Category: Hydrogen Cars

At the 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show last week, Toyota Vice President Bob Carter announced a successful research experiment. Engineers and others drove a Toyota FCHV from Fairbanks, Alaska to Vancouver, British Columbia. In late September, Toyota had reported that the FCHV had completed a test run between Osaka, Japan and Tokyo for a distance […]

The long awaited Honda FCX Clarity has now been unveiled at the 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show. The car, in fact, looks very similar to the prototype that we’ve been showing off for a while at the bottom of the Honda FCX page. The only deviation in outward appearances are the new bumpers and smaller […]

Mazda has signed a deal to deliver 30 to 40 of its RX-8 RE hydrogen dual fuel cars to the Norway HyNor Project. The Mazda RX-8 Renesis uses a rotary-powered internal combustion engine (ICE) that can accept either compressed hydrogen or gasoline to power the car. The HyNor Project is Norway’s version of the “Hydrogen […]

Is the fuel cell car dead? Not! Or as Borat may say, “The fuel cell car is – Not – dead.” The recent announcement by Ballard Power Systems to sell off its automotive fuel cell division to DaimlerChrysler and Ford, have several naysayers speculating that the whole automotive fuel cell industry is dead. This baby […]

General Motor’s Project Driveway is making some progress as six drivers have already been selected to drive one of over 100 Chevy Equinox fuel cell vehicles starting next January. With crude oil prices nearing $100 per barrel and gasoline prices expected to rise, GM is betting the farm on hydrogen. Drivers in the Los Angeles […]

Quantum Fuel Systems of Irvine, California has received an order from the U. S. Army to convert six Ford Escape Hybrids into hydrogen-powered vehicles. This comes after the successful completion of an earlier conversion of a Ford Escape Hybrid for the Army’s TARDEC (Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center), proving the viability of the […]

The hydrogen fuel cell powered Microcab was recently presented at the 10th Grove Fuel Cell Symposium in London. But, besides just being a prototype for demonstration purposes, Microcab has much loftier ambitions. The British government has already laid down the cash for five fuel cell Microcabs that will carry passengers next year around the Birmingham […]

There are basically three types of people who want to see hydrogen cars fail: those who are afraid of change, those with alternative technological agendas and those interested in maintaining the status quo. The people who are afraid of change have been around since the first caveman clubbed the one next to him for inventing […]

The Honda Puyo that will be promoted at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show is a friendly little fuel cell device that the automaker is calling a pet. The Puyo is no Cujo, however, and is more like a Nano in regard to its compact size and warmth. The Honda Puyo offers a panoramic view, joystick […]

Of course as a hydrogen car advocate, I do believe that hydrogen cars are the answer (or at least one of the answers) to reducing emissions and dependence upon foreign fossil fuels. But, sometimes, I also find it useful to play Devil’s Advocate and so I found an interesting poll called Survey: Are Efficient Cars […]