partnered with [...]

AVL FCC Fuel Cell Commuter Unveiled

In my last blog post I talked about how China was charging forward with fuel cell vehicles. At the Austria Tech Week event held at the Expo Shanghai 2010 in China, a company called AVL rolled out its Fuel Cell Commuter (FCC). The AVL FCC is basically a battery electric car that uses a hydrogen [...]

Formula Zero Car Pulls Up Number 1 Against Gasoline Car

I always like talking about the Formula Zero racing go-kart events. They are a fun, fast & furious venue in which to talk about the merits of hydrogen powered vehicles. At The Hague, the Netherlands, the Technical University Delft’s Greenchoice Forze hydrogen fuel cell race team won, beating a gasoline powered go-kart. And not only [...]