Category: Hydrogen Cars

A little less than a year ago, I talked about a hydrogen fuel cell Microcab H4 that was presented in London at the 10th Grove Fuel Cell Symposium. Now, five of these FC Microcabs have been presented to the University of Birmingham as part of a hydrogen fleet testing program. The hydrogen Microcabs will undergo […]

Researchers at the University of Sunderland in the UK have converted a Nissan Almera to run on compressed hydrogen gas. The standard Almera was built by Nissan from 1995 to 2006 as a family car and in the U. S. the same vehicle is called the Sentra. The unveiling of the Hypower Nissan will be […]

I’ve talked at length about the resistance to fuel cell vehicles from a technological standpoint, but have not really delved into the psychological resistance to hydrogen cars. I was reading this article titled, “Fuel Cells Not Exciting Car Makers in Germany” and the first thing that popped into my head was not the technological hurdles, […]

On Friday, Toyota announced that it will begin leasing its FCHV-adv to Japan’s Ministry of the Environment plus a few other government entities. In early June, Toyota had announced that it had acquired certification from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to put this new, advanced vehicle on the road. Toyota has been working […]

Tatra, a Czechoslovakian company, is the third oldest vehicle manufacturer in the world behind Daimler / Mercedes-Benz and Peugeot. Not to be confused with the ultra cheap Tata Motors from India, Tatra has come out with a new design concept (as in not yet a prototype) of a fuel cell vehicle called the 903 Fuel […]

The Hydrogen Road Tour ’08 that I’ve been talking about over the past few weeks finished with style in Los Angeles this past Saturday. The procession of mostly fuel cell cars (except for the Hydrogen Beamer with ICE) pulled up to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (host to two past Olympiads) around 12:30 pm to […]

I first talked about Formula Zero racing two year ago almost to the day. Formula Zero is a hydrogen fuel cell go-cart style racing venue initiated by Dutch designers, Godert van Hardenbroek and Eelco Rietveld. Today starts off the first day of the 2008 Formula Zero Championship also called the World Premiere Rotterdam FZ-GP. The […]

There are some spy shots that have been floating around recently about the Toyota Mark X Zio Hydrogen making its serendipitous U. S. debut in California. The Toyota Mark X Zio Hydrogen was playing a game of “I Spy” in Death Valley recently when these photos were taken apparently doing hot weather testing of its […]

A couple of weeks ago I jumped the gun and talked about the Hydrogen Road Tour 2008 coming to 31 cities across the U. S. After this announcement, the details were taken down from the website for a week or so and then a new and improved website was unveiled. The U. S. Department of […]

The eco exotic Scorpion supercar from Ronn Motors in Horseshoe Bay, Texas has received the duPont REGISTRY “Publishers Choice” award. The duPont REGISTRY is a premiere luxury marketplace for cars, homes and boats, catering mostly to the rich and famous. According to founder and publisher Tom duPont, “When deciding on the ‘Publisher’s Choice’ vehicle, we […]