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AirStreaming with Ford …

October 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The multi-million dollar hydrogen concept cars getting, well, a little boring to me. Wonderful EcoGeek material but, well, not something I expect to be a common part of the driving scene within my lifetime (and I don’t plan on dying tomorrow). The Ford Airstream, however, goes beyond hydrogen to some interesting features: Hat to DSnodgrass […]

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Tags: automobiles · hybrid · hydrogen · PHEV

Home hydrogen production: a breakthrough moment?

July 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off on Home hydrogen production: a breakthrough moment?

ITM Power announced last week advances that could (might?) represent a breakthrough moment when it comes to home hydrogen production. 

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BC’s Hydrogen Highway

May 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off on BC’s Hydrogen Highway

British Columbia is actively pusuring a Hydrogen Highway, announcing Monday that “The Province is a step closer to deploying the world’s first fleet of hydrogen buses with $45 million that will go toward the production of 20 buses and development of hydrogen fuelling stations in Whistler and Victoria. Premier Gordon Campbell announced [this] at the Hydrogen […]

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Plug-in / Hydrogen — Natural allies or competitors or …

April 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Plug-in / Hydrogen — Natural allies or competitors or …

Today, Wired‘s Autopia published Plug-In Hybrids Weaken the Case for Hydrogen Vehicles.  It opens The U.S. DOE continues to fund hydrogen research, a long term proposition that could be mute if plug-in hybrids become commercially successful. Is this right? Are plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEVs) likely to make hydrogen OBE (overtaken by events)?

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Tags: alternative fuels · automobiles · batteries · hybrid · hydrogen · PHEV

Sustainable “Zoom Zoom” Zoom …

March 22nd, 2007 · Comments Off on Sustainable “Zoom Zoom” Zoom …

Remember those old Zoom … Zoom … Zoom ads?  Well, Mazda plans on making them a sustainable reality with their Sustainable Zoom-Zoom technology development vision. This includes plans to begin commercially leasing of the Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid in 2008.

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Tags: fuel cell · hydrogen · Mazda