by guest blogger Stan Thompson Long before he was honored with with his own automobile brand, Serbian inventor-engineer Niccola Tesla had an annual tradition of predicting on his birthday the future of technology. Lesser lights, including myself, use the birthday of the New Year to make predictions. Here are ten for 2015: 2015-1 The announcement last year • Read More »
Archives: Hydrogen Vehicles
United Hydrail Nations
September 17, 2014 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on United Hydrail Nations | Filed in: Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen Education, Hydrogen Organizations, Hydrogen Vehicles, Hyrail, Infrastructure.by guest blogger Stan Thompson This update follows much farther behind the wonderfully successful 9th International Hydrail Conference in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (June 2014) than I had intended. The reason is one I can’t regret: the cast of international players on the hydrail stage has grown so large, and there are so many intertwining plots, that I can hardly keep up • Read More »
Plug Power Placing FCVs at Airports
July 2, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.Plug Power, known for selling fuel cell materials handling units, is now placing their FCVs at airports. The fuel cell vehicles (pictured above) will be a part of a demo project for ground support equipment (GSE) vehicles used to carry luggage and cargo. According to Plug Power, “This demo is a significant step in Plug • Read More »
Neumünster, Germany, Hosts 9th International Hydrail Conference
May 22, 2014 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Neumünster, Germany, Hosts 9th International Hydrail Conference | Filed in: Conferences, Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Vehicles, Hyrail, Infrastructure, News.by guest blogger Stan Thompson Neumünster, in the Northern German State of Schleswig-Holstein, will host the Ninth International Hydrail Conference (“9IHC”) on 16-18 June this year (2014). This year’s registration details, presenters and agenda information appear on the Appalachian State University hydrail web site, http://www.hydrail.org. German support for the Hydrail Conference has proved so strong that, for the • Read More »
Fuel Cells for Forklifts Food Trucks and Airport Vehicles
April 8, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Fuel Cells for Forklifts Food Trucks and Airport Vehicles | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.The rise of fuel cell vehicles has not started with the car market as many had predicted. The number of hydrogen powered forklifts has surged in the marketplace over the past 3 years. And now, Plug Power wants to put their fuel cells into a couple other types of vehicles as well. According to Bloomberg, • Read More »
French Post Office Testing Fuel Cell Range Extenders
December 11, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on French Post Office Testing Fuel Cell Range Extenders | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.The French La Poste (postal service) is testing hydrogen fuel cell range extenders in their battery electric delivery trucks in the Franche-Comté region. Symbio FCell is supplying the hydrogen range extender kits. According to the press release, “As part of a performance validation test in real working conditions, the Renault Kangoo Z.E. electric vehicles used • Read More »
Hydrail: a boost from Warren Buffet?
March 6, 2013 | By Stan Thompson | 1 Comment | Filed in: Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Organizations, Hydrogen Vehicles, Infrastructure.by guest blogger Stan Thompson At first glance, Russell Gold’s March 5, 2013, Wall Street Journal story, “Berkshire’s BNSF Railway to Test Switch to Natural Gas,” looked like such a big splash that the hydrail boat might get swamped. But a closer look suggests that hydrail—the emerging hydrogen fuel cell hybrid technology for railroad propulsion—is • Read More »
Suzuki and Intelligent Energy Establish Fuel Cell Production Plant
February 20, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.This is an update from the news on February 7, 2012 that Suzuki and Intelligent Energy had formed a partnership called SMILE FC System Corporation. Under this arrangement each will have a 50/50 stake in the corporation. The announcement today, is that SMILE FC has already produced some tangible results over the past year of • Read More »
Fuel Cell Golf Carts for South Africa
February 19, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Fuel Cell Golf Carts for South Africa | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.This isn’t the first time I’ve talked about South Africa and their intentions on using their vast platinum supplies inside of fuel cells. But, back in 2010 the intention was to use that platinum inside of stationary fuel cells and today South Africa has modified their position to include light duty vehicles as well. According • Read More »
HYDRAIL, FRACKING AND WILLIE SUTTON
September 2, 2012 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on HYDRAIL, FRACKING AND WILLIE SUTTON | Filed in: Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Fuel Production, Hydrogen Fueling Stations, Hydrogen Vehicles, Hyrail, Infrastructure, Political Issues.Posted on September 2nd, 2012 By guest blogger, Stan Thompson According to Wikipedia, Willie Sutton claimed never to have said the words that elevated him in history from a habitual law-breaker to authorship of Sutton’s Law. Sutton was a notoriously successful bank robber—the original “Slick Willie.” His notoriety earned him a famous, though apocryphal, interview • Read More »