Category: Hydrogen Cars

Yesterday I talked about the Riversimple Urban Car as an open source fuel cell vehicle that could spread like wildfire to Europe, Scandinavia, Japan, the U. S. and other countries with a budding hydrogen fueling infrastructure. Since then I’ve heard from Toby Guise, a consultant for the Riversimple Urban Car who has some information to […]

Teams at Oxford and Cranfield universities in the United Kingdom have developed the Riversimple Urban Car, a two seat fuel cell vehicle that will be unveiled to the public in Great Britain on June 16. The vehicle runs on hydrogen aided by ultracapacitors and uses regenerative braking for recharging. The Riversimple Urban Car has a […]

A company called HandbookLive has just produced a video for General Motors and its Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell Vehicle. The video is unlike many others in that it not only features the fuel cell components but other features of the vehicle that make this more of a general consumer video than an early adopter video. […]

According to Bloomberg, Toyota Motor Corporation could face a $1 billion charge in trying to comply with the clean air rules set by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) starting 2012. In March 2008, I had talked about how CARB had officially chosen to promote plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in California over hydrogen and electric […]

Now, that Jesse James has finished with Donald Trump’s reality TV show “The Apprentice” he’s moving back into what he knows best, fast vehicles. Apparently the Green Scream from last year fell short of expectations, so now James is onto another project. Jesse James is the owner of West Coast Choppers and is also the […]

As the Hydrogen Road Tour 2009 is busy on the West Coast proving H2 as a viable transportation fuel, the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is busy on the East Coast doing the same. While Governor Schwarzenegger is speaking in West Los Angeles today about the tour that runs from Chula Vista, California to Vancouver, […]

It’s been a long time coming. In November 2007 I had talked about Mazda planning to deliver 30 to 40 Renesis RX 8 Hydrogen cars to Norway as part of the region’s Hynor project. Now, Mazda is making good on this promise in short order. On May 11, 2009 just one week from today, Mazda […]

Justin G. visited the main Hydrogen Cars website recently and sent in a lot of his opinions about different topics that he would like to share: “I was surfing your site and couldn’t help but notice on your page about the 1966 GM Electrovan you mention that the setup used to power the vehicle was […]

Even if auto giant General Motors goes into bankruptcy they still see their future survival tied to hydrogen cars. GM continues to parade its Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell SUV, which made an appearance in Tonawanda, New York recently. And on May 15, 2009, GM plans to have a ride and drive day for its Chevy […]