Archives: Hydrogen Cars

On January 10, 2011 I had talked about the F-Cell World Drive circling the globe in 125 days. The purpose of this 4 continent tour (Europe, America, Australia and Asia) was to show off the capabilities of the Mercedes B-Class F-Cell automobile plus discover interesting green subjects that need reporting along the way. According to • Read More »

In October 2007, I had talked about the hydrogen-powered microcabs that were being developed by the University of Coventry and driven around the Birmingham area. Here is an update on what is happening with the fuel cell microcabs. “In another first, Coventry-based hydrogen vehicle manufacturer Microcab is set to unveil its new next-generation hybrid car, • Read More »

Right now there are several radio controlled (RC) hydrogen powered cars on the market. Three of them are the HCell 20, the H2Go and the H-Cell RC. But, there is another hydrogen fuel cell RC that I would like to talk about that has just been developed and is a little unique. First of all, • Read More »

I’ve talked about Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies Ltd. (APFCT) before. In August 2010 I had talked about how APFCT was producing 10 hydrogen microcars and 10 fuel cell scooters. Then in January 2011, I had talked about how the first swappable hydrogen canister station had been setup at the National Tsing-Hua University in Taiwan. • Read More »

The Hyundai Blue2 fuel cell electric vehicle was unveiled for future drivers recently at the Seoul Motor Show in South Korea. The concept vehicle uses a 90 Kw fuel cell to deliver not only significant power but an 82 mpge fuel efficiency rating. The Hyundai Blue2 is a significant upgrade from their current lineup including • Read More »

The students at the University of Waterloo in Ontario Canada are not making their last stand but their first in developing a hydrogen fuel cell plug-in hybrid vehicle that one day may be commercialized. Now, a couple of the major automakers have already come up with such a vehicle such as the Ford HySeries Edge • Read More »

Last week I had talked about Hyundai and Hydrogenics ramping up the Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway Partnership (SHHP). This week I have received an email from the Zero Emission Resource Organisation asking if anyone would like to lease their Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen Car. Here is the email: Hello to all of you. Let me give you • Read More »

In May 2010, Toyota declared that they will be able to build and sell a fuel cell vehicle (FCV) for $50,000 by 2015. This remark was met with a lot of criticism and disbelief. Now, Daimler has also jumped on the bandwagon saying that they will be able to build and sell their FCVs for • Read More »

Some will say that the future hydrogen car, the Chase 2053 flies under the face of science fiction. And they may be right. But this future flight of fancy opens up the doors of what hydrogen cars could look like in another 40 years. The Chase 2053, which drives and flies using a hydrogen-powered jet • Read More »

Last March 2010, I had talked about the Hyundai Tucson iX35 FCEV rolling out at the Geneva Auto Show. The most recent news regarding this vehicle is that the prototype is now ready and will begin testing in 2011. The Tucson iX is an upgrade from the Hyundai Tucson FCEV with a 3rd generation fuel • Read More »