Unveiled today at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, the Toyota FCV-R Concept hints at a future fuel-cell sedan powered by hydrogen. Toyota says that the FCV-R seats four passengers, while offering impressive luggage space. The fuel cell stack on the FCV-R consists of a 70 MPa high-pressure hydrogen tank, which allows it to have cruising range [...]
Companies have been hard at work to jump on the electric vehicle bandwagon. And while it’s thoroughly proven that EVs are still suffering from practicality issues, EVs are essentially the band-aids for the broken legs of the automobile’s oil consumption and environmental problems. Hydrogen however on the other hand, is arguably the solution to all [...]
I, like Honda, always said it. Hydrogen is our future. It has been a tough sell though because of the inefficient and expensive process to obtain, what is the most abundant and most combustible element on the face of the Earth: Hydrogen. Oh the irony. BMW, Mercedes, GM and Honda have all released hydrogen fuel [...]
They changed the way in which the world viewed the hybrid car, and now Toyota is out to do the same with hydrogen fuel-cell technology. Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. celebrated the opening of the first hydrogen fueling station in the US, fed directly from an active industrial hydrogen pipeline. The station will provide hydrogen [...]
Hydrogen-powered vehicles may be a reality sooner than previously thought. Ten organizations, comprised of various companies, agencies, and universities, have joined an initiative between GM and The Gas Company (TGC) to bring hydrogen-powered vehicles and an accompanying fueling infrastructure to Hawaii by 2015. The plan is called the Hawaii Hydrogen Initiative (H2I), and aims to [...]
Besides the upcoming 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, the Korean automaker has quite a lot more planned for its ‘green’ lineup. According to the guys at Inside Line, Hyundai plans on introducing a hybrid-electric vehicle on a dedicated platform in 2012 (think Toyota Prius). Following that, Hyundai has plans for a plug-in hybrid version in 2013 [...]
General Motors said today that it is working with The Gas Company (TGC), Hawaii”s major gas energy provider, to power a ramp up of fuel-cell vehicles on the island of Oabhi where there is an abundance of hydrogen. TGC produces hydrogen along with synthetic natural gas and delivers it in its utility gas stream. Through [...]
Toyota, the biggest seller and manufacturer of hybrid vehicles, said that it has cut the cost of producing fuel-cell vehicles by 90 percent since the mid-2000s. The Japanese automaker said that it may be able to price its first retail hydrogen model at about $50,000 and may have it on the roads by 2015. Yoshihiko [...]
Riversimple’s Hybran project, an open-source design for a fuel-cell car that anyone can access and build, has taken one step closer to reality with the publishing of the first engineering drawings now online. Riversimple says that all of its designs will be posted online starting with the car’s rear suspension layout. Riversimple hopes to speed [...]
Late afternoon yesterday, Jesse James set the world record for the fastest run in a hydrogen-powdered vehicle. Jesse James rode across the El Mirage dry lake bed in the California desert at 199.712 mph. James came in 14 mph faster than the previous record of 185 mph. That record was set in Germany by BMW in [...]
