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Toyota FCHV-adv cruises in California, wind-powered hydrogen on the horizon

While hydrogen cars from Toyota, Nissan and Honda were driving the 707 miles from Tokyo to Osaka, another group of H2 vehicles from the U.S. DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) was in California conducting a research test drive. The two Toyota Highlander FCHV-adv models proved they could go at least 431 miles per tank, which equals about 68 mpg. The SUVs "mimic[ed] a typical commuter's drive, the route included high-speed highway driving, moderate highway driving, and stop-and-go ... Read more →

Daimler debuts next-gen Citaro fuel cell bus in Hamburg, cuts fuel consumption in half Sam Abuelsamid

Daimler this week unveiled the first of its new generation Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL-Hybrid transit buses. Thirty of these new buses will be going into service in 2010 with the first 10 going ...

Fuel cell vehicles finish 707-mile demonstration run in Japan Sam Abuelsamid

Toyota, Nissan and Honda all participated in a fuel cell demonstration run in Japan last week. The three automakers brought their most advanced hydrogen fuel cell vehicles out for the two-day trip ...

GM fuel cell boss explains that the technology needs to pass final cost hurdle to production Sam Abuelsamid

It's no secret that General Motors remains committed to hydrogen fuel cells as a long term solution to zero emissions transportation. In this cause, GM is in league with many of the largest ...

Toyota to launch battery electric vehicle in 2012, fuel cell in 2015 Sam Abuelsamid

Bob Carter, group vice president and general manager of the Toyota brand, came to Detroit on Monday to have lunch with some local media. Among the topics of discussion at the gathering were Toyota's ...

Editorial: Henderson's fuel cell 10X cost comments are out of context 20 days ago on Autoblog Green

The other day we reported on an interview with General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson published in the Washington Post. While most of the discussion focused on the bailout and bankruptcy, from the perspective of this site, the main items of interest were Henderson's responses to questions relating ...

REPORT: Suzuki to put hydrogen two-wheelers into production 22 days ago on Autoblog Green

Suzuki and Intelligent Energy have been working on hydrogen fuel cell-powered two-wheelers for the last few years, with the Crosscage, their first public concept, debuting back in 2007 at the Tokyo Motor Show. Then, earlier this year, we heard rumblings that Suzuki hoped to have its first ...

Equinox fuel cell vehicles ready for Vancouver Olympics; Volts due in February 26 days ago on Autoblog Green

Vancouver continues its two-fold path towards reducing gasoline usage (H2 and plug-ins) with a new fleet of eight Chevrolet Equinox fuel cell vehicles that will used during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The Games start February 12. The fuel cell vehicles are being used for test ...

Honda CEO: People will embrace fuel cells when they realize battery limits 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Here at the Tokyo Motor Show, Honda introduced its first plug-in vehicle concept in many years in the shape of the EV-N. However, during the press conference, new CEO Takanobu Ito shared the main stage with only two cars, the FCX Clarity and the new CR-Z concept. The EV-N and a plug-in Cub ...

Two years in, hydrogen fuel cell bet causing some strangeness 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

It's difficult to pick the strangest part of Greg Blencoe's post today about his ongoing bet with Joe Romm over the viability of hydrogen cars. It could be the hubris, the feeling of unquestioned "win" ahead for Blencoe (who, of course) came down on the pro-hydrogen-soon of the bet. But what's ...

Congress restores hydrogen funding with $187 million in appropriations bill 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu is not getting his way in Washington. Recently (and, at this point, still allegedly) he said that he "would put every cent into electric cars." The Senate, though, has other plans and has now restored almost all of the hydrogen funding money that the DOE ...

Dr. Z: BEVs and hybrids for the near term, fuel cells for the long haul 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Like pretty much every major automaker, Daimler is preparing to launch battery electric vehicles in the next few years. However, again like many of its competitors, the German automaker remains unconvinced that batteries will see the kind of technical progress needed to make them a truly ...

AltCar 2009: Vision Industries to display fuel cell truck at Santa Monica 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

The annual Alt Car Expo is coming up this weekend at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and Vision Industries will be on hand to display its Tyrano semi tractor. This is no typical smoke-belching, diesel-powered semi. In fact, the only thing emitted by this hauler is water vapor. The Tyrano is a ...

GM shows off fifth-generation fuel cell stack, hopes to commercialize unit by 2015 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

While improvements to the tried-and-true internal combustion engine continue to come in small, incremental bits year after year, hydrogen fuel cell technology is progressing in leaps and bounds. Evidence of such can be seen in the latest version of General Motors' hydrogen fuel cell system. ...

Buckeye Bullet 2 claims land speed record for fuel cell vehicles, 300.992 mph 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

We first heard about the Buckeye Bullet 2 about two years ago when we were covering the Ford Fusion 999 land speed record project. The student engineering team from The Ohio State University was collaborating with engineers from Ford and the two teams shared data on improving performance of the ...

Aston Martin dismisses fully electric cars, calls for fuel cells instead 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

With electric cars and concepts from established luxury and performance car makers like Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi and Porsche, it's at least a wee bit surprising that we've never heard anything about electric vehicles from Aston Martin. Perhaps we now know why. Speaking at the Frankfurt Motor ...

REPORT: Mercedes-Benz plans to lease 100 hydrogen F-Cell cars in U.S. 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Mercedes-Benz officially introduced the world to its latest hydrogen fuel cell-powered car this week at the Frankfurt Motor Show, and it's wasting little time getting the F-Cell into limited-scale production. In this case, "limited-scale" means 200 vehicles, and Daimler R&D chief Thomas ...

Chat with retiring GM research VP Larry Burns today at 3pm EDT 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Larry Burns has served as General Motors Vice president of research and development for 11 years, a tenure longer than anyone else since the original holder of that office, Charles Kettering. This fall however, Burns will be strolling off into the sunset as he has opted for retirement. Before he ...

Frankfurt 2009: all plugs and hybrids, no hydrogen 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

It's probable that, somewhere in the Frankfurt Messe this week, there are hydrogen-powered concept vehicles. From the headlines, though, it's clear that the world's automakers showing off their wares at the Frankfurt Motors Show are taking some time off from promoting the hydrogen fuel cell car ...

GM to hold webchat with Project Driveway manager Mark Vann and one of the drivers, 2pm EDT today 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

This week, General Motors' Project Driveway Fuel Cell test program will top the 1 million total mile mark after only two years on the road. GM built over 100 of the hydrogen fueled electric crossovers and they have been in daily use with both corporate partner fleets and average drivers who ...

Energy Secretary Steven Chu plans to ensure hydrogen funds invested wisely 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

United States Energy Secretary Steven Chu doesn't think that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are the best technology to funnel research and development funds into. Still, Chu doesn't plan to continue fighting with the lawmakers in Congress that voted to reinstate funding into hydrogen projects that ...

Hydrogen slogan contest voting begins; satire didn't make the cut 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Surprisingly (j/k), none of the satirical and funny submissions that AutoblogGreen readers posted in the comments of our original post on the California Fuel Cell Partnership's t-shirt contest made it to the final four. Instead, we have the potential winners seen above: Change. It's in the ...

Nobel Laureate Burton Richter: "Hydrogen fuel cells are losers" 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Even though there are plenty of reasons for automakers to promote using hydrogen fuel cells in vehicles, they certainly have their critics. Burton Richter, the Paul Pigott professor of the physical sciences and a Nobel Laureate, is one. Speaking to Greentech Media recently following a ...

Mercedes-Benz launches B-Class F-Cell, leases to begin in early 2010 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Back in April, Mercedes-Benz announced via a short little blurb on a larger press release that it planned to begin small-scale series production of a new hydrogen fuel cell-powered automobile called the F-Cell. According to the German automaker, the car is just about ready to launch, with 200 ...

DOE launches $1 million Hydrogen Prize 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Steven Chu, head of the United Stated Department of Energy, doesn't want to spend huge sums of government money investing in hydrogen technology. That much is certain after Chu decided to slash DOE funding into hydrogen research, though a good deal was later restored in separate sessions by the ...

Student designs fuel cell-powered Aston Martin concept 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

James Trim, a 23-year-old designer at Coventry University in the UK, has come up with a unique idea of what a future eco-friendly Aston Martin may look like. We see elements of Aston Martins past and present, along with at least a whiff of Fisker Karma, especially in the front fascia and front ...

Why choose a fuel cell or an internal combustion engine when using hydrogen? 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Over the past decade, most of the world's major automakers have expended a lot research dollars and engineering resources on developing vehicles that burn hydrogen. While advocates like the idea of using hydrogen as an energy carrier because it's the most abundant element in the known universe ...

Honey, I shrunk the fuel cell! Next-gen GM hydrogen stack gets small 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

In spite of the cuts at General Motors over the past year, work has continued in the powertrain labs at the Warren, MI tech center on hydrogen fuel cells. Back in 2007, GM shifted much of its fuel cell work from the Honeoye Falls, NY research facility to the production engineering group in ...

Honda: Fuel cells offer "the ultimate zero-emission car" 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Honda is not yet ready to concede victory in the eco-friendly automobile wars to the battery electric car. Instead, Honda will continue developing its hydrogen fuel cell technology. Says Takashi Moriya, head of Honda's fuel cell operations, "Fuel-cell cars will become necessary. We're ...

GM not giving up on hydrogen fuel cells yet! Production planned for 2012 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

The current administration in Washington clearly doesn't favor the pursuit of hydrogen fuel cells, but that doesn't mean General Motors is giving up on the technology. In spite of the pending retirement of Larry Burns, VP of research and development, his replacement, Alan Taub, remains ...

Japanese oil, gas companies will tackle hydrogen fueling infrastructure 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

- A consortium of 13 Japanese oil and gas companies are joining forces in an effort to commercialize technologies enabling hydrogen vehicles to be conveniently refueled by 2015. Coincidentally (or not), that date goes hand-in-hand with Toyota's target for selling hydrogen vehicles on the ...

Kia: Mass-produced fuel cell cars would cost $50,000 today 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Let's face it: Hydrogen technology still has a ways to go before there's any real chance that we'll all be driving fuel cell cars in lieu of electric or fossil fuel-burning machines. Chief among the issues confronting the widespread adoption of hydrogen for automotive use is cost, though that ...

House of Representative restoring more of DOE's hydrogen funding 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier this month, the Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee marked up the FY 2010 DOE budget and restored the hydrogen vehicle funding that President Obama and the DOE had slashed in May. The Congressional love for H2 continued last week when the House of ...

Not over yet: Senate subcommittee restores DOE's hydrogen funding cut 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

It was huge news back in May when President Obama and the DOE slashed hydrogen vehicle funding from the FY 2010 DOE budget. Since then, hydrogen advocates like CARB have put on the best possible face and asked the DOE to restore the funds. The first steps towards officially putting H2 back into ...

First Drive: VW Passat Ling Yu - The technology of tomorrow in the car of today 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

In many ways the automotive world – like most industries – runs like 19th century Europe: wars, skirmishes, diplomacy, assignations, shifting alliances, double dealing, imperialism. Everybody wants something the other guy has, and they'll occasionally exercise some ruthless tactics ...

Gotta choose one: Lamborghini Murciélago or Nissan X-Trail FCV? [w/POLL] 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

When we took the hydrogen-powered Kia Borrego FCEV and Nissan X-Trail FCV out for two quick first drives in Vancouver last month, we happened to park the Nissan next to a Lamborghini Murciélago for a few moments. This prompted us to wonder, just for fun, which of these two vehicles ...

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