Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
According to Philip King in The Australian, the big oil companies are the weakest link in the budding hydrogen transportation system. King quotes DaimlerChrysler vice-president Herbert Kohler as saying that the governments should require the oil companies to build the infrastructure to support hydrogen cars if they are also going to require automakers to build […]
Continue ReadingWhen cruising the Internet, looking for items of interest to a hydrogen car audience, I stumbled upon an interesting debate from 2004 between Dr. Daniel Sperling and Dr. Joseph Romm. Sperling is the founding Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies and Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy at the University of […]
Continue ReadingThe Morgan LifeCar is getting a new life at next year’s Geneva Motor Show. The specialty carmaker who hand-builds all of its automobiles has been working on the LifeCar for, what seems like, a lifetime. The LifeCar will be built upon Morgan’s traditional wooden frame, yet will incorporate a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system into […]
Continue ReadingFlorida State University (FSU) is building the state’s first Off-Grid Zero Emission Building (OGZEB) under the guidance of professor Anjaneyulu Krothapalli, other faculty and graduate students. The hydrogen-solar house will create electricity by day using solar panels and at night, the house will be powered by hydrogen, created by using the excess of solar power […]
Continue ReadingLast week the University of California Irvine (UCI) received an upgrade to its hydrogen fueling station. Before the upgrade, the station was only able to dispense compressed hydrogen at 350 bar (5,000 psi). Since the upgrade, the station can now also dispense hydrogen at 700 bar (10,000 psi) as well. The higher pressures allow some […]
Continue ReadingThe next generation of cars is meeting the next generation of drivers. This is according to Honda Motor Company as they have just leased their Honda FCX fuel cell vehicle to 17-year-old Q’orianka Kilcher, who starred as Pocahontas in the movie “The New World” with Colin Farrell. The hydrogen fuel cell vehicle will also be […]
Continue ReadingLast week I had blogged about the Building the Hydrogen Economy workshop in Detroit on April 2 – 4 and now I have a few more details about this event. The workshop is being held jointly by the International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy (IPHE) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) and features many notable […]
Continue ReadingTwo hydrogen conferences are coming to San Antonio, Texas on March 19 – 22, 2007 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. Being held side-by-side are the NHA Annual Hydrogen Conference 2007 and the Hydrogen Expo US 2007. Last year’s conferences were held in Long Beach, California. The NHA conference will feature new seminars on […]
Continue ReadingLast week, I spoke with Dale Morris who was the executive producer of a classic car show, “World of Collector Cars” that was broadcast for 9 consecutive years on 150 PBS stations across the United States and syndicated in 11 countries. During his tenure as executive producer, Mr. Morris had the opportunity at various events […]
Continue ReadingIn another segment of “Who Killed the Hydrogen Car?” it has been brought to my attention by someone replying to a post on this blog that hydrogen cars are dead and cars with nano-lithium (LiFePO4) battery technology will take over the world. As a little background, lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries, or nano lithium-ion batteries […]
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