Archives: Hydrogen Cars

Toyota Mark X Zio Hydrogen Plays I Spy

August 18, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Toyota Mark X Zio Hydrogen Plays I Spy | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.

There are some spy shots that have been floating around recently about the Toyota Mark X Zio Hydrogen making its serendipitous U. S. debut in California. The Toyota Mark X Zio Hydrogen was playing a game of “I Spy” in Death Valley recently when these photos were taken apparently doing hot weather testing of its • Read More »

Hydrogen Road Tour ’08 Making News

August 13, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Road Tour ’08 Making News | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.

A couple of weeks ago I jumped the gun and talked about the Hydrogen Road Tour 2008 coming to 31 cities across the U. S. After this announcement, the details were taken down from the website for a week or so and then a new and improved website was unveiled. The U. S. Department of • Read More »

Ronn Motors Scorpion Eco-Exotic Gets Publisher’s Choice Award

July 30, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.

The eco exotic Scorpion supercar from Ronn Motors in Horseshoe Bay, Texas has received the duPont REGISTRY “Publishers Choice” award. The duPont REGISTRY is a premiere luxury marketplace for cars, homes and boats, catering mostly to the rich and famous. According to founder and publisher Tom duPont, “When deciding on the ‘Publisher’s Choice’ vehicle, we • Read More »

Ron Yerxa, Annette Ballester Get Keys to Honda FCX Clarity

July 28, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Ron Yerxa, Annette Ballester Get Keys to Honda FCX Clarity | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.

Ron Yerxa and wife, Annette Ballester are the first drivers to get the keys for the long-awaited Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle. The California couple took delivery of their lease vehicle from Sales Manager Dan Rowand of Honda of Santa Monica on Friday, July 25, 2008. Up to 200 customers over the next three • Read More »

Post Office and Project Driveway Team Up on Hydrogen Vehicles

July 24, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Post Office and Project Driveway Team Up on Hydrogen Vehicles | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.

The U. S. Postal Service and General Motors’ Project Driveway are teaming up to test the Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell vehicle in Irvine, California and Washington DC. Now, if you’ve read this blog for even a short time you’ll realize that I live a relatively short distance from Irvine. In fact, I’ve taken photos of • Read More »

EERC Says Hydrogen Cars Ready in 4 to 5 Years

July 23, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on EERC Says Hydrogen Cars Ready in 4 to 5 Years | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.

Since I had talked about timelines yesterday for rolling out hydrogen cars and how the critics want to drag this process out for decades, I thought I would follow up today with a short timeline from a hydrogen advocate. According to Dr. Gerald Groenewold, the Director of EERC (Energy & Environmental Research Center) at the • Read More »

Hydrogen Car Timelines Confuse Rather Than Enlighten

July 22, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.

Hydrogen car timelines have always amused me to some degree. It seems like everybody and their mother wants to weigh in and predict a date that hydrogen cars will roll off the assembly lines en masse. Advocates such as myself, predict a short timeline and timeframe (such as 5 years) with the caveat that there • Read More »

GM Project Driveway Tester Asks for More H2 Fueling Stations

July 18, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on GM Project Driveway Tester Asks for More H2 Fueling Stations | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.

Daniel Krach of Newport Beach, California was lucky enough to get behind the wheel for three months in a Chevy Equinox Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. In fact, Krach refuels his vehicle at the UC, Irvine campus at the same location that I took a page full of photographs a year and a half ago. According • Read More »

Spain’s Tecnalia Basque-ing in Hydrogen FCV Development

July 3, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Spain’s Tecnalia Basque-ing in Hydrogen FCV Development | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.

A company from the Basque area of Spain, called Tecnalia, has unveiled a hydrogen fuel cell prototype car, known as H2CAR. The Tecnalia ecological car project was developed to demonstrate not only the viability of fuel cell vehicles but hydrogen as a storage medium for renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and wave power. • Read More »

Suzuki SX4 FCV to Be Tested in Japan

July 2, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Suzuki SX4 FCV to Be Tested in Japan | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.

Suzuki is once again dipping their toes inside the fuel cell vehicle market by testing the SX4 FCV on the roadways of Japan. In 2005, the Suzuki Ionis hydrogen fuel cell vehicle was introduced at the Tokyo Motor Show. Then in October 2007, the Suzuki Crosscage hydrogen fuel cell motorcycle was unveiled, also in Tokyo • Read More »