Gary Ruplinger asked: With gas prices being so high, alternative fuel vehicles have become a popular topic. Two of the types of vehicles that tend to get a lot of press are the hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles and electric powered vehicles. … [Read more...]
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars vs Electric Cars – Which Is Really The Car Of The Future?
Friday 02/25/ By Leave a Comment
UK Carbon Trust to invest 1M in ACAL Energy as part of Polymer Fuel Cell Challenge; longer-term focus on automotive application
Monday 02/14/ By Leave a Comment
s Overview of the FlowCath system. Source: ACAL. Click to enlarge. The UK’s Carbon Trust has selected ACAL Energy, the developer of FlowCath low-platinum liquid cathode technology (earlier post), for a £1-million (US$1.6-million) … [Read more...]
Disordered Titanium and Buckypaper Could Be Hydrogen Technology Breakthroughs
Thursday 02/03/ By Leave a Comment
Two new discoveries could be breakthroughs that make hydrogen fuel cheaper and H2 fuel cells cheaper as well. Scientists as the U. S. DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) have discovered that disordered titanium at a nano-scale can be … [Read more...]
Long Beach and LA to test hydrogen powered fuel cell trucks
Thursday 02/03/ By Leave a Comment
Two non-polluting trucks powered by zero-emission plug-in electric/hydrogen fuel cells will soon hit the road in the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. The agreement with El Segundo-based Vision Motor Corp. puts one big-rig truck and one terminal … [Read more...]
Little White Powder Gives a Big Lift to Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Thursday 02/03/ By Leave a Comment
Hydrogen fuel cells offer a zero-emission way to power vehicles, but until now there's been at least one obvious catch: getting the hydrogen requires energy, and lots of it. Now researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found a way … [Read more...]
Plug-in Vehicle Subsidies; Taxing Peter To Buy Paul’s New Car
Tuesday 01/18/ By Leave a Comment
John Petersen Industrial subsidies have been an important feature of the American economic landscape since the late 19th century for one simple reason – they work. After the steam locomotive proved its ability to quickly and cheaply move people … [Read more...]
Apple vs PC and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Electronics
Friday 01/07/ By Leave a Comment
This blog post has nothing to do with hydrogen cars so if this is all you’re interested in then please stop reading. This blog post is about the growing hydrogen economy, however, and how both Microsoft PCs and Apple Computers are now connected to … [Read more...]
Vision Motors to deliver 3 fuel cell trucks to Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach
Tuesday 12/28/ By Leave a Comment
Filed under: HydrogenUnder the terms of an agreement drawn up earlier this year, Vision Motor Corporation, designers and manufacturers of hydrogen fuel cell Class 8 heavy-duty commercial trucks, will deliver two of its H2-fueled big rigs and a single … [Read more...]
Vision Motors to deliver 3 fuel cell trucks to Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach
Tuesday 12/28/ By Leave a Comment
Filed under: HydrogenUnder the terms of an agreement drawn up earlier this year, Vision Motor Corporation, designers and manufacturers of hydrogen fuel cell Class 8 heavy-duty commercial trucks, will deliver two of its H2-fueled big rigs and a single … [Read more...]
Vision Motor delivering two Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell hybrid trucks to Ports of LA and Long Beach
Tuesday 12/21/ By Leave a Comment
Under an agreement struck earlier this year (earlier post) Vision Motor Corp. will deliver one big-rig truck and one terminal tractor for testing for 18 months to the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, with an anticipated start in early … [Read more...]