Archives: Hydrogen Cars

Robert G. in Pennsylvania sent in a whole list of enthusiastic questions about hydrogen cars and the building of the supporting infrastructure and I’ve answered several of the questions here. Robert said, “Every time I go to the pump and continually see the price of gas creep towards $4.00 a gallon I always have the • Read More »

Yesterday, I received an email from Nick Turner who is associated with Pivotal Engineering, Ltd. in Christchurch, New Zealand. Pivotal Engineering has designed a water-cooled, 2-stroke engine that runs on compressed hydrogen gas. Nick talks about the new Pivotal Hydrogen Engine that his company has developed, “I recently discovered your site and have spend perhaps • Read More »

Italian auto design firm and coachbuilder Pininfarina has unveiled its long awaited Sintesi fuel cell car prototype at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show. Pininfarina has been around since the 1930s building prototypes and some production vehicles for names like Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Fiat, Peugeot, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar and Maserati. The Pininfarina Sintesi features several Nuvera Quadrivium • Read More »

Just days after Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Airlines drank jet-grade biofuel made from Brazilian babassu nuts and coconuts, the maverick CEO announced that his company was teaming up with automaker GM to provide hydrogen cars at airports to Upper Class passengers. Branson, an advocate for the world tourism and even the space tourism industry • Read More »

Several people have emailed me recently who want to buy a hydrogen car now, so I thought I would do a post on why we must wait a bit for this to happen. Bryan S. sent in this question regarding buying a hydrogen car, “Why is it these automakers will only ‘lease’ these hydrogen cars • Read More »

A couple of years ago I wrote about the Morgan LifeCar on the hydrogen racecars page and now in March 2008 the vehicle will actually be coming to life. The Morgan LifeCar will make its public debut at the Geneva Auto Show and will feature an all-aluminum body and zero emissions. The British automaker, who • Read More »

The Corgi H2GO radio controlled toy fuel cell car has been unveiled. The H2GO runs on hydrogen created from water and sunlight. Corgi International has teamed up with Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, who in 2006, rolled out their award winning H-Racer hydrogen fuel cell toy car. The Corgi H2GO was unveiled at the Nuremberg Toy • Read More »

Every once in a while I get asked the question about the connection between hydrogen cars and greenhouse gases, so I thought I would address the issue here. Jeff from Fallbrook, California sent in the following question: Jeff: “Since water vapor is the major greenhouse gas causing global warming, how would a hydrogen car with • Read More »

First there was the rumor of the Israel Isracar (that I’ve been unable to confirm) using hydrogen in an internal combustion engine and now there is another Israeli company called C.En, which is indeed developing a hydrogen car, which I have been able to confirm. Not to put the cart too far before the horse, • Read More »

I had talked previously about the Formula Zero fuel cell racing demonstration project developed by Godert van Hardenbroek and Eelco Rietveld. I also followed up with a post last September about how a Formula Zero Go-Kart broke the world record by coming in at 11.591 seconds in the 1/8 mile sprint at a top speed • Read More »