Here are some of the latest stories and articles about hydrogen cars:

2006

• DaimlerChrysler has logged more than 1.2 million miles of zero-emissions fuel cell experience -- no other automobile manufacturer even comes close. This combined mileage is a result of more than 100 fuel cell vehicles operating worldwide, including Mercedes-Benz F-Cell passenger cars, Dodge Sprinter medium-duty fuel cell-powered vans and Citaro fuel cell-powered transportation buses.
• Mazda and BMW promise hydrogen cars by 2008. Mazda has delivered the first two hydrogen-powered RX-8s to corporate customers in Japan, while BMW has confirmed plans to bring a hydrogen-powered 7 Series to market within two years. Initially, BMW intends to build a few hundred examples which will be able to switch between burning standard gasoline and hydrogen so that drivers will not be left stranded while hydrogen refuelling infrastructure is developed.
• Honda has a rough idea of who its first fuel-cell customers will be — people trading in their gasoline-electric hybrid cars. "We already hear of people saying, ‘gee I like my hybrid but what's next. I want to go beyond gasoline,’" says Ellis. Honda believes the fuel cells actually will be an easier step for drivers of the compressed natural gas cars it sells in the United States. "They already have experience with limited infrastructure, with high-pressure gaseous storage on board. They're comfortable with it. They've crossed that hurdle. Hybrid drivers haven't done that yet," says Ellis.
  
• Nuvera Fuel Cells announced today that Fiat presented the Panda Hydrogen, a fuel cell powered car, at Hy Park, scene of the first ever Hydrogen Olympics. Hy Park, promoted by Regione Piemonte, is not just a show-case of hydrogen technologies, but the demonstration of Regione system approach where local industries, research centers, academia, together with the Fiat Group, play a leading role in developing hydrogen applications.
• LAX has taken delivery of five hydrogen fuel-cell-powered Mercedes Benzes from DaimlerChrysler. The Los Angeles World Airports have been sharpening the cutting edge on government use of alternative fuel. Fully half of LAX's vehicles use alternative fuel or power sources including the five Benzes, which burn hydrogen gas and emit only water from their tailpipes.
• Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman announced Tuesday that the Department of Energy will provide $119 million in funding for hydrogen fuel cell research. Speaking at the Washington Auto Show, Bodman also unveiled the DOE's "Roadmap on Manufacturing R&D for the Hydrogen Economy," a white paper that lays out the R&D needed in manufacturing, storage and production of fuel cell technologies. The announcement is part of President Bush's $1.2 billion Hydrogen Fuel Initiative announced back in 2003, with a goal of making hydrogen fuel cell vehicles practical and cost-effective for large numbers of Americans by 2020.
• The ministry of non-conventional energy sources (MNES) is hopeful of having hydrogen-driven vehicles on Indian roads by 2007 with International Tractors Ltd (ITL) having agreed to undertake commercial production. "While hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is a long-term plan, we hope to have vehicles with hydrogen combustion engine in present vehicles running within the next five years," minister of Non-Conventional Energy Sources Vilas Muttemwar said here Wednesday.

2005

• India's first hydrogen fuelling station was officially opened on Sunday 9th October by Mr Mani Shanker Aiyar, Honourable Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Panchayati Raj. This is the first phase of India's development of its Hydrogen Economy. The facility, a Hydrogen/Compressed Natural Gas (HCNG) blend and pure hydrogen dispensing station, is located at the Indian Oil Corporation Limited's R&D centre, in Faridabad, just north of New Delhi. The event was hosted by Mr Sarthak Behuria, Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
• Researcher Dr. Clemens Heske is one of the newest associate professors in the UNLV Chemistry Department. Heske's world-renowned materials expertise in physics could play an important role in the advancement of the search for a more efficient, economical and environmentally friendly alternative energy.
• Rutgers University has launched its New Jersey Hydrogen Learning Center with hopes of becoming the state's top resource for renewable hydrogen research and development. According to Jeanne Fox, president of the state Board of Public Utilities, "Hydrogen is really something for the future that we need to get to now."
• Atlantic Hydrogen Inc., a Canada-based start-up, has developed a device it is calling CarbonSaver, which produces hydrogen from natural gas and remove the carbon without creating greenhouse gases. The carbon is broken down into a fine powder, which can then be recycled into other products such as tires, ink and other dyes.
• Scotland, the windiest country in Europe, is looking towards using wind-farms to produce hydrogen for fuel cell cars. Alan Mortimer of ScottishPower says, "With the abundance of renewable energy here, Scotland is well placed to lead the world in hydrogen fuels." Another ScottishPower spokesman has said, "Only so much electricity from windfarms can go into the National Grid. We are looking at what to do with our excess." Those Star Trek fans can add their own Scotty quote here.

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