Archives: Fuel Cells

A person named P. Drucker tweeted, “Predicting the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.” And this may be a very good way of looking at the future of fuel cells as well. Two recent reports by two different research firms • Read More »

Plug Power, one of the leading fuel cell makers for warehouse lift trucks and airport tow vehicles is cutting 22 jobs (out of 120 employees) this holiday season. Now, you would think that a do-good green company would have a heart and make such a move after the holidays were over. To be a bit • Read More »

We all know that platinum is expensive. When I just checked the spot prices for today both platinum and gold are just under $1,700 per ounce. Now, even though platinum is expensive we still use it in our modern cars inside of the catalytic converters to fight pollution. With a battery electric car or fuel • Read More »

Yesterday I was talking about how a venture capitalist was betting on iron and cobalt to replace platinum in fuel cells. Well, today, there is a new wager on the table. Scientists are Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island are laying their cards on the table, saying cobalt and graphene are a better choice to • Read More »

A venture capital company, the Verge Fund out of Albuquerque is placing its bets on iron and cobalt to replace platinum as the catalyst used in fuel cells. The venture capital firm formed a company called Pajarito Powder LLC to manufacture and market the new platinum-free fuel cells. The price of platinum continues to skyrocket, • Read More »

GM invented the Electrovan in 1966, which arguably was the first fuel cell vehicle to be produced as a life size working prototype. Since then GM has worked in various fuel cell vehicles including for the past several years the Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell under the Project Driveway program. The fuel cells for the multiple • Read More »