Archives: Hydrogen Cars

On April 16, 2013 I had talked about the Aston Martin Rapide S hydrogen hybrid dual fuel car and its upcoming 24-Hours of Nürburgring Race. Are we there yet? Well, not quite but almost. The Rapide S hydrogen, however, has completed a test lap at the Nurburgring’s Nordschleife. The test drive went smoothly and no • Read More »

Ever since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Japan has been stepping up its game in regard to alternative energy. Emergency preparedness, disaster management and a desire for green energy are driving Japan’s efforts. In the past couple of years, Japan has made great strides in powering homes and businesses with fuel cells. And, now • Read More »

Formerly known by other Toyota employees as “Mr. Hybrid Synergy Drive”, Katsuhiko Hirose has now been given another tag, “Mr. Hydrogen.” Mr. Hirose is in charge of the hydrogen car program for Toyota and was the key player in the Japanese carmaker joining the London Hydrogen Partnership (LHP). The LHP is heavily involved in developing • Read More »

I’ve mentioned Dr. Cliff Ricketts several times in this blog starting in 2007. The last time I mentioned the professor and hydrogen car advocate was in 2012, when he took some of his Middle Tennessee State University students on a hydrogen-fueled road trip from Savannah, GA to Long Beach, CA. This year, Dr. Ricketts conducted • Read More »

Last week I talked about Hyundai rolling its first ix35 FCEV off the assembly line in Ulsan, Korea. The fuel cell vehicle that rolled off was one of 17 fleet vehicles slated for shipment to the City of Copenhagen, Denmark or Skåne, Sweden. Now, that the first few ix35 FCEV’s are rolling off the line, • Read More »

Fleet managers and other decision-makers will be given a chance to test-drive a Microcab H2EV at the 2013 Company Car in Action event. The vehicle is designed as a city car with a top speed of 55 mph and top range of 100 miles. The event will take place at the Millbrook Proving Ground in • Read More »

Since 2008 I’ve been talking about the Forze hydrogen race cars and now the Forze VI design has just been unveiled. After 5 years of development the engineering team was finally able to scale up the Forze VI to the size of a regular street car. The Forze VI has six times the power of • Read More »

Well, it was supposed to roll out December 2012, then January 2013 and now finally in February 2013 the first Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell vehicle has finally rolled off the assembly line in Ulsan, Korea which is being sold commercially as a fleet vehicle elsewhere in the world. Now I’ve talked about the Hyundai ix35 • Read More »

First of all, many thanks to Dave for posting a link in last week’s blog post about the DOE 2012 Annual Report to an article about Ford, Nissan and Daimler joining forces. Because this is such a big story I would like to talk more about it today. Three of the largest automotive companies (Ford, • Read More »

It’s no secret that having students of all ages build and compete with their model hydrogen cars is one of my favorite subjects on this blog. I like to think that the students of today will be the engineers, scientists, researchers, marketers and entrepreneurs of tomorrow in regard to the commercialization of hydrogen cars and • Read More »