Archives: Hydrogen Cars

The Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid minivan will begin road testing in Japan this summer with the target of commercial leasing of the vehicle starting this autumn season. The Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE is the world’s first hybrid electric vehicle that is also a bi-fuel vehicle as well, running on either gasoline or hydrogen. The • Read More »

A week ago I talked about how Honda was gearing up to make their big announcement in Japan about the FCX Clarity rolling off the production lines and the first customers to receive the $600 per month lease vehicle. Following in BMW’s footsteps Honda has decided to lease the FCX Clarity to Hollywood stars such • Read More »

Honda is gearing up from Japan to announce the new drivers of the FCX Clarity this coming Monday, June 16, 2008. U. S. drivers will start to take possession of the vehicles around July 1 in the Los Angeles area. Honda says it will rollout around 200 FCX Clarity’s over the next three years and • Read More »

Yesterday, I had talked about the researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory being able to squeeze out 650 miles from one fill up on a Toyota Prius hydrogen car. Today, Toyota has taken it upon themselves to announce their new FCHV Advanced (FCHV-adv) with a new fuel cell and range of 516 miles. The • Read More »

Move over Bugatti, Lamborghini and Saleen, the Ronn Motors Scorpion is a supercar that will scoot 0 to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds and achieve 40 mpg, too. For those who think this sounds a little far fetched, on May 1, 2008 I had talked about Ronn Motors teaming up with the Hydrorunner G3, which • Read More »

The Fiat Phylla is a solar and hydrogen fuel cell powered city car made in Italy with unique design and styling. Presented at the Uniamo le energie in Turin, the Fiat Phylla (meaning “leaf”) was de-shrouded before an excited crowd. The Fiat Phylla prototype is so new and raw that the carmaker does not yet • Read More »

A reader of this blog, Burt B. has sent in some concerns that water vapor from hydrogen cars may contribute to greenhouse gases. Burt B: “I saw the BMW Hydrogen 7 advertised on CNN this morning. It looks like the technology is maturing. I have questions about the water emissions. The water that is made • Read More »

Presidents, princes, tycoons and actors are the latest recipients of the BMW Hydrogen 7 luxury car. April has been a very busy month for rolling out the BMW Hydrogen 7 as it has made its way to a couple of different continents and made it into the hands of a variety of notables. On April • Read More »

The Peugeot Citreon H2Origin hydrogen fuel cell hybrid delivery van has been unveiled in the UK. The H2Origin is a joint collaboration between Peugeot and Intelligent Energy, a British company that makes fuel cells. So, that I don’t recreate the wheel here (or the fuel cell), I’ve already posted a more in-depth review of the • Read More »