Archives: Hydrogen Buses

Hydrogen Bus Fleet Passes 1.5 Million Road Miles

September 20, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Bus Fleet Passes 1.5 Million Road Miles | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses.

In the time span of 2006 through 2010 I wrote eight blog posts about hydrogen vehicles coming to the Vancouver BC and Whistler BC areas of Canada. Some of those posts were about hydrogen buses being built to be shown off at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. But one of the main • Read More »

Emeryville, California Gets New Hydrogen Fueling Station

April 11, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses.

Emeryville, California which is just north of Oakland, has received a very special gift this week – a new hydrogen fueling station. The station which was built by the Linde Group was delivered to AC Transit, a municipal bus company that operates in the Emeryville, Oakland and Berkeley, California areas. According to the press release, • Read More »

Alabama to Get Hydrogen Bus and Fueling Station

April 5, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses.

The Deep South isn’t known for being socially or technically progressive. Up until now Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana have yet to have a hydrogen car or bus driving around their states. Now, Alabama has decided to cast off the past a bit and step into the future by bringing home a hydrogen fuel cell • Read More »

Quantum Teams Up With India’s Mahindra for Hydrogen ICE Vehicles

January 13, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Quantum Teams Up With India’s Mahindra for Hydrogen ICE Vehicles | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses.

In my last post, I had talked about a fleet of 3-wheel hydrogen vehicles called HyAlfa being rolled out in India. These vehicles use converted internal combustion engines (ICE) for power. Today I want to talk about a different company in India Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., who has contracted Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. • Read More »

More Fuel Cell Buses from Switzerland to California

November 22, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses.

From Switzerland to California (and everywhere in-between) fuel cell buses have become increasingly common over the past few years. They have become so common in fact that I usually don’t write about individual rollouts anymore and lump them together as I’m doing in this blog post. In Switzerland there is a company called PostBus that • Read More »

SunLine Transit Unveils 7th Generation Fuel Cell in American Fuel Cell Bus

November 15, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on SunLine Transit Unveils 7th Generation Fuel Cell in American Fuel Cell Bus | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses.

The SunLine Transit company out of Thousand Palms, California yesterday unveiled its 7th generation fuel cell in its production ready American Fuel Cell Bus. In order for the bus to be “Buy America Compliant” 60-percent of its components had to be manufactured within the U. S. This compliancy qualified SunLine for some Federal funding. However, • Read More »

HYFLEET: CUTE Shuts Down but CHIC Project Ramps Up

September 6, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses.

The HYFLEET: CUTE project in Europe has officially come to an end. HYFLEET: CUTE was a demonstration project that accomplished its goals of proving that hydrogen buses are indeed worthy alternative fuel vehicles worth pursuing via commercialization. According to me, “HyFLEET: CUTE is based upon the information garnered from three other projects, CUTE, ECTOS (Ecological • Read More »

Hamburg, Germany Puts 4 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses on Road

August 24, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses.

It’s true that Germany has been a beehive of activity these past 5 years when it comes to developing hydrogen cars, vehicles and the supporting infrastructure. Germany has far outpaced development of the same in the United States and Japan, its two closest competitors. And now Germany is doing it again by introducing four Mercedes-Benz • Read More »

Hydrogen Buses Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

December 21, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 4 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses.

Over the past week and a half there has been a lot of news regarding hydrogen buses. So, I want to provide a summary to each story. The United Kingdom’s first hydrogen bus has been launched and will service London’s RV1 route. Seven more hydrogen powered buses will be added to the same route in • Read More »

Future Bus Credo E-Bone Powered by Hydrogen Fuel Cells

October 14, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses.

Well there have been some wacky designs in the car world as any trade show will tell you. Concept cars are pretty prevalent there. But, concept buses are another matter altogether. This futuristic concept bus was invented by designer Peter Simon. The Credo E-Bone is powered by a combination of hydrogen fuel cells and lithium • Read More »