Fuelcell
How Fuel Cells Work
Battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids may be the hot commodity in the green automotive game right now, but if you ask many of the engineers and executives in the auto industry about the best long-term solution for eliminating vehicle pollution, their answer is likely to be an electric vehicle powered by a hydrogen fuel cell.
Video: Hydrogen-powered buses in Hamburg are fueled by the wind
Hydrogen bus in Hamburg - Click above to watch video after the jump
Study: Fuel cell vehicles to reach 670,000 in annual sales by 2020
As many automakers turn their attention to electric vehicles, fuel cells are not getting as much attention as they used to. Though we don't see either electric or fuel cell-powered vehicles capturing a majority of the automotive market any time soon, several studies have suggested that the growth of battery-powered vehicles will outpace fuel cells. Now, a new Eric Loveday
Army turns to fuel cell technology for M1 Abrams tank
What's next, a battery-powered tank? Well, no, but how does a fuel cell-powered M1 Abrams sound instead? The U.S. Army is currently exploring the idea of using fuel cell technology to bring additional electrical power to the M1 Abrams battle tank. The idea is simple: an on-board fuel cell would take Eric Loveday
Prepping for 2012 Summer Olympics, fuel cell-powered London taxi prototype unveiled
The city of London hopes to have a fleet of zero emission fuel cell-powered taxicabs in service in time for the 2012 summer Olympic games. The first prototype, built by Lotus Engineering with a consortium of other companies, was unveiled yesterday at the city hall.
Tesla, V-Vehicle reps to discuss future of automobiles in New York museum
Over the last 100 years, motor vehicles have been transformed from something akin to a horse-drawn carriage with a motor to, essentially, a supercomputer on wheels. While the automobile has certainly come a long way, evolution will continue to change vehicles in unforeseeable ways. What ways? Well, that's what a panel of experts will discuss at an upcoming Museum of the City of New York event. The pa
Report: Kia's hydrogen vehicle plans include 10,000 on the road by 2015
Kia Borrego FCEV – Click above for high-res image gallery
Spy Shots: BMW 1 Series hydrogen hybrid spotted testing
BMW hydrogen hybrid 1 Series prototype – Click above for high-res image gallery
Report: Japan's fuel cell market could grow 99-fold by 2025
The Big Japanese Three automakers are all working on fuel cell vehicles. This is no surprise, especially to anyone who remembers that, between 1998 and 2004, two out of every three fuel cell patent applications were filed by Japanese companies. What might be a surprise is how big th
Toyota joins Clean Energy Partnership, helps build new H2 stations
Toyota has joined the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) in Europe to help promote low- and zero-emission vehicles and related infrastructure. The automaker will be providing five of its Highlander-based FCHV-adv fuel-cell vehicles available for the CEP test fleet in Berlin and H
Video: New Flyer's fuel cell buses moving people at Winter Olympics
Olympic fuel cell buses – Click above to watch video Sam Abuelsamid