Video: General Motors continues to develop fuel cell toward 2015 production

Filed under: Hydrogen , GM GM next generation and current fuel cell stacks - Click above for high-res image gallery Last summer we first saw one of General Motors new fifth-generation fuel cell stacks on display at a powertrain technology event. It was being shown next to the comparable hardware from one of the Project Driveway fuel cell Chevy Equinoxes and the difference in size was startling. The stack is part of what GM refers to as the second-generation system which includes all the elements necessary to implement it in a vehicle

Ballard gets $6.2M in DOE funding for non-automotive fuel cells

Filed under: Hydrogen Ballard fuel cell forklift - Click above for a high-res image gallery Ballard Material Products has received the bulk of $6.2 million in Department of Energy funding for research work into fuel cell materials aimed at cutting the cost and improving durability of the electro-chemical energy generators.

Thousand Oaks, CA to get two Ballard-powered fuel cell buses

Filed under: Hydrogen The SunLine Transit Agency in Thousand Oaks, CA will be expanding its hydrogen fuel cell test program this year with two new buses.

Is there real progress hapening on the hydrogen highway?

Filed under: Hydrogen BMW Hydrogen 7 - click above for high-res image gallery So, does Peter Wells, who recently wrote an article called ” Hydrogen highways: the concept becoming reality ,” rely on the hydrogen fantasy themes we discussed recently? Not so much, at least at first

Honda unveils new solar-powered hydrogen generating and fueling station

Filed under: Hydrogen , Solar , Honda Honda next-generation solar hydrogen station - Click above for high-res image gallery Honda remains firmly committed to the hydrogen fuel cell as the best long-term solution to zero emissions mobility. However, the automaker is also cognizant of the issues involved with trying to build out a network of hydrogen filling stations that would be needed to make fuel cell vehicles a practical alternative. Since 2001, Honda’s Torrance, CA U.S.

Ford sends 10 Focus fuel cell vehicles to Iceland for continued testing

Filed under: Hydrogen , Ford Ford Focus FCV - click above for high-res image gallery For the past four years Ford has been running a fleet of 30 fuel cell-powered Focus sedans in several locations throughout the United States and Canada in a program partially funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. Those cars have accumulated more than half a million miles over that time

Hydrogen cars + math. Worth the trouble?

Filed under: Hydrogen , Green Daily I’m starting to think that the “hydrogen advocate” Greg Blencoe ( always an AutoblogGreen fave ) might be working against the hydrogen industry. In a new post on his Hydrogen Car Revolution blog, he responds to five energy efficiency arguments against hydrogen fuel cell cars. The problem?

Would a hydrogen economy be good or bad for the water supply in the U.S.?

Filed under: Hydrogen Honda FCX Clarity - Click above for high-res image gallery Trying to predict the numbers that will define the hydrogen economy are anybody’s guess.

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.

Editorial: Henderson’s fuel cell 10X cost comments are out of context

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Hydrogen , GM , AutoblogGreen Exclusive 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 the to the cost of the Chevy Volt and hydrogen fuel cells. Much has been made of Henderson saying that the Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell used for the Project Driveway program cost 10 times the Volt’s approximately $40,000 price.

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