HyFLEET: CUTE is a European project that is promoting hydrogen buses worldwide. Right now, there are 10 different cities in Europe, Asia and Australia running tests and demonstration projects of buses using either hydrogen fuel cells or internal combustion engines (ICE). The goal of HyFLEET: CUTE is to reduce CO2 emission and reduce dependency upon • Read More »
Archives: Hydrogen Vehicles
Hydrogen Fuel Cell ECObus Blazes Trail Through Arizona
February 27, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Fuel Cell ECObus Blazes Trail Through Arizona | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses, Hydrogen Vehicles.Today, the hydrogen fuel cell ECObus makes its debut in Scottsdale, Arizona at the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza. The first hydrogen fuel cell bus in Arizona, the ECObus is the result of a joint partnership between ECOtality and Arizona Public Service (APS) company. The statewide tour of this green public transportation vehicle is meant as • Read More »
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Ferryboats Planned in Near Future
February 9, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Ferryboats Planned in Near Future | Filed in: Hydrogen Boats, Hydrogen Vehicles.Last week I blogged about a Dutch hydrogen ferryboat being built called the Fuel Cell Boat BV. Now, I wish to report that there are several other hydrogen ferryboats in the planning stages as well. Besides the Duffy hydrogen ferryboat prototype that was demonstrated in Newport Beach, California in 2003, there are plans to build • Read More »
Intelligent Energy and Suzuki Rolling Out Hydrogen Motorcycle
February 6, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Intelligent Energy and Suzuki Rolling Out Hydrogen Motorcycle | Filed in: Hydrogen Bikes, Hydrogen Vehicles.Intelligent Energy and Suzuki Motors will combine forces to rollout a production hydrogen fuel cell motorcycle by the end of 2007. This is according to statements issued by both companies. The Intelligent Energy ENV was supposed to rollout in the later part of 2006, but complications have forced the company to partner up with a • Read More »
Amsterdam Goes Dutch with First Commercial Fuel Cell Boat
February 2, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Boats, Hydrogen Vehicles.A consortium of Dutch companies, called Fuel Cell Boat BV has agree to build the first commercial hydrogen boat by the end of 2007. The hydrogen boat will be used in Amsterdam for transporting up to 100 passengers at a time. The Dutch fuel cell boat already has a group of waiting customers as 600 • Read More »
Hydrogen Fire Fighting Vehicles Help In Heat of Battle
January 29, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Fire Fighting Vehicles Help In Heat of Battle | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.DaimlerChrysler has just rolled out its Mercedes-Benz F-Cell fire fighting vehicle in Sacramento, California to demonstrate the usefulness of a zero-emissions vehicle to aid in field operations. The fuel cell powered vehicle is equipped with sirens, lights and decals and will be operated by the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District and used as a supervisor’s automobile. • Read More »
Berlin Boasts 4 New Hydrogen Buses, Wall of Resistance Crumbles
January 12, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Berlin Boasts 4 New Hydrogen Buses, Wall of Resistance Crumbles | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses, Hydrogen Vehicles.Berlin, German is tearing down the wall of resistance to new technology by introducing four new hydrogen buses as part of an EU-sponsored HyFLEET:CUTE project. Hydrogen buses have been seen around Berlin since their introduction at the FIFA World Cup Soccer Tournament this past summer 2006 in the Green Goal project. Under the HyFLEET:CUTE project, • Read More »
Ford of Canada Delivers Hydrogen Shuttle Bus Fleet
December 12, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Ford of Canada Delivers Hydrogen Shuttle Bus Fleet | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses, Hydrogen Vehicles.In July 2006, Ford went into production of a fleet of 20 hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine (ICE) shuttle buses. The first eight hydrogen shuttle buses, which hold 12 passengers apiece, went to the state of Florida. Now, Canada has received its first three of 10 hydrogen shuttle buses to be delivered. Canada’s Parliament (Senate of • Read More »
Scottsdale, AZ Company Producing Hydrogen-On-Demand Bus
November 29, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses, Hydrogen Vehicles.Alchemy Enterprises, Limited of Scottsdale, Arizona is coming out with a bus that will run on hydrogen-on-demand. Backed by a $12.5 million placement from Brookstreet Securities of Irvine, California, Alchemy is acquiring a hydrogen bus from Hydrogenics Corporation of Ontario, Canada and refitting it with their own Hydratus system. The Hydratus system does not use • Read More »
Hydrogen Scooters Have Their Rooters
October 20, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Scooters Have Their Rooters | Filed in: Hydrogen Bikes, Hydrogen Scooters, Hydrogen Vehicles.Rooters for hydrogen scooters have gotten a treat this year as both Yamaha and an entrepreneur from Holland are showing off their latest vehicles. Crijn Bouman created the Fhybrid hydrogen scooter as a graduation project while at the Delft University in Holland. The Fhybrid is a hydrogen electric hybrid that is front-wheel drive, has a • Read More »