Category: Hydrogen Cars

On November 29, 2006 at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the Mazda Nagare concept vehicle was rolled out for waiting eyes. Mazda says their futuristic dream machine could be powered by hydrogen much like the Mazda RX-8 Renesis already uses its advanced rotary engine to run on either gasoline or compressed hydrogen. The four-seat Mazda […]

I had the privilege of driving the BMW Hydrogen 7 luxury automobile at the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show on November 30 during Press Days, when members of the media are invited to test the automakers’ latest offerings. Thanks to Andreas Klugescheid and Tom Korn from BMW for letting me take a couple of laps […]

South Korea is going forward with its plans to develop and test more hydrogen cars and buses in the near future. Science and Technology Minister Kim Woo-sik has stated his plans to test 14 hydrogen fuel cell cars next year. South Korean automaker Hyundai-Kia Motors has already developed five of the fuel cell vehicles and […]

The Ford Explorer Fuel Cell SUV is going to be unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show this coming Wednesday and Thursday, during the Press Days portion of the conference. Members of the media will receive the privilege of driving Ford’s newest fuel cell prototype. The Ford Focus FCV is the only other fuel cell […]

Yesterday, Honda demonstrated its newest generation FCX fuel cell vehicle at the Laguna Seca Raceway near Monterey, California. The new generation Honda FCX fuel cell is an upgrade from the 2005 Honda FCX hydrogen car that is being used in fleets by different government agencies and a family in Southern California. The Jon and Sandy […]

As I was cruising the blogosphere, I came across a blog post at Ecorazzi, a weblog devoted to gossip about the “green” celebrities. The post inferred that the BMW Hydrogen 7 just may be the new, hot car for celebrities to show up in before walking the red carpet. I agree. It seems that a […]

A couple of hydrogen cars were available for journalists to test drive and review recently, namely the BMW Hydrogen 7 and a modified Toyota Prius. Wired News reviewed the BMW and brought up an interesting point about the vehicle’s cryogenic hydrogen storage system. Because the liquid hydrogen is only super-insulated and not super-cooled, it will […]

With all the talk about hydrogen fuel cells saving the planet, the move to internal combustion engines (ICE) that run on hydrogen is often forgotten. A number of companies are either modifying current gasoline or diesel ICE or building them from the ground up. ECD Ovonics has just been awarded a couple of government contracts […]

Hydrogen cars have been seen as a panacea by many to solve all of the problems associated with the transportation industry. Hydrogen cars will undoubtedly help the environment by releasing of zero emissions into the atmosphere. Hydrogen cars will also help in national security by lessening the nation’s dependence upon foreign fossil fuels. But, now […]

Since I’m constantly checking on new resources for information on hydrogen cars, I thought I would tool around the Internet and find other places in which people are discussing H2 vehicles. In my journey, I discovered Yahoo Answers. Yahoo Answers hasn’t been around that long, but I was encouraged to see people chatting away once […]