I’ve talked about hydrogen peroxide as a possible clean, green fuel for future cars and other vehicles in the past. Hydrogen peroxide can be used in planes, trains, automobiles and everything in-between. I’ve also mentioned that hydrogen peroxide is being used in jetpacks and rocket packs as a high intensity fuel where the only bi-product • Read More »
Archives: Hydrogen Vehicles
Fuel Cell Helicopter, Mini-Chopper Unveiled
June 9, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Fuel Cell Helicopter, Mini-Chopper Unveiled | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Berlin, Germany have developed an unmanned mini-helicopter powered by fuel cell. Stumbling blocks in the past to developing mini-choppers has been the weight of the fuel cell stacks. In collaboration with the Technical University of Berlin, the researchers moved around this roadblock by using • Read More »
Black Cabs and Hydrogen Motorcycles from Intelligent Energy
May 21, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Black Cabs and Hydrogen Motorcycles from Intelligent Energy | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.British fuel cell maker Intelligent Energy has been busy promoting black cabs and hydrogen motorcycles. The black cabs are part of a plan to roll out a line of fuel cell vehicles in time for the 2012 Olympics in London. Partnering with TRW, London Taxis International and Lotus, Intelligent Energy is following in the footsteps • Read More »
UTC Power Fuel Cells Energizing Bus Drivers and Astronauts
May 7, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.Hydrogen fuel cell maker UTC Power has reached a couple of milestones in powering both bus drivers and astronauts. UTC Power has just sold the largest procurement of fuel cells to bus operator AC Transit of Oakland, California. AC Transit, who currently operates three hydrogen hybrid buses in the Northern California area has agree to • Read More »
Fuel Cell Bus Club Links Technology and Cities
May 6, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Fuel Cell Bus Club Links Technology and Cities | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses, Hydrogen Vehicles.Separate efforts by separate agencies in a variety of countries to put hydrogen fuel cell buses on the road have lead to the Fuel Cell Bus Club. Including 33 hydrogen buses in all, the Fuel Cell Bus Club is comprised of the ECTOS, STEP and CUTE agencies. ECTOS out of Reykjavík, Iceland stands for Ecological • Read More »
BMW Hydrogen 7 Cleans the Air
April 4, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars, Hydrogen Vehicles.I received a press release a few days ago saying that the BMW Hydrogen 7 luxury car had been tested by the DOE (Department of Energy) Argonne National Laboratory and the results were that the vehicle actually cleans the ambient air surrounding it. Now, one would think that the proclamation that the 12-cylinder BMW Hydrogen • Read More »
Boeing Hydrogen Plane First Manned Fuel Cell Aircraft to Fly
April 3, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.Boeing has just shown off the world’s first manned hydrogen fuel cell airplane to fly. Like modern day Wright Brothers, the aeronautics giant has gone where no man has gone before. Using both lithium-ion battery pack and PEM hydrogen fuel cell developed with the oversight of Boeing Research & Technology Europe (BR&TE), this two-seat Dimona motor-glider with • Read More »
Puma Fuel Cell UAV Extends Record
March 12, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Puma Fuel Cell UAV Extends Record | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.In January 2008, I had talked about how the hydrogen fuel cell Puma unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had set a world record by staying aloft for 7 hours. Last week the AeroVironment Puma has set another world record by flying for a full 9 hours. The Puma is powered by a Protonex Pulse UAV fuel • Read More »
Embrio Advanced Concept Hydrogen-Powered One-Wheel Motorcycle
March 3, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Bikes, Hydrogen Vehicles.Someone at the Canadian company Bombardier Recreational Products was thinking way outside the box when they created this futuristic Embrio Advanced Concept one-wheel motorcycle. This unicycle-on-steroids concept is powered by hydrogen fuel cell and gives a glimpse of what the future of transportation may look like in the year 2025. The Embrio Advanced Concept oddly enough • Read More »
Navy Unmanned Underwater Vehicle to Use Fuel Cell
February 29, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Navy Unmanned Underwater Vehicle to Use Fuel Cell | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.The U. S. Navy has teamed up with Versa Power Systems to develop a solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) for use in one of its new unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV). Typically, SOFCs are used in stationary devices and run at very high temperatures (up to 1,800 F). Because of these high temperatures, there is no need • Read More »