The Suzuki Burgman scooter powered by an Intelligent Energy fuel cell has leaped a major hurdle towards commercialization. The Suzuki Burgman Fuel Cell Scooter was first unveiled in 2009 and has been undergoing public road testing in the United Kingdom since. According to Intelligent Energy, “Intelligent Energy, the global clean power systems company, and Suzuki • Read More »
Archives: Hydrogen Vehicles
Intelligent Energy Stop Demonstrating and Start Commercializing
January 27, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 6 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Scooters, Hydrogen Vehicles.Intelligent Energy is once again showing off their ENV fuel cell motorbike and this time at the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Summit in the UK. In fact, Intelligent Energy is no rookie when it comes to showing off their demonstration vehicles. They have been showing off the ENV for 6 years now. Intelligent Energy partnered with • Read More »
AVL FCC Fuel Cell Commuter Unveiled
October 21, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.In my last blog post I talked about how China was charging forward with fuel cell vehicles. At the Austria Tech Week event held at the Expo Shanghai 2010 in China, a company called AVL rolled out its Fuel Cell Commuter (FCC). The AVL FCC is basically a battery electric car that uses a hydrogen • Read More »
Formula Zero Car Pulls Up Number 1 Against Gasoline Car
August 31, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Formula Zero Car Pulls Up Number 1 Against Gasoline Car | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.I always like talking about the Formula Zero racing go-kart events. They are a fun, fast & furious venue in which to talk about the merits of hydrogen powered vehicles. At The Hague, the Netherlands, the Technical University Delft’s Greenchoice Forze hydrogen fuel cell race team won, beating a gasoline powered go-kart. And not only • Read More »
Horizon Offers World’s First Hydrogen Fuel Cell for UAVs
August 16, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.Just a week after I had talked about a hydrogen-powered unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) for the Navy, the world’s first commercial hydrogen fuel cell system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been announced by Horizon. Now, I’ve talked about hydrogen-powered UAV’s before. In fact, about a year ago, Horizon teamed up Bluebird Aero Systems to • Read More »
Hydrogen Microcars, Scooters and Bikes Oh My!
August 13, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Bikes, Hydrogen Vehicles.In the Wizard of Oz it was lions and tigers and bears, Oh My! And now hydrogen delayers and deniers may be saying the same thing about hydrogen microcars, scooters and bicycles. On one continent (not North America) a company called APFCT has won a contract to produce a fleet of hydrogen fuel cell microcars • Read More »
Hydrogen Fueled UUV Created by AlumiFuel for Navy
August 10, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.This is not the first time I’ve mentioned AlumiFuel and their hydrogen on demand systems. In the past I’ve also talked about hydrogen powered submarines and hydrogen propelled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Now, AlumiFuel Power Inc. (API) has announced that it is working with the U. S. Navy to create unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs). During • Read More »
FAUN and Heliocentris Create Hydrogen Dual Fuel Garbage Truck
August 9, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 5 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.FAUN and Heliocentris have teamed up to develop a German garbage truck for BSR (Berliner Stadtreinigung) that runs on hydrogen, diesel fuel and is a battery electric hybrid vehicle as well. According to Heliocentris, “The garbage collection vehicle prototype will have an onboard hydrogen-powered fuel cell energy system. This allows the main drive (diesel engine) • Read More »
US Army Tanks to Test Hydrogen Fuel
July 6, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.I’ve talked before about how the U. S. Army likes to test hydrogen vehicles as one of their pet projects offering military solutions. In the past the Army has put up hydrogen fueling stations, worked with Ford and GM on testing hydrogen cars and also worked with Vehicle Projects LLC on building a hydrogen train. • Read More »
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Scooters in Tourist Locations?
June 16, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Bikes, Hydrogen Scooters, Hydrogen Vehicles.Yesterday, I talked about the APFCT hydrogen scooter taking a road trip around Taiwan. On this trip the empty hydrogen tank was swapped out for a fresh tank several times in less than 3 minutes. This got me to thinking about worldwide scooter sales and where gasoline scooters could be replaced by hydrogen fuel cell • Read More »