In Torrance, California Air Products has partnered with Shell, Toyota, South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and the U. S. DOE to tap into an existing hydrogen pipeline to supply H2 gas for cars at an existing Shell service station. Air Products is tapping into its own hydrogen pipeline which it uses to supply • Read More »
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Big Rig Carrying Hydrogen Catches Fire No Explosion
February 18, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 6 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Safety.Here’s another story for all the naysayers, doomsdayers, end-of-worlders and Armageddon-ites when it comes to hydrogen. There was a big rig truck in Texas carrying compressed hydrogen gas that caught fire and partly burned. I say partly because the video shows the back end of the truck burned but not the middle or front. The • Read More »
1966 GM Electrovan Smithsonian Collection Correction
August 5, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on 1966 GM Electrovan Smithsonian Collection Correction | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Every once in a while I have a reader write in with a correction for the Hydrogen Cars Now website or blog. This is a healthy situation since it keeps the information on this site more up-to-date and accurate. One such person is Hal Wallace, Associate Curator of the Smithsonian Institution’s NMAH Electricity Collections Division. • Read More »
It’s Official: First Commercial Production Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles for Sale
June 22, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 7 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts.Yes, there have been a few commercial hydrogen fuel cell production cars built (such a by Honda and Daimler) but they have been for lease and not for sale. Yesterday I talked about hydrogen fuel cell Sysco forklifts and palette trucks powered by Plug Power Gendrive systems possibly being the first commercial production hydrogen fuel • Read More »
Sysco Warehouse Opens with Fuel Cell Forklifts, Palette Trucks
June 21, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 5 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts.In May 2010, I wondered aloud whether or not fuel cell forklifts and palette trucks used in large warehouse settings, would in fact be the first commercial production hydrogen vehicles on the market. Now, there is more evidence that this is so. In Houston, Texas Sysco Inc. opened their new 585,000-square-foot food distribution facility. They • Read More »
Where Are the Hydrogen Cars and Stations Along the Gulf Coast?
June 8, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 6 Comments | Filed in: Infrastructure.Let’s make no mistake about it. The environmental disaster that is happening right now in the Gulf Coastal region is the worst oil spill in U. S. history. So, this begs the question (at least on this blog) as to where are all of the hydrogen cars and fueling stations along the Gulf Coast region • Read More »
US Hydrogen Roadmaps and State’s Initiatives You May Not Know
March 15, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on US Hydrogen Roadmaps and State’s Initiatives You May Not Know | Filed in: Hydrogen Organizations.Sometimes I like to tool around the Internet looking for hydrogen resources that may have flown under the radar of the mainstream media. In the U. S. there are many programs that are being developed simultaneously, especially different kinds of hydrogen roadmaps and state’s initiatives. So, I thought I would outline a few of the • Read More »
Hydrogen Fuel Prices at the Pump and Costs to Consumers
March 1, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 8 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.Last week I talked about the price of converting fossil fueled vehicles into H2ICE cars. So, this week I thought I would follow up and talk about the price at the pump of hydrogen fuel to consumers. Right now, consumers can convert their own cars, trucks and other vehicles to run on hydrogen. Or they • Read More »
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Forklifts for Whole Foods
November 2, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Forklifts for Whole Foods | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts, Hydrogen Vehicles.The green grocery store, Whole Foods Markets, which started operations in Austin, Texas in 1980 has decided to pilot a set of hydrogen fuel cell forklifts at one of their distribution centers in Maryland. Now, I’ve talked about forklifts for grocers before such as H-E-B Corporation and Wegmans Food Markets. Whole Foods going with hydrogen • Read More »
The Hydrogen Infrastructure You May Not Know
October 26, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Infrastructure.Last Friday I talked about how plug-in vehicles lack a recharging infrastructure. Critics of hydrogen cars typically say that there is absolutely no hydrogen infrastructure whatsoever inside the U. S. But, that is not true. While hydrogen cars do lack an adequate refueling infrastructure, there is already some production and distribution going on of which • Read More »