The last time I had talked about the Audi A7 H-Tron was back in August 2015 so this is an update as Audi expects to start rolling out the latest iteration of this fuel cell vehicle within the next 2 years or less. Audi is currently working on their 5th generation hydrogen fuel-cell car • Read More »
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Pininfarina H2 Speed Racecar to Roll Out Commercially in Limited Numbers
March 13, 2018 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Pininfarina H2 Speed Racecar to Roll Out Commercially in Limited Numbers | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Pininfarina has decided to make it official and bring their hydrogen fuel cell H2 Speed racecar from concept status to commercial status, rolling it out in limited numbers. I’ve talked about Pininfarina before, first in 2008 when they introduced their Sintesi hydrogen fuel cell vehicle prototype and second in 2016, about two years ago • Read More »
Forze Hydrogen Racing Update February 2018
February 4, 2018 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Forze Hydrogen Racing Update February 2018 | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.I’ve talked about the Forze Delft hydrogen racing team many times before starting in 2008. Be that as it may, I think it is time for an update about the Forze VII and what the team is up to. In August 2017, the Forze hydrogen racing team had competed in the GRD SuperCarChallenge on • Read More »
Natural Hydrogen (a New Source of Energy) Seeks Commercial Production & Investors
December 19, 2017 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Natural Hydrogen (a New Source of Energy) Seeks Commercial Production & Investors | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel.In 2009, geologists discovered a new, previously unknown natural phenomenon: some places on the Earth’s crust were seeping hydrogen gas. Hydrogen is odorless, invisible, tasteless, non-toxic, and, the most important, a very diffusive gas. This may explain why hydrogen in such places was not recognized earlier. This gas seeps out over very wide areas, • Read More »
Why Baker, California Needs a Hydrogen Fueling Station
November 30, 2017 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Why Baker, California Needs a Hydrogen Fueling Station | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.A couple of months back I wrote two articles titled “1st Interstate H2 Highway in the USA Rolls Out September 2017” and “1st Interstate Hydrogen Highway in USA Inaugurated by Maiden Voyage” which were about a voyage upon an interstate hydrogen highway between southern California and Las Vegas, NV (This was an very • Read More »
Interview with Jennifer Gangi about the Fuel Cell Seminar & Energy Exposition
October 26, 2017 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Interview with Jennifer Gangi about the Fuel Cell Seminar & Energy Exposition | Filed in: Conferences.Yesterday, I had the pleasure of communicating with Jennifer Gangi (@fuelcellgirl) who is the FCS&EE spokesperson for the upcoming Fuel Cell Seminar & Energy Exposition (November 7-9, 2017 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California). As I will be attending this year, I was curious about several aspects of the upcoming Seminar • Read More »
Mercedes-Benz GLC F-Cell – Top 10 Surprises You May Not Know
October 14, 2017 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Mercedes-Benz GLC F-Cell – Top 10 Surprises You May Not Know | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Mercedes-Benz GLC F-Cell SUV is a plug-in hybrid fuel cell electric vehicle which is in pre-production and will be the first of its kind when it rolls out commercially in the summer of 2018. Here are the top 10 items you may not know about this vehicle: Both the fuel cell and large rechargeable lithium-ion • Read More »
National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day 2017 – A Big Thank You!
October 8, 2017 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day 2017 – A Big Thank You! | Filed in: News, Uncategorized.October 8th is National Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Day every year now since the 114th U. S. Congress made a unanimous declaration pushing this day into existence on September 28, 2015. My website went live in late 2005 and I published my first blog post about hydrogen and fuel cells on April 05, 2006. In • Read More »
1st Interstate Hydrogen Highway in USA Inaugurated by Maiden Voyage
September 13, 2017 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on 1st Interstate Hydrogen Highway in USA Inaugurated by Maiden Voyage | Filed in: Hydrogen Highways, Uncategorized.Well, slap me silly and call me Sally (and never, ever call me Shirley), the long-shot fuel cell caravan inaugurating the 1st Interstate Hydrogen Highway in the USA came to fruition on Monday, September 11, 2017. With a lot of guts, determination and planning Michael P. Henning, Mike Strizki and Jed Dole (pictured top, left • Read More »
NASA Develops Cryo-Fluid Capacitor for Hydrogen on Demand
September 2, 2017 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on NASA Develops Cryo-Fluid Capacitor for Hydrogen on Demand | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Storage.I floated this story out over Twitter a couple of days ago and there was less than a yawn in response. So, I’m going to try again to convey why this new Cryo-Fluid Capacitor (not flux capacitor) technology could be a very big deal for hydrogen fuel cell car lovers. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center has • Read More »