Category: Hydrogen Cars

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 […]

First, there was Will Ferrell and then there was Jay Leno, the first two celebrities to receive the BMW Hydrogen 7 for more regular use than just a test drive. Of course we don’t want to forget Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie cruising up to the premier of Ocean’s 13 in the vehicle as well. […]

Mazda is once again showing off their Premacy Hydrogen RE minivan ahead of the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show this month. The Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE will now be offered for lease to corporate customers in Japan for around $3,500 per month. The Premacy Hydrogen is a dual fuel vehicle capable of running on either gasoline […]

This has been quite a few weeks for hydrogen land-speed records as in the past month, three such records have now fallen. First it was the Ford 999 setting the world land-speed record for production hydrogen cars at the Bonneville Salt Flats with a top end of 207.297 mph. Next, at the same venue, the […]

DaimlerChrysler has been feeling the heat from BMW who is now rolling out 100 production hydrogen cars to customers worldwide. By 2010, DaimlerChrysler intends to go into limited serial production of its Mercedes F-Cell B-Class fuel cell automobile. The announcement was made this week at the Frankfurt International Motor Show as Mercedes was showcasing 18 […]

The past couple of months, I’ve talked about ammonia cars possibly being the automobiles of the future. Ohio State University is developing a system that reforms ammonia and extracts the hydrogen then runs this through a fuel cell. I’ve also talked about the Hydrogen Engine Center in Algona, Iowa that was developing an internal combustion […]

The Hyundai I-Blue hydrogen fuel cell crossover utility vehicle (CUV) is coming to the 2007 Frankfurt International Motor Show on September 13. The third-generation fuel cell for the Hyundai I-Blue was developed at Mabuk, Korea at the Eco-Technology Research Institute. The rest of the vehicle was developed at Chiba, Japan at the Hyundai Design and […]

The Smart Car has decided to get smarter and run on fuel cells instead of gasoline or diesel engines. The Smart Car, developed by Swatch, manufactured by DaimlerChrysler and imported into the U. S. by Zap is a squashed version of the Volkswagen Bug in size and appearance. Currently there are three models including the […]

A couple of days ago I had reported that the Ford 999 production hydrogen racecar had set the land-speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah at 161 mph. On Wednesday, the Ford Fusion 999, broke its own record and charged past the 200 mark and has set the record at 207.297 mph. The […]