Report: Japan’s fuel cell market could grow 99-fold by 2025

Filed under: Hydrogen , Green Daily , Japan 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 .

After Volkswagen hookup, Suzuki quits hybrid, fuel cell work with General Motors

Filed under: Diesel , EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Hydrogen , GM , Suzuki , Volkswagen Suzuki SX4 fuel cell concept - Click above for high-res image gallery At last fall’s Tokyo Motor Show , Suzuki showed off several concept vehicles powered by either hybrid or hydrogen fuel cell powertrains. Apparently, Suzuki relied on former shareholder and senior partner General Motors for much of the underlying technology for those vehicles.

Ballard gets contract to supply fuel cells to Daimler

Filed under: Hydrogen , Daimler Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL-Hybrid - click above for high-res image gallery Ballard Power Systems has announced that it has received a $24 million contract from Daimler to supply its FCvelocity fuel cell systems. At the beginning of 2008, Ballard sold off its automotive fuel cell assets to Daimler and Ford but retained its commercial business for heavy duty and stationary applications

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

Filed under: Hydrogen , Mercedes Benz Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL-Hybrid - click above for high-res image gallery Daimler this week unveiled the first of its new generation Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL-Hybrid transit buses.

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

Filed under: Hydrogen , GM General Motors fuel cell comparsion - click above to enlarge 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 automakers in the world including Toyota, Honda, Daimler, and Hyundai.

Honda still plans 200 FCX Clarity leases, showroom sales by 2015

Filed under: Hydrogen , Honda Honda FCX Clarity - Click above for high-res image gallery When Honda announced the FCX Clarity fuel cell car in November 2007, the company announced plans to build and lease 200 of the hydrogen fueled cars.

Not over yet: Senate subcommittee restores DOE’s hydrogen funding cut

Hydrogen cars in Vancouver - click above for high-res image gallery 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 .

CARB grants $6.8 billion for four hydrogen refueling stations

Click above for a gallery of the FCX Clarity The California Air Resources Board will give four groups/organizations - Mebtahi Station Services, the San Francisco Airport, Shell Hydrogen and UCLA - $1.7 million each to build hydrogen refueling stations for fuel cell vehicles in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas. The four stations will be open to the public and will “double the amount of hydrogen available to the public.” Not a bad deal for $6.8 million, huh? CARB’s pro-hydrogen chairman , Mary Nichols, said in a statement that, “Hydrogen is one of the many fuels in California’s future,” and that, “we need to cultivate the industry’s early growth.” In total, the four stations will provide up to 460 kilograms of hydrogen each day (it takes about 4-5 kilos to refuel a hydrogen fuel cell car).

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