http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2 Fri, 09 May 2008 16:37:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Even though Toyota has just taken a financial hit regarding new car sales in North America this last quarter, the world’s leading automaker (arguably) in regard to sales, quality and technology has decided to continue on in the residential fuel cell market. Now, Toyota is no stranger to fuel cells ... http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/index.php/fuel-cells/toyota-residential-fuel-cells-oh-what-a-feeling/ The EnergyWhiz Olympics, sponsored by the University of Central Florida, featured the Hydrogen Sprint this past weekend to help high school students learn about alternative energy vehicles. Students were asked to design and built hydrogen fuel cell cars and then race them head-to-head. The Hydrogen Sprint is designed to expose students ... http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/index.php/fuel-cells/energywhiz-olympics-sends-students-on-hydrogen-sprint/ Hydrogen fuel cell maker UTC Power has reached a couple of milestones in powering both bus drivers and astronauts. UTC Power has just sold the largest procurement of fuel cells to bus operator AC Transit of Oakland, California. AC Transit, who currently operates three hydrogen hybrid buses in the Northern California ... http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/index.php/hydrogen-vehicles/utc-power-fuel-cells-energizing-bus-drivers-and-astronauts/ Separate efforts by separate agencies in a variety of countries to put hydrogen fuel cell buses on the road have lead to the Fuel Cell Bus Club. Including 33 hydrogen buses in all, the Fuel Cell Bus Club is comprised of the ECTOS, STEP and CUTE agencies. ECTOS out of Reykjavík, ... http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/index.php/hydrogen-vehicles/fuel-cell-bus-club-links-technology-and-cities/ C.En (Clean Energy) of Israel has discovered a new way to store hydrogen that will aid in the acceleration of rolling out hydrogen cars en mass to the public. While other manufacturers are using heavy metals, carbon fiber or metal hydrides to store hydrogen gas, C.En has figured out a ... http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/index.php/hydrogen-storage/cen-discovers-breakthrough-in-hydrogen-storage-swappable-tanks/ A couple of months back, I had talked about the Hydrorunner G3 hydrogen boosting unit being sold by Bill Wylie and John Swangler at Check Engine Service Center in Tampa, Florida. A couple of days ago I had a conversation with Mr. Wylie about the Hydrorunner including the upcoming announcement ... http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/index.php/hydrogen-cars/hydrorunner-teams-up-with-ronn-motors-scorpion/ Presidents, princes, tycoons and actors are the latest recipients of the BMW Hydrogen 7 luxury car. April has been a very busy month for rolling out the BMW Hydrogen 7 as it has made its way to a couple of different continents and made it into the hands of a ... http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/index.php/hydrogen-cars/bmw-hydrogen-7-for-presidents-princes-tycoons-and-actors/ Even though the hydrogen movement has been going on for decades and has picked up steam in recent months and years due to high gas prices, it has always been lacking one thing: a theme song. Well, now those days are over as the Hydrogen Highway song by Elmers Youngest has ... http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/index.php/advocates/hydrogen-highway-song-from-elmers-youngest/ The HydroGen Corporation has announced that they have started up a 400 kw hydrogen-powered phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC) at ASHTA Chemicals in Ashtabula, Ohio. This full-scale commercial demonstration project uses “by-product hydrogen” from the ASHTA plant that is created in the production of chlor-alkali. The electricity created by the HydroGen ... http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/index.php/hydrogen-economy/hydrogen-corporation-unveils-fuel-cell-power-plant/ I received an email for Carolyn E. a few days back who makes several good points, so I thought I would post her words here along with my response. Carolyn E.: “I was reviewing info on your site, as well as other websites. I have heard a lot about hydrogen cars ... http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/index.php/advocates/carolyn-e-wants-quicker-action-to-bring-hydrogen-to-market/