Archives: Hydrogen Cars

Last year, on June 26, 2005 the ETH Zurich PAC-Car II , a hydrogen fuel cell car, blazed a new Guinness Book world record for fuel efficiency by achieving an amazing 15,212 mpg. This feat was accomplished at the Shell Eco-Marathon in Ladoux, France during the Michelin challenge. The Swiss PAC-Car II broke its previous • Read More »

The Scottish have gotten onboard with hydrogen by rolling out the UK’s first and only road legal hydrogen car, the siGEN from the PURE (Promoting Unst’s Renewable Energy) agency. The hydrogen car was on display in Edinburgh to promote innovation and renewable energy. Hydrogen itself is no stranger to the Scotts. There are currently plans • Read More »

Last week, Santa Monica opened up its first hydrogen fueling station to refuel both fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. The opening was part of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) five-city plan in opening hydrogen fueling stations in Southern California. The five cities also include Santa Ana, Burbank, • Read More »

Want to turn your gas-guzzler into a water-powered car? So do thousands of people. A couple of days ago I blogged about a company called Hydrogen Power International that says they are using aluminum plus a catalyst to create a future water-powered car. So, with hydrogen cars coming to age in the public’s awareness, I • Read More »

Ford Motor Company has rolled out 30 Focus Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs) across the U. S., Canada and Europe, logging more than 180,000 miles in test data on the cars. Like many other of the major auto manufacturers who are developing hydrogen cars, one of the biggest challenges has been issues with starting the fuel • Read More »

On January 8, 2006 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, Honda announced it will begin commercial production of its Honda FCX hydrogen fuel cell vehicle within the next 3 to 4 years in Japan. Japan currently has a dozen or so hydrogen fueling stations, either public or private, throughout the country. • Read More »

There’s been a myth running around for years that hydrogen cars run on water. Hydrogen cars, in fact, run on either compressed or liquid hydrogen. But, this fact may have just given way to the myth as a company called Hydrogen Power International has stated that they, in fact, are creating a hydrogen vehicle that • Read More »

Hydrogen car manufacturers are coming out of their shells a bit and giving more test drives recently. Nissan Motors is offering up its X-Trail FCV every weekend over the next year at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan for those who wish to take it for a test drive. The test drives will serve to promote • Read More »

Honda has been using the concept of life cycle assessment (LCA) in order to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions throughout the life cycle of the car including the production of the vehicle. Part of the LCA concept includes producing bio-fabrics to be used for the interiors of the cars in order to reduce C02 emissions. • Read More »