Category: Hydrogen Cars

For the third straight year, the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show has issued its Design Challenge to auto studios to develop plans for environmentally aware vehicles. This year, the Volkswagen Nanospyder hydrogen fuel cell car has met that challenged and then some, jumping ahead the competition. What makes the VW Nanospyder unique is that the […]

A company in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) has taken a Toyota Prius hybrid car and re-engineered it to run on hydrogen. Now, ECD isn’t unique in converting other vehicles, especially hybrids to run on hydrogen gas. Quantum Fuel Systems of Irvine, California has converted quite a few. What makes ECD unique […]

Hydrogen Power Incorporated (HPI) is showing off its converted dual-fuel hydrogen / gasoline 2006 Ford Ranger XL at the 2007 International Auto Show in Seattle, Washington. The show is currently running from October 25 – 29, 2006 at the Qwest Field Event Center. HPI’s converted truck runs off both gasoline internal combustion engine (ICE) and […]

On Tuesday, October 24, a GM HydroGen3 will be available in Philadelphia for those who wish to test-drive a hydrogen vehicle. The University of Pennsylvania is also hosting Hjalti Pall Ingolfsson to present the lecture, “Hydrogen – Fuel of the Future?” the following day. Mr. Ingolfsson will discuss the world’s first commercial hydrogen fueling station […]

While doing a little searching on the Internet for hydrogen engines, I stumbled across a video of the Larsen RADAX (Radial and Axel) hydrogen internal combustion engine (ICE) that I thought would be of interest to the inventors in the crowd. The hydrogen engine was invented by Mel Larsen and has been reviewed by the […]

Japanese automaker Mazda has delivered one of its dual-fuel RX-8 Hydrogen Renesis automobiles to the Yamaguchi Prefecture Government. The RX-8 Hydrogen RE is under a lease agreement with the government. This is big news for Mazda since they have had a difficult time leasing the RX-8 Hydrogen RE to government and business leaders simply because […]

The California Road Rally 2006 is a chance for those in Southern California to test drive eight different hydrogen cars starting yesterday and continuing through Saturday. Orange County residents were treated to a public ride & drive on Thursday at the Orange County Auto Show 2006 at the Orange County Convention Center in Anaheim, California. […]

I came across a short video I wanted to share, showing the BMW Hydrogen 7 in action. The car drives along a bridge and then to an area that has wind turbines (renewable energy) as the backdrop showing just how clean hydrogen energy can be with zero emissions throughout the whole cycle of production through […]

Not bad for government work, says GM as they are working with both the military and the U. S. Postal Service in developing and testing hydrogen vehicles. The U. S. Army is the first of 100 recipients of the Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell SUV, which will rollout to other drivers in the third quarter of […]

Yesterday, I was able to catch up with Rob Peterson, Manager of GM Fuel Cell Communications. Rob was kind enough to clarify some issues surrounding the General Motors rollout of the Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell SUV next year. Here’s the interview: Hydro Kevin (HK): How does the powertrain on the Equinox fuel cell differ from […]