Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Features hydrogen vehicles other than cars such as forklifts, motorcycles, bikes, buses and submarines.
Powered by hydrogen peroxide, jet pack pilot Eric Scott has set a world speed record of 68 mph. In November 2008, I had talked about Scott setting a world record for distance and height in a hydrogen peroxide powered jet pack as he sailed 1,500 feet over a 1,000 feet abyss in Colorado. Now, Scott […]
Continue ReadingShe-bangs, She-bangs, Oh baby, when she moves, she moves. Okay, sorry, that is William Hung from American Idol and not Chengli Hung. Chengli Hung may not have the artistry (questionable at best) to sing and dance like William but what he does have is the artistic and mechanical ability to put forth an interesting hydrogen […]
Continue ReadingForget the green car of the year, Honda FCX Clarity for a minute. The 2015 Honda CB 750 Hydrogen Motorcycle Concept has been unveiled. The Honda CB 750 is equipped with a four-cylinder engine that burns liquid hydrogen and emits on water. Since toughness and lightness is a premium for any powerful, yet green motorcycle, […]
Continue ReadingSo, what will the hydrogen car drivers of the future do when they become either disabled or too old to drive? In steps the H-ergo Piemonte Personal Mobility Vehicle, (rolled out at the SAE World Congress this week), which is a wheelchair powered by hydrogen fuel cell. The H-ergo is ergonomically designed (and thus the […]
Continue ReadingThere’s been a lot of talk about California’s high-speed electric train (bullet train) speeding to and from all major cities in the Golden State with a hefty price tag of $37 billion. But, there is another new technology that has mostly slipped under the radar and that is: hydrogen trains. Hydrolley (hydrogen trolleys) and hydrail […]
Continue ReadingThe U. S. Navy is planning to break current records with their hydrogen-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The Ion Tiger, when completed will be able to fly for 24-hours straight and carry a 5-pound payload. In November 2008, I talked about the University of Michigan Endurance UAV which had just set the record for a […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked about hydrogen fuel cell boats many times in the past. But, one I’ve neglected to mention (and thanks to Heinz in Germany for sending this in) is the Hydra 1 fuel cell boat that was launched in the year 2000. Some of the previous fuel cell boats I’ve mentioned include the Duffy Ferryboat […]
Continue ReadingAt the SIMA Innovation Awards 2009, New Holland Agriculture has pulled away from the pack winning both gold and silver medals. The gold metal was won not only for the fuel cell tractor, but for the concept of an entire farm that creates its own hydrogen using wind, solar or biomass and feeds the tractor with this hydrogen. […]
Continue ReadingLast summer I talked about the possibility of hydrogen and CNG (compressed natural gas) vehicles being flex fuel companions of the future. In September 2008, the Russian CNG Caravan, featuring natural gas vehicles and one running on hythane (natural gas and hydrogen blend) drove from Saint-Petersburg via Novgorod and Tver to Moscow. Because of the […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked about this particular New Holland NH2 hydrogen fuel cell farm tractor before. And now it has just made an appearance for the first time in Turin, Italy. Throwing off the shroud of secrecy the fuel cell tractor could one day even run on hydrogen created from biomass. In other words, the vehicle would […]
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