Category: Hydrogen Cars

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

The Chrysler ecoVoyager has just been unveiled at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The ecoVoyager combines a 45 kw fuel cell stack, 200 kw electric motor and lithium ion battery pack to navigate a range of over 300 miles. You can find a full review of the Chrysler ecoVoyager on the main […]

The Cadillac Provoq is no joke, I swear. This luxury crossover hydrogen fuel cell concept vehicle is being debuted today in Las Vegas at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show. Apparently, GM wanted to appeal to a whole new crowd, so they are showing the Cadillac Provoq a week ahead of the Detroit Auto Show, which […]

I want to follow up with a story I had talked about last week concerning Hertz hydrogen cars for rent in Iceland. Hertz has acquired three of 10 converted Toyota Priuses that use compressed hydrogen gas. Iceland has just converted the world’s first hydrogen filling station to now be open to the public. Reuters has […]