Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Features hydrogen vehicles other than cars such as forklifts, motorcycles, bikes, buses and submarines.
In a couple of weeks Suzuki plans to show off three fuel cell vehicle prototypes at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show in Japan. On August 6, 2009 I had talked about how Toyota, Nissan and Mazda were pushing the government to expand the Japanese Hydrogen Highway system in anticipation of rolling out more and more […]
Continue ReadingI’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony, that Coca-Cola in Charlotte, NC is buying fuel cell forklifts for the company. Okay, so this isn’t perfect prose and if sung it will be a bit out of rhythm, but the point is that the world’s most popular cola company has decided to […]
Continue ReadingStudents at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York will be recreating Robert Fulton’s historic journey up the Hudson River, but this time with a hydrogen-powered boat. In the early 1800’s Robert Fulton is credited with creating the first steamboat (and submarine). Fulton used a steamboat he called the Clermont to sail up the Hudson […]
Continue ReadingWhen Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh teamed up for the movie version of “A Streetcar Named Desire” little did they know at the time that they had created a classic that would live on for years. But, change is inevitable. Back in 1951 when the movie was created, there were no cell phones, no desktops […]
Continue ReadingBristol Spaceplanes has conducted a successful strap down test firing of a hydrogen peroxide demonstrator (HPD). This engine will be part of the Ascender rocket engine which will be propelling space tourists into low earth orbit within the next 1 to3 years. The exhaust from hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is steam and oxygen. Now, it’s no […]
Continue ReadingA little earlier this summer India delivered the world’s cheapest car, the Tata Nano to its first customer. Tata also announced they are working on a hydrogen version of the same vehicle. And this week, the Indian Oil Corporation announced they have set up a fueling station with a hydrogen and compressed natural gas blend […]
Continue ReadingLast Friday I had talked about the building of a hydrogen corridor from West Virginia to Pittsburgh, PA. What I had neglected to mention, however is that at the Yeager Airport in Charleston, WV one of the test vehicles will be a hydrogen powered forklift. Now, many might not find the idea of hydrogen forklifts […]
Continue ReadingThe following companies have developed a fuel cell the runs in the ultra cold weather expected in Scandinavian countries: Volvo Technology AB, StatoilHydro ASA, SINTEF, the Danish company H2 Logic AS and Powercell Sweden AB. They say this new fuel cell will replace diesel fuel in forklifts and some of the diesel fuel used by […]
Continue ReadingThe Boomerang unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Bluebird Aero Systems and Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies (which they are calling an Unmanned Aerial System or UAS) is the first commercial aircraft of this type to be powered by commercial hydrogen fuel cells. In the past I’ve talked about several other non-commercial UAV’s such as the […]
Continue ReadingProton Power Systems has developed a hydrogen fuel cell street sweeper that it is now testing in Basle, Switzerland. The municipal street sweeping vehicle was developed in conjunction with the Swiss consortium, hy.muve. The 20kw fuel cell provides the street sweeping vehicle with a top speed of 24 mph. The fuel cell vehicle can hold […]
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