Farm tractor manufacturer New Holland has let leak that its new NH2 hydrogen fuel cell tractor will be unveiled at the Paris SIMA agricultural show in February. The fuel cell tractor is being developed by New Holland and Iveco (which are both part of Fiat). The fuel cell tractor will be powered by electric motors • Read More »
Archives: Hydrogen Vehicles
Crown Equipment Opting for Fuel Cell Lift Trucks
December 17, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Crown Equipment Opting for Fuel Cell Lift Trucks | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts, Hydrogen Vehicles.A week ago I talked about how Central Grocers in Joliet, Illinois were buying 220 Yale hydrogen fuel cell lift trucks to move products around their new facility. Air Products (now laying off a large block of workers) and Plug Power are collaborating on this project. But, now Crown Equipment Corporation is also jumping on • Read More »
Yale Hydrogen Lift Trucks Move Central Grocers’ Products
December 11, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Yale Hydrogen Lift Trucks Move Central Grocers’ Products | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts, Hydrogen Vehicles.There’s no word on what’s up at Harvard, but Yale lift trucks are now going to be powered by hydrogen fuel cell and moving the products of Central Grocers. The Central Grocers distribution center is now being constructed in Joliet, Illinois, without any aid from the Governor 😉 and will use 220 Yale lift trucks powered by • Read More »
Rocket Man Sets Record in Hydrogen Peroxide Jetpack
November 25, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.A couple of months ago I talked about jetpacks and how the clean, green hydrogen peroxide that fuels them has yet to be harnessed to its full potential. Yesterday, rocket man Eric Scott pulled off a fine feat of harnessing some of the potential of hydrogen peroxide as he set a world record for distance • Read More »
U. of Michigan Endurance Sets Record in Fuel Cell Powered Flight
November 12, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on U. of Michigan Endurance Sets Record in Fuel Cell Powered Flight | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.University of Michigan students glided into the record books by breaking the old mark for a fuel cell powered unmanned aerial flight. The SolarBubbles student group kept the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aloft for 10 hours, 15 minutes and 4 seconds breaking the previous record of the PUMA, which I have talked about before, that • Read More »
Two Separate Fuel Cell Buses Hit the South
October 20, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Two Separate Fuel Cell Buses Hit the South | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses, Hydrogen Vehicles.The University of Alabama is launching a fuel cell bus demonstration program. The 30-ft long hydrogen PEM fuel cell bus is also a hybrid vehicle as well using nickel metal hydride batteries for storage. The fuel cell bus will be operated in metropolitan Birmingham beginning next year. Two Hydrogenics PEM fuel cells will power the • Read More »
Fuel Cell Airplane Goes Aloft in Stuttgart Germany
October 1, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Fuel Cell Airplane Goes Aloft in Stuttgart Germany | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.The world’s first fuel cell only powered airplane has taken off, flown at altitude and then landed in Stuttgart, Germany. This not the first fuel cell airplane to go aloft, however. Back on April 3, 2008, I talked about a Boeing manned single propeller fuel cell airplane taking flight, but this was a hybrid plane • Read More »
Turbine Truck Engines Run 5th Generation Engine Using Hydrogen
September 18, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Turbine Truck Engines Run 5th Generation Engine Using Hydrogen | Filed in: Hydrogen Trucks, Hydrogen Vehicles.Yesterday I talked about HGenerators and how they are developing their HGasStations hydrogen generators for home use and for use and at commercial fueling stations. Today, I want to talk about the company HGenerators has partnered with called Turbine Truck Engines who is testing their 5th generation Detonation Cycle Gas Turbine (DCGT) engine that has • Read More »
Greek Hydrogen Fuel Cell Scooter Unveiled
September 9, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Bikes, Hydrogen Scooters, Hydrogen Vehicles.In the past I’ve talked about hydrogen scooters and how the Greek geeks are making headway in fuel cell technology. Now, the first Greek hydrogen fuel cell scooter has been announced. The H2 Technologies & Renewable Energy Sources Department of Tropical S. A. delivered the first fuel cell scooter (pictured) to the Centre of Renewable • Read More »
Hydrogen-Powered NASA VASIMR to Be Tested on ISS
August 7, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen-Powered NASA VASIMR to Be Tested on ISS | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.Two days ago I talked about jetpacks so today I thought I would speak a bit about rocket science in outer space. According to FlightGlobal, NASA is close to announcing the testing of their hydrogen-powered plasma fueled VASIMR engine on the International Space Station (ISS). The next step will be a scale model test of • Read More »