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VW still betting on hydrogen, adds 16 cars to U.S. test fleet

Although Volkswagen is known for its diesels, the German marque is glad to show that it's also a player on the fuel-cell battlefield. How? By shipping 16 fuel-cell Passat Lingyu sedans to the U.S. from China. The cars were brought to the California Fuel Cell Partnership facility in West Sacramento for long-term testing. Remarkably, VW shipped the somewhat "old" models, which are at least one year old. What's more, these cars had a few issues when they were tested by journalists, like shuddering acceleration. Well, at least VW can show that, ... Read more →

LA Preview: Kia to debut fuel cell-powered Borrego SUV Sam Abuelsamid

Apparently the production version of the Kia Soul won't be the only debut on the Kia stand next week in Los Angeles. Kia will also be featuring a version of its new Borrego SUV with electric drive ...

Project Driveway particpant blogs about the experience Xavier Navarro

One of the lucky participants who got to drive one of GM's Fuel Cell Equinoxes as part of Project Driveway ,Matt Mackey, blogs about his experience at the wheel of the vehicle. He's not the first one ...

New information and pictures of the Renault Scnic ZEV H2 Xavier Navarro

Click for high-resolution gallery We already had spoken about the fuel cell technology (borrowed from Nissan) installed in a plain Renault Scénic, one of Europe's most popular compact ...

Renault unveils hydrogen Scnic ZEV H2 Xavier Navarro

We already knew about Nissan's X-trail running on hydrogen, so this might not come as a surprise, but Nissan's partner Renault has launched the fuel-cell Scénic ZEV H2 prototype. This compact ...

GM and Clean Energy to open hydrogen station near LAX 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

General Motors is announcing a new partnership today with Clean Energy to install a hydrogen filling station near Los Angeles International Airport. Clean Energy is a California-based company that currently operates 170 compressed natural gas filling stations around the country and the new LAX ...

Project Driveway participant starts a blog on Popular Mechanics 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

General Motor's Project Driveway campaign began late last year and is expected to continue on for a total of three years. A few of the participants have spoken about their experiences with the hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles, and now one of them will be blogging on Popular Mechanics regarding ...

Suzuki Crosscage is now a runner 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for more shots of the Suzuki Crosscage in action We've been keeping tabs on Suzuki's innovative Crosscage concept bike since its debut at the last Tokyo Auto Show. Since then, Suzuki and Intelligent Energy, makers of the fuel cell ENV bike and the fuel cell powering the ...

Intelligent Energy and PSA Peugeot Citron unveil H2Origin 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for more high-res shots Based on a Peugeot Partner Origin van, the H2Origin zero emissions urban delivery technical demonstrator (that's a mouthful!) has just been unveiled by Intelligent Energy and PSA Peugeot Citroën. The delivery van is powered by electricity and gains ...

Shell chief sees H2 difficulties 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The outgoing President of Shell's U.S. operation has thrown some cold water on the latest GM and Toyota PR offensive for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Shell's John Hofmeister told a Sacramento, Calif., audience Monday at a conference on low-carbon fuels that widespread use of hydrogen as an ...

Mercedes boss doesn't plan to let cost be an issue for more efficient cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mercedes-Benz CEO Dieter Zetsche told Motor Trend this week that increased cost was not going to be an issue for his company to meet new fuel economy standards. Obviously getting improved efficiency out of powertrains would make them more expensive as they have to meet U.S. CAFE and European CO2 ...

Dieter Zetsche sees fuel cells on our roads in 5-8 years 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

GM isn't the only one ready for a lot of hydrogen fuel cell cars. Daimler chairman Dieter "Dr. Z" Zetsche believes that the technology for fuel cell vehicles is here today and that vehicles using the hydrogen-for-energy system will be available in five to eight years time. Zetsche also believes that ...

Prodrive and Intelligent Energy develop new hydrogen fuel cell controller 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image to enlarge Reminding us again just how complex the hydrogen fuel cell is, Prodrive has issued a press release, pasted after the break, regarding a new ECU which it has developed with proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell maker Intelligent Energy (IE). You may remember IE from ...

Boeing fuel cells up in the air 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Fuel cells seem to be everywhere from Suzuki motorcycles to the Honda FCX Clarity and now Boeing has them literally taking off. Of course, it's not the first time a fuel cell has been off the ground but it may well be the first time it has been the source of the motive force. Using a two-seat ...

2008 Shell Eco-marathon Americas roster - all 38 teams - announced 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We're getting close to the start of the 2008 Shell Eco-marathon Americas, and the list of 38 teams that will participate in the competition in some ways mimics real-world power train usage. The overwhelming majority (28) of the vehicles will use combustion engines to try and top last year's ...

Suzuki invests further in Intelligent Energy 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image to enlarge Last Spring, when Suzuki and Intelligent Energy announced their partnership, we wondered out loud if fuel cell powered-motorcycles were in the offing. What we got was a very cool concept bike at the Tokyo Motor Show called the Suzuki Crosscage, which did in fact use ...

Forbes picks most technologically advanced green cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It's always interesting when non-automotive people decide to create a list of top cars in some category. In this case, the business and financial writers over at Forbes decided to pick ten technologically advanced green cars. Some of the selections - the Honda FCX Clarity and the Chevy Volt - seem ...

Hyundai to go hi-tech with hybrids and fuel cells 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Hyundai announced Sunday that it will be jumping whole-heartedly into the hybrid business. A day after Toyota announced that its Prius and Camry hybrid models would be sold on its South Korean home turf, Hyundai has let it be known they would speed up their mass production plans and counter their ...

National Research Council releases Clean-Vehicle Report 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The National Research Council (NRC) has finished conducting research into the possibility of powering vehicles using hydrogen fuel cells and other alternatives. Despite mixed reviews, the report suggests that even without ready solutions to quite a number of major issues, taxpayer-funded research ...

More pictures and videos of Pininfarina Sintesi at 2008 the Geneva Motor Show 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Easily the hottest green car at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show was the Sintesi, Pininfarina's hydrogen fuel cell concept. Below the fold is an amazing video of the unveiling of the car. Also below the fold is a quick look inside the car by AutoCar. Autoblog also took some amazing close up shots of the ...

GM CEO responds to Lutz's global warming's a "total crock of sh*t" comment 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Wall Street Journal blogs about GM CEO Rick Wagoner recent talk to reporters in Washington about GM chairman Bob Lutz's recent comment that global warming is "a total crock of sh*t." Wagoner backed away from the comment, saying that "the comments weren't coming out of the company" and "I would have ...

GM offers more insight into their view of hydrogen 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Like Toyota, General Motors has offered some additional information into their viewpoint regarding hydrogen and fuel cells. As we recently reported, Toyota's Irv Miller called out The Wall Street Journal for bad reporting practices when they quoted Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe as suggesting ...

President Bush describes the beginning of a "new era" of green transportation equal to the Model-T 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

President Bush gave a great speech (see video below the fold) at the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference yesterday. Bush started the speech by joking about the length of the conference's name and his large motorcade. He quickly became serious, however, saying we have to "get off ...

VIDEO: GM says "millions" of fuel cell vehicles possible in the next decade 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

"Reports of my death" the fuel cell might say "have been greatly exaggerated." Market Watch spoke with Larry Burns (see video below the fold), VP Research & Development & Strategic Planning for GM, at the launch of Virgin's fuel cell fleet and he is very bullish on fuel cells. Burns said ...

Airbus successfully tests fuel cells in civilian aircraft 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Nope, this isn't a story about a plane flying exclusively on hydrogen. Instead, it's about Airbus' use of a fuel cell to obtain electricity for some of the plane's electrical needs: motor pump, back-up hydraulic circuit and operating the aircraft's ailerons. The cells produced a total of 10 liters ...

H2G0 - Corgi's cool new R/C fuel cell toy car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Who says fuel cell cars are years away? Okay, everyone. But fuel cells toy cars are here today! Recently, we told you about the toy maker Corgi making a new fuel cell toy car designed by the legendary Luigi Colani. Now, we have a picture of the car, H2Go, thanks to Toyology. There are several fuel ...

Video: the world's first sulfur powered vehicle 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Turtle Island Energy claims to have made "the world's first sulfur powered vehicle." According to the video above, the vehicle was built for $2,000 with "readily available parts." The sulfur is used to produce hydrogen which fuels the internal combustion engine of the pickup truck. The sulfur "fuel ...

Zotye electric SUV: $20,000, highway speed, 100-mile range and just 60 DAYS AWAY! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I was watching a new report about Arkansas' first electric car dealership, Electric Transportation of Arkansas (you can see it for yourself below the fold). Electric car dealerships that sell low speed electric vehicles you can legally drive around most neighborhoods aren't anything new in the U.S. ...

Honda's new TV ad features fuel cell-powered FCX Clarity 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Honda recently launched a new green ad campagn called Problem Playground. It just kicked off the second phase with a TV ad that features Honda's hydrogen fuel cell FCX Clarity (which you can watch below the fold). The ad's voiceover is done by Garrison Keillor and goes like this: A hydrogen car ...

Chicago 2008: U.S. debut of the Hyundai i-Blue concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Hyundai's i-Blue fuel cell concept that made it's world debut at last fall's Frankfurt Motor Show will make it's first appearance on American shores at the Chicago Auto Show this coming week. The mid-sized crossover is Hyundai's first dedicated fuel cell vehicle design. The i-Blue uses Hyundai's ...

Spain, Portugal invests $150m to make fuel cell or electric car by end of this year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Spain and Portugal are getting into the green car biz. The two countries are investing 150m EUROS into an effort to create a fuel cell or electric car project called Mobi-green. The governments hopes the partnership will mean new jobs and a prototype will be built by the end of the year. "We want ...

Washington Auto Show video: GM hands over Project Driveway fuel cell test vehicle keys 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Tom Albert of Alexandria, VA, and Nick Williams of Washington, DC. will test drive fuel cell Equinoxes for the next few months. GM North America Sales VP Mark LaNeve handed over the keys to Tom and Nick at the 2008 Washington Auto Show this week. In the video above, Tom and Nick talk about how they ...

Video: GM's fuel cell E-Flex at CES 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click To Play play_blip_movie_592169(); The video above is a look at GM's fuel cell E-Flex model on display at CES 2008. The model is a "cut-away" which allows you to get a close look at E-Flex's lithium-ion battery, ...

Exclusive video of Cadillac Provoq at CES 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above is an exclusive look at the Cadillac Provoq concept. It was taken just before Rick Wagoner showed off the concept in his keynote at CES yesterday. As you probably know by now, the Provoq is based on GM'e E-Flex platform and has a 300-mile range, in wheel electric "hub" motors, ...

ABG Top 10: Greenest toy cars for the holidays 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/arts_culture/Top_10_Greenest_toy_cars_for_the_holidays'; It's almost Christmas, so I compiled a list of the top 10 green toy cars for you. Any toy on this top 10 list would be a great gift for that green, gear-head kid (or kid at heart) on your Christmas/holiday ...

EVS23: AutoblogGreen Q&A on Smart Fuel Cell's methanol fuel cells 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Say "fuel cell" to someone in the auto industry and I bet you dollars to donuts that they'll think you're talking about hydrogen. Well, I'll make the bet unless you're speaking to Dr. Jens Müller or Dr. Peter Podesser of Smart Fuel Cells. These two men were in Anaheim for EVS23 to showcase ...

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