Getting hydrogen cars on the road in mass quantities has been no easy task. There have been many bumps in the road, so to speak, along the way and this trend will continue.
Even though hydrogen cars have been around for a couple hundred years now, preceding the gasoline engine, people and governments seem to be [...]
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Back in May 2009, I had talked about how the head of the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) Steven Chu wanted to zero out the budget for hydrogen car development. In the weeks and months to follow Congressional representatives restored this funding. And amidst slumping car sales all major automakers have said they will [...]
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Japan’s automakers and gas companies have decided to go gung-ho in creating a hydrogen car and highway system in the small country by 2015. What is getting in the way, now, however is the Japanese government.
Back in August 2009 I had talked about how a consortium of Japanese hydrogen gas companies had decided to expand [...]
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While the critics keep kicking hydrogen cars to the curb, the funding continues nonetheless. This week the U. S. House of Representatives passed a $2.9 billion bill for advanced automotive research, some of which will go to hydrogen car R&D. On July 20, 2009 (and before) I had talked about how DOE Energy Secretary Steven [...]
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A little over a week ago I talked about how the DOE was restoring funding for hydrogen fuel cell research and other hydrogen related funding. Now, according to stargazette.com another important step in Washington D. C. has taken place.
According to this online newspaper, “The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Energy and Water Appropriations [...]
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A month ago it looked like hydrogen cars had their lights punched out by the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the current Obama Administration in the 2010 budget. With some help from the National Hydrogen Association (NHA), the California Air Resources Board (CARB), and other advocates the zeroing out of the hydrogen budget [...]
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As the Obama Administration is slashing the budget and zeroing out hydrogen car development, the European Union is upping the ante. Last week I talked about how President Obama and the DOE’s Energy Secretary Steven Chu chopped the hydrogen budget down 60-percent to $68.2 million and this money is for stationary fuel cell development and [...]
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This is a good news / bad news blog post. The good news is that a Formula Zero racing cart powered by hydrogen set a new unofficial record on a 1/8 mile track. At the Belgian Circuit Zolder, students from Leuven drove this distance in a mere 10.4 seconds compared to the official record of [...]
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Just when I talked about how things weren’t as bad as they seemed a few days ago in regard to the federal hydrogen car budget, things have indeed gotten worse. On April 27, I talked about how the Department of Energy’s published budget in 2009, went down to $177.7 million from $211.9 million in 2008.
But, [...]
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Bloomberg.com is reporting that President Obama has turned a cold shoulder to hydrogen cars in favor of plug-in electric vehicles (PHEVs). According to Bloomberg, Honda is also concerned of this shift from the Bush regime who favored hydrogen to the Obama team who favors PHEVs and battery electric vehicles (BAVs).
But how does Bloomberg make this [...]
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