On the island of Taiwan in the central city of Taichung, Feng Chia University opened its first renewable energy bio-hydrogen filling station. According to Taiwan Today, “At the opening of the new facility, the university presented its research achievements in using microbial technology to transform agricultural waste biomass into fuel for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. • Read More »
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First Hydrogen Canister Exchange Station Set Up in Taiwan
January 4, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on First Hydrogen Canister Exchange Station Set Up in Taiwan | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations, Hydrogen Scooters.The world’s first hydrogen canister exchange station for light electric vehicles (LEV’s) with fuel cells has been set up at the National Tsing-Hua University in Taiwan. In June 2010, I had talked about Asia Pacific fuel Cell Technologies, Ltd. (APFCT) taking a 620 mile test drive of their hydrogen-powered scooter around Taiwan. Now, APFCT has • Read More »
Swappable Hydrogen Canister Station Setup in Taiwan
November 15, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Swappable Hydrogen Canister Station Setup in Taiwan | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations, Hydrogen Scooters.The world’s first swappable hydrogen canister station for fuel cell light electric vehicles (LEVs) has been setup in Taiwan by Asia Pacific fuel Cell Technologies (APFCT). The low pressure (145 psi) canisters are being used inside of two hydrogen fuel cell scooters and one microcar. The scooters and microcar are being used for patrol by • Read More »
Hydrogen Microcars, Scooters and Bikes Oh My!
August 13, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Bikes, Hydrogen Vehicles.In the Wizard of Oz it was lions and tigers and bears, Oh My! And now hydrogen delayers and deniers may be saying the same thing about hydrogen microcars, scooters and bicycles. On one continent (not North America) a company called APFCT has won a contract to produce a fleet of hydrogen fuel cell microcars • Read More »
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Scooters in Tourist Locations?
June 16, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Bikes, Hydrogen Scooters, Hydrogen Vehicles.Yesterday, I talked about the APFCT hydrogen scooter taking a road trip around Taiwan. On this trip the empty hydrogen tank was swapped out for a fresh tank several times in less than 3 minutes. This got me to thinking about worldwide scooter sales and where gasoline scooters could be replaced by hydrogen fuel cell • Read More »