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Fuel Cell Cars to Price Competitively with Clean-Diesel, says Toyota

Benji Jerew — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 19:13:50 +0000

Fuel cell cars are nothing new, and their price is certainly nothing to sniff at, which makes some people wonder who will adopt the technology. Of course, paying around $60,000 for a modestly-equipped midsize sedan, because it runs on a hydrogen fuel cell, would attract a certain number of buyers. That’s why the Tesla Model […]

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Mercedes Benz to Ditch Electric/Fuel Cell Vito, Van Chief Says

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 29 May 2013 15:15:55 +0000

Mercedes Benz seems to want to shelve electric vans, be them battery or fuel cell powered. The E-Cell version of their successful Vito van hasn’t had too much success. Volker Mornhinweg, the van division boss told Car and Driver that demand is “virtually nonexistent” and that the company is putting the model into “hibernation mode.” As […]

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Toyota Licenses Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology to BMW

Benji Jerew — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:01:58 +0000

Hydrogen fuel cells [HFC], which convert pure hydrogen and oxygen into water and electricity, is nothing new. As a matter of fact, the technology exists as far back as the late 1930s. Fuel cell technology was also used to generate electricity on the NASA Space Shuttle program until it was dismantled last year. While being […]

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Honda FCX Clarity to Also Be Used as Power Source for Homes

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:15:50 +0000

With the advent of smart grids, the world will be a better place, at least in what concerns power outages. Electric cars will take over the role of buffering the extra electricity and, when in their garages, they will be able to even cope with big outages. Honda, the company that designed the FCX Clarity, […]

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Osaka Student Team Creates Hydrogen-Powered Car From Scratch

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:51:21 +0000

Everyone started building battery-powered electric vehicles lately, but few are those who built cars whose power comes from hydrogen fuel cells. Such an example comes from a team of students at Osaka Sangyo University, who built a fuel cell-powered car from scratch, creating Japan’s first non-industrial team to ever accomplish this. Actually, they haven’t been […]

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Mercedes Benz Starts Leasing B-Class Fuel Cell Vehicles In Europe and US

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:07:41 +0000

Only to the visually-impaired it may look like fuel cells and electric cars don't enjoy success nowadays. Daimler AG has just started a pilot program of leasing Mercedes-Benz hydrogen fuel cell cars to 5 to 15 users in the US, to see how their car acts in real life conditions and how people receive them. To me this looks like a postpone of the real thing, just like GM did to EV1.

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Hyundai FCV Fuel Cell Car To Be Launched 3 Years Earlier Than Toyota's

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:00:13 +0000

Fuel cell cars have just begun to show up shyly, and the competition is already high in this field. Toyota, who announced a $50,000 price tag on their first hydrogen fuel cell car, is being beaten by Hyundai, who announced their first fuel cell vehicle three years earlier than Toyota

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Honda Planning to Market Solar Powered Home-Based Hydrogen Refueler Starting 2015

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:09:14 +0000

Having your hydrogen fuel cell car powered by some solar panels in your own backyard looks like a dream not able to come true in a lifetime for some. For others, this is already a reality and a long-term plan. Honda, GM, Toyota, Mercedes and several other car manufacturers, joined by fuel providers including Shell, look at home-based refueling stations quite seriously and plan to have the first ones implemented in as little as five years.

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Ammonia Borane Hydrogen Storage Invented at Purdue

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:29:51 +0000

Purdue University chemical engineers have invented a method of storing hydrogen and releasing it safely without the need for high-pressure tanks, only by using the fuel cell's dissipated heat.

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Yarga YoYo: Concept Fuel Cell Vehicle Inspired by Dean Kamen's Segway

Ovidiu Sandru — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:51:31 +0000

There are some ideas that could evolve no matter what technology is used to apply them. For example, James Yarger, an industrial designer, thought of a concept vehicle made from recyclable materials, inspired by Dean Kamen's Segway.

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Mercedes Releasing Fuel Cell Powered B-Klasse, Pessimistic About Diesel Future

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:59:45 +0000

Recently, Thomas Weber, Head of R&D at Mercedes, said that the upcoming Euro 6 is expected to skyrocket the prices of diesel cars. This is because the automakers are forced to use expensive technology in making the new fine injectors and filters, and this is going to be felt in the customers' pockets.

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Sleekest Hydrogen Powered Sportscar: Honda FC Sport

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:52:24 +0000

Though some blogs take it as a surprise, it's not something new coming from Honda: their vision of a sportscar powered entirely by a hydrogen fuel cell... not surprisingly, the same that's into their FCX Clarity, released this summer.

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General Motors to Open Hydrogen Fueling Station Near LAX

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:00:17 +0000

Despite all the accusations that blame them not caring for, it seems like General Motors is getting more and more involved in the making of a fueling infrastructure for their fuel cell cars. GM has already invested heavily in two different ethanol companies (Coskata and Mascoma). Now they have partnered with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to open a hydrogen fueling station near the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The stationshould be operational by 2008 fall.

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Honda FCX Clarity – the first viable hydrogen fuel cell car

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:01:43 +0000

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