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Toyota bets on his hydrogen fuel engine

Adrian — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:01:49 +0000

Hydrogen fuel is trying to fulfill its early promises as an alternative fuel for internal combustion engines that could be used in heavy transport: road, naval or rail, but seems to be a horse that many are not interested in betting on. Even in use as hydrogen fuel cells to generate electricity without emissions, has […]

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Toyota unveils Fun Vii rainbow concept on Facebook

Adrian — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:55:54 +0000

Toyota recently updated its Facebook cover photo with a rainbow colored vehicle. This bright thing first shown off at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2011 seems to be the Fun Vii concept. Toyota has been testing for year’s fuel cell hybrid vehicles. Fun Vii Concept put a hydrogen fuel powertrain into a body of a […]

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Hydrogen as alternative to petrol

Gabriel — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:03:06 +0000

The European Technology Initiative, “Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking” (FCH JU), is providing approx 2.3 million euro of finance for the development of new hydrogen solid-state containers on the basis of boron hydrides. These compounds absorb much more hydrogen, the tanks remain compact.The “Bor4Store” project is being coordinated by the Institute of Material Research […]

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Honda Introduces Solar Hydrogen Station

Gabriel — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:46:13 +0000

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. unveiled a Solar Hydrogen Station on the grounds of the Saitama Prefectural Office. The initiative is part of the Electric Vehicle Testing Program for Honda’s next-generation personal mobility products with Saitama Prefecture, in which Honda, Iwatani and Saitama Prefecture collaborate to build. In a further initiative, Honda has equipped the FCX […]

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HyTIME – the new European project to secure faster production of biohydrogen

Gabriel — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:08:04 +0000

Bacteria can produce hydrogen from biomass but they take their time. In a new European project (HyTIME), nine partners including universities, knowledge centres and industry will examine ways to increase the hydrogen production rate during the next three years. The core output of the project is the operation of a continuous fermentation process for the […]

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More efficient and cost effective hydrogen fuel cells

Gabriel — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:02:46 +0000

Hydrogen fuel cells, like those found in some “green” vehicles, have a lot of promise as an alternative fuel source, but making them practical on a large scale requires them to be more efficient and cost effective. A research team from the University of Central Florida may have found a way around both hurdles. The […]

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The hydrogen powered cleaning vehicle in operation on the streets of Basel – Germany

Gabriel — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:53:02 +0000

Since 2009, a hydrogen powered street cleaning vehicle has been undergoing testing on the streets of Basel. The project is intended to take hydrogen drives out of the laboratory and onto the streets in order to gain experience on using them under practical conditions. The result of the pilot trial: hydrogen as a fuel for […]

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Nanotrees Harvest the Sun’s Energy to Turn Water into Hydrogen Fuel

Gabriel — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:19:42 +0000

University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are building a forest of tiny nanowire trees in order to cleanly capture solar energy without using fossil fuels and harvest it for hydrogen fuel generation. Reporting in the journal Nanoscale, the team said nanowires, which are made from abundant natural materials like silicon and zinc oxide, also […]

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Indian scientist makes his car fuel efficiency using hydrogen from water

Adrian — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:08:47 +0000

An Indian scientist, the Director of Center for Development of Physics Education from Rajasthan University, Prof Y.K. Vijay has recently developed an affordable technique to boost the fuel efficiency of usual cars. He does this experiment on his Nissan Sunny 1988 model. He tries to increase the ordinary fuel efficiency by supplying it with hydrogen […]

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Apple to power its gadgets with fuel cells

Adrian — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:03:46 +0000

Two Apple patent applications published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office show that company is interested in fuel cells. The titles of the applications are “Fuel Cell System to Power a Portable Computing Device” and “Fuel Cell System Coupled to a Portable Computing Device.” Apple Insider notes that the company “makes a case for […]

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